5 Ways to Have an Eco-friendly Camping Trip
Camping is a great outdoor activity that allows you to enjoy fresh air, socialize with other people, and bask in the sunshine. It can also relieve the biggest health struggle most people face: Stress. With the mental and physical benefits camping can provide, you can look at it as an outlet to recharge and renew […]
Would you Sleep in a Floating Tent?
An Ohio-based company SmithFly, has made it possible to sleep in a floating tent (yes, on water). This tent is a water lover’s dream, as it eliminates hard tent floors and allows you to drift to sleep easily with the flow of the current. SmithFly suggests using the Shoal Tent, the world’s first floating tent […]
Knives and Fires at Preschool? Yes, It’s a Good Thing.
Do you let your kids play with fire? For most Americans, child safety means keeping kids far away from anything sharper than a nerf ball. However, you might be surprised to learn that not all countries treat their children like delicate flowers if they’re under the age of ten (or twenty). For example, the children […]
A License To Chill: Permits for Nature
“We need freedom to roam across land owned by no one but protected by all, whose unchanging horizon is the same that bounded the world of our millennial ancestors.” -E. O. Wilson When you choose to travel full time, you gain a sense of freedom as if you are able to see every place, hike […]
Trouble Sleeping? Study Says Go Camping to Reset Your Biological Clock
A new study suggests that a week of camping outdoors can reset our biological clock, also know as the circadian clock. The circadian clock is an internal clock that alerts your body to sleep, as well as to rise in the morning. This master clock in the brain controls the release of melatonin, a hormone […]
The Year’s Best Camping Gifts and Survival Gear
These camping and survival gifts are perfect for the wilderness lover in your family! There is so much cool camping gear to chose from – we sifted through hundreds of products to find these resourceful and thoughtful gifts. 2017 Best Camping Gifts and Survival Gear Portable Emergency Water Filter and Fire Starter $38.97 Great for starting […]
No Electricity? No Problem. Charge Your Phone with this Portable BioLite Campstove
The BioLite Campstove is a revolutionary camping tool that brings you a portable stove that doubles as USB charging device. This means on your next camping adventure, you can boil a full liter of water in less than five minutes and charge your phone so you can check on weather updates or invite your friends […]
How to Make a Swedish Torch – All-Night Campfire with Only One Log
Low on wood at your local camp-site? Tired of hauling logs from one end of the property to the other? Is your BBQ pit rusting through or on it’s last leg? A Swedish Torch might be the solution you are looking for! Well this amazing “hack” (pun intended) will revolutionize your next outdoor cooking experience! […]
Upgrade Your Camping Experience with Polarmond Sub-Zero Sleeping-Bag/Tent Hybrid
We all love camping and the outdoor fun that comes with it. But let’s face it, when it comes to pitching a tent, most would rather be putting some food on the fire or heading to the hiking trail. Thankfully for camping enthusiasts tired of toying with their tents, a group of Swiss scientists has […]