The concept of community sharing is ancient. In our modern age of consumer products the idea is all but lost.
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Why wait to get out when you can rent the gear?
by Mike Baker on May 4, 2013 in Gear Reviews with 1 Comment
DownEaster 18′ Trailer
by Mike Baker on March 24, 2013 in Gear Reviews with Leave a Comment
Manufactured in our once home town of Topsham, Maine the DownEaster is a tribute to Maine craftsman.
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Starting a Diesel truck at -55° F
Diesel fuel in the back country of Alaska is a challenge on a warm winter day. Fairbanks with an average low temperature of -19F offers a wealth of challenges to a diesel F-250. January 2013 didn’t break the record low temperature of -66°F; however, just 40 miles north of town we recorded -45°F at noon [...]
Continue reading →Finding the Right Dry Box
by Mike Baker on January 16, 2013 in Gear Reviews with 1 Comment
Keeping things safe and dry while traveling can be made easy with the right dry box. The wrong choice can result in a total catastrophe! Ever mindful of our limited resources we look for the right gear for the right job. A strong Pelican case is perfect for a DSLR camera, while an Otter case works great [...]
Continue reading →Cooking for an army: Buying in Bulk at Costco and Making a Menu
Many folks comment on what it must be like to feed a small “army”. I have never had the honor to be a soldier and have great insight to what this would entail; however, I cannot imagine an army would tolerate the chaos I do at the dinner table. It’s understand that those looking at [...]
Continue reading →Packing Lanterns for a Rough Ride
Obviously a lantern is a great source of light. It also offers warmth and the ability to take the dampness out of a tent. This is a luxury that can only be afforded within a wilderness trek with the help of motorized equipment or watercraft. A seriously rough ride can be found behind an ATV [...]
Continue reading →You Love the Gear, but Your Wallet Dosen’t?
Living in a family that goes out on adventures nearly every weekend, my gear tends to wear out after a year or two no matter the brand. Thus, I am constantly on the hunt for sport sales for quality clothing. Believe it or not I have found a lot of my wool sweaters and fleece pants at thrift stores. [...]
Continue reading →The Neatest Boots You Will Ever Find: Lobben’s
The coziest boots I have every owned have been ones that I have trudge through most everything in, wear almost every day. Whether dry or soaking wet, socks or no socks they have never failed to keep me warm. I have walked through the park, played in the snow for hours, hiked a glacier, and [...]
Continue reading →Paradox Long Underwear
This Christmas has been quite a merry, merry time for myself. Although I didn’t get a hover board, the key to the world, or a marsh mellow factory I did get a new best bud. No, not a robot friend..something more soft and comfy. The name starts with a “P” and ends in a “x”, [...]
Continue reading →Shop with a Conscious: The Faces of Sweatshops
by Jennifer Baker on January 7, 2013 in Featured Posts, Gear Reviews, Jen’s Blog with Leave a Comment
Whenever I think of the word “sweatshop” it brings flashes of women and children working from dawn until dusk in a dark factory for pennies. Something more out of a Charles Dickens novel than anything else. When I think of sweatshop today, I think of people from foreign countries working in an assembly line or [...]
Continue reading →Columbia Fleece Pants
Through wind and rain, ice and snow, spring and summer, winter and fall my Columbia fleece pants have never let me down. Made of 100% polyester these puppies have gone everywhere with me. They are great for rafting because if they get wet, they dry very quickly. If you soak them in water, and then [...]
Continue reading →Magellan eXplorist GC – Geocaching
by Mike Baker on November 18, 2012 in Blog, Featured Posts, Gear Reviews, Mike's Blog with 3 Comments
Hunting for geocaches with any GPS is exciting; however, some units help organize and find caches with details beyond simply a location. Starting out with geocaching for the first time it may sound silly that location isn’t enough information. I suppose if we all had devices that were accurate to the inch or even foot this [...]
Continue reading →Empire RV Covers
by Mike Baker on October 15, 2012 in Gear Reviews with Leave a Comment
With winter on our doorstep it is time to begin the transition of seasons. Our last of the summer bash came while traveling in the north east. A few days before leaving Alaska we ordered a new Empire cover for our Winnebago Minnie. The package made it to the house in Maine before our plane [...]
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