Basic First-Aid Kit Info

September is Preparedness Month, and what better way to be prepared than updating your first aid kit?  (Or, if you’re more like me, finally putting together a legitimate kit because you’ve never bothered with more than aspirin and some band-aids in a baggie before.)
Whether...
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Search and Rescue Advice – From the Flight Line

Matt Palazzolo has about the coolest résumé in the world.  Since leaving Army aviation in 1994, and after spending a few years guiding rafting trips and snow skiing, Matt, 47, has been steering birds for media outlets, the U.S. Forest Service, and now, an air EMS outfit.
As...
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Five Maintenance Tasks to do Prior to Your Next Adventure

Some of these maintenance tasks might seem obvious. Some might seem a little over the top.  However they all can play a vital role in keeping a truck reliable and ready for a long trip where the demands will be high and our thoughts will be on other things.
Bottom line? If you lean on...
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“Mapping with Google” Course Keeps You on Track

Are you getting ready for you next big adventure behind the wheel but you’re not quite sure the best way to do some route planning? We’ve been big fans of Google spatial products for years.  They somehow manage to cram seemingly endless amounts of what I’m sure is very...
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Dutch Oven Basics

The Dutch oven is a paragon of camp kitchen tools.  It is loved by cooks for it durability and versatility, and can be used or boiling, baking, stews, frying, and roasting.  It’s hard to use one and not feel a bit connected to the camp...
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Tips for Overcoming the Long, Lonely Miles

We’re travelers by nature, right? And I mean not the kind of people who enjoy going places; that’s easy. I mean the kind of people who enjoy the act of movement itself. As if we grow weary of motionlessness. We’re quite restless, I’d say. It is for this reason that our...
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