Lake Superior North Shore. Perfect Family Vacation.
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Entries by Daniel Beach
Berries and Boot Water. Lost in the woods 10 days!
In case you haven’t been following the outdoor news, all you bush crafters, survivalists, and outdoor adventure enthusiasts have just been schooled by a 34-year-old hiker who became lost in the mountains of northern California … for 10 days … without food or water when he disappeared!
Northern Minnesota Flooding. Get the boat Noah.
I keep wondering if we will see an Arc floating by. It seems we are always fighting one thing or another. One year it’s dry and forest fires blow smoke to our southern neighbors, or like this year it’s biblical floods.
Fishing an Abandoned Trout Stream – Panther Martin vs Tube Jig
There are few things in life better than disappearing on a weekend deep into the bush and fishing a trout stream that apparently no one else knows about. Overgrown, lonely, bug and weed infested. When you are head high in weeds and being eaten by bugs, that’s when you know that only the strong few […]
Stealth Bushcraft on Federal Land
There are few things more exhilarating in life than sneaking around somewhere you feel like you shouldn’t be. I mean, if you think hard enough all the way back to high school … isn’t that what we all did most of the time? Sneak into the school, sneak into the pool, sneak into your friend’s […]
Iowa DNR is Destroying our Trout Streams and Abandoning our Public Land
In another unsurprising move for the state of Iowa in regards to our limited and already shakey natural resources, yet another pride and joy has slipped into a putrid state of disrepair and neglect. As if the degradation of our soil and water to a ridiculous state isn’t enough, we have to add this to […]
Why is REI Dying? Are the Outdoors Dying too?
I’m not sure if you keep up on the happenings in the outdoor world, but we, Average Flatlanders do, and one of the strange pieces of news recently is the apparent dying on the vine of probably one of the most popular and best outdoor stores REI.
The Rock Cairn Dilemma (knock the rocks?)
To knock the rocks or to NOT knock the rocks, is that now the question of our age for us backpacking and wilderness travelers? Apparently so.
National Park Service Hates the American Flag???
Unless you are living under a rock, which is very probable considering you’re reading this blog, don’t we all wish, you’ve probably been hearing about the hullabaloo on the left and right about the NPS (National Park Service) ordering the takedown of the American Flag from contractors vehicles in Denali National Park.
Bushcraft Survival – 10 Item Challenge
Let’s just pretend for a minute, let’s say you knew that you were going to be dropped off in the middle of the woods somewhere, anywhere, 3 days from civilization. You get to take 10 items. What do you take?