Survival Mode

Most of the time when the average person thinks of camping, myself included, thoughts of family fun and songs around the camp fire come to mind. Smores and toasted marshmallows and maybe some light interaction with animals and trees is generally anticipated, but nothing too extreme. However, I went to see The Hunger Games last weekend, and it made me think: if I had to survive for two weeks in the wilderness with almost no equipment, could I make it? Better yet, what survival equipment could I...

Outdoor Grilling

YUM! Grilling is probably one of my most favorite ways to cook food. Most people think of grilling as something you do for just hotdogs and hamburgers, but they are for way more than that. Veggies, pizzas, fish, and more can be cooked and made on an outdoor grill. Plus clean up is far easier than when you have to cook everything indoors. Grilling has been around for quite sometime. The idea of cooking over an open flame is nothing new. In fact, if you visit popular health websites like...

Camp in Michigan

Michigan is a great state to camp in. You might not think of the northern state when the notion of camping first pops into your head, but there are plenty of good reasons to give it a second thought, or better, to go and experience Michigan’s beautiful campgrounds for yourself. Fall is a great time to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors, when leaves are changing color and walking paths are strewn with brown and golden ones. No matter where in Michigan you are, you are never more than half an hour...

The Ten Commandments of Camping (Infographic)

Some things about camping are common sense; don’t feed the bears, keep food stored in air tight containers, and no fireworks in the woods. Still, there are some pretty interesting details that go into camping, that you might not ever even think about. Have you wondered before, for instance, what you could do to avoid getting lost? How about some of the basic survival techniques that have kept...

You don’t have to lease out an island villa for two weeks, spending upwards of $6,000 USD to rent someone else’s property. Instead, why not gather up some quality camping supplies, pack some non-perishable goods, and head out to a scenic camping resort? Not only can you save a bundle of money, but you’ll also have a lot more fun setting up your own home place in the wilderness, in a...

Just because you’re camping out doesn’t mean you have to subsist on trail mix and energy bars, or resort to munching down on edible twigs and bitter berries during your wilderness retreat. You can actually eat pretty well while camping out without having to lug a lot of extra groceries around with you (that might attract the unwanted attention of wild animals.) Heck, camping has become a...

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