At times I find myself alone on a trail - in fact, I rather like it that way. I meanderhike and solocamp to be in nature, not in...

It has been a bit since I did any wayfinding. I don't go at it hardcore, or for survival - I am just interested to see if I can locate...

I hadn't used my trekking poles much until I saw my mom use hers. I'd had mine for years, but the alternate tips were still fastened to...

You know me and my relationship to coffee, by now. ESSENTIAL. And especially vital to my camping experience. I live for coffee by the...

Coffee is central to my mornings. Coffee at the campfire in the mornings is one of my singular camping pleasures. I do have ground coffee...

I received this as a gift, and I took it along on a few trips without breaking it out - I had LED lanterns I used, and I was a bit in a...

I loved my Joe's Outdoor 5-6 person tent; it's the only tent I've owned in my adult life, that I bought myself. YES it is about two...

Now, a campfire is an INTEGRAL part of my anticipated enjoyment. I make one morning and evening, I read by them, I toast over them, I...

Note: I value my reader's input, and I had a reader write in that their experience with this specific product as a gardening tool was not...

I have my in-camp favorites for keeping bugs and chapped lips at bay - but it's nice to have pocket-sized things to just grab and hit the...

It really helps my camping solo to have an easy way to throw things in the car, to unpack and set up camp, and to know where things I'm...

You need one a couple of camp lanterns. They've come a looooong way since the one I had as a kid, with burning bags and fuel and an air...

I was wearing a lined men's rain jacket, for years. And then I was in REI for something else, and it was raining, and I found THIS. And I...

I can't camp without coffee. And really, would you want to? NO. 'Pretty sure. I don't NEED it to be espresso... drip with a little Irish...

I'm not a "let's see if we can do this with flint" Gal. I want my fire to light, first attempt. And I'll admit... I've doused it with...

I began camping thinking that a hammock was a luxury, a nicety as opposed to a necessity. Once I got one, I realized ~ I was mostly...