If you are an outdoor loving adventurous couple, planning a traditional wedding probably doesn’t appeal to you. Cooped up indoors, on what should be one of the happiest days of your life, sounds stifling. Formal gardens and country clubs are too fussy for your tastes. The untamed wild is where you feel at home, not…
Yours truly, Patrick and I, have gotten married. In adventure-us style we weren’t about to go lie about on a beach for a week for our honeymoon. No, we have been itching to go to Big Bend since we first start dating, hiking, and camping together. A week without kids, and Patrick off from work….
Six Months of Riding With The Icon Airmada Six months isn’t that much time considering helmets like this one are supposed to last four of five years. Here is my initial review of the Airmada I haven’t abused my Icon helmet, crashed with it or in any other way mistreated the Airmada. I like my…
Warranties are designed to suck We purchased our two equinox kayaks about a month ago. A week later we unboxed the pair and loaded both carefully on top of our mini-van heading for the muddy waters of the Rio Grande. In the Rio Grande Valley and throughout the Santa Elana Canyon we battle tested our kayaks against…
Nearby Lodging We arrived in the Big Bend area late Monday afternoon and since we wouldn’t have time to kayak out to a campsite that day, we stayed at a motel in the nearby town of Alpine. We stayed at the Sunday House Inn which was average as far as motels go but had huge rooms…
Everyday day on my ride to work I get honked at Keep honking because I’m not going to stop passing through stalled traffic. I’m not the one making you sit in traffic and I have room to squeeze by, so I will. I understand why you’re frustrated. I’m bouncing to the rhythm of the music playing in my…
Some observations I’ve made along the way, when you take your wife camping… “man, she sure does kick it up a notch, living the life out of a backpack!” …you get to eat real food for dinner! Before Jen, I would have filled my pack with granola bars, trail mix, jerky, and water before setting…
Who’s got the best Electric Motorcycle? More models are being introduced to us that are fighting to meet the demand for clean energy motorcycles. Let’s take a look at three serious contenders the S ZF6.5 vs the Eva 2 vs Project Livewire. Harley Davidson’s Project Livewwire HD announced it’s ambitions to introduce 100 new motorcycles within five…
Grocery and convenience stores have killed our foraging skills It really wasn’t that long ago that people would forage for food daily, even here in America. The conveniences of modern life helped people forget the very important skill of locating food. We no longer need to scout berry plots or gather pecans for protein. Foraging…
I married my best friend, partner, and lover on April 15th 2017 If you know me, you know I am not an emotional blabber mouth. …Here I go. I married her because she encourages me to be me. I never feel wanting or that anything is beyond reach. I married her because she helps me…
