06 Wednesday Aug 2014
Posted in Camping Trips, Hiking, Tips
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camping, emergency, fire safety, hiking, outdoor safety tips, outdoors, safe, safety, safety tips, tips, ways to stay safe
Whether you’re going for a day hike or a 2 week backpacking trip, you always need to stay safe and use your best judgment. Here are 8 safety tips for the outdoors: Continue reading
21 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Camping Trips, Hiking, Products I Love
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camping, emergency, hiking, hiking products, lifestraw, outdoors, products, purifier, review, water, water filter
We’ve been on a quest to find great, easy water filters! While browsing around at REI, Lifestraw caught my eye. Lifestraw is a personal water filter that allows you to drink directly from a water source or bottle. This was originally designed as an emergency relief tool to provide access to clean and safe water to people affected by natural disasters such as the Haitian Continue reading
15 Thursday May 2014
Posted in News Updates
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camp pendleton, carlsbad, CSUSM, emergency, fallbrooke, fire, fires, legoland, news, san diego, san marcos, san onofre, state of emergency
On Wednesday late afternoon, the Governor of California, Jerry Brown, declared a state of emergency for San Diego county. With Santa Ana winds and temperatures rising to almost 100 degrees, San Diego county had 9 wild fires breakout- 7 of them were within 5 hours of each other. During this time, 4 homes were lost, 1 condominium lost, 2 structures, over 100 schools canceled classes, California State University- San Marcos Continue reading
28 Tuesday May 2013
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backpacking, blister prevention, blisters, camping, emergency, fit, hike, hiking, injury, iron mountain, outdoors, prevent blisters
I should have know better! We went hiking on Sunday to Iron Mountain. The hiking is only 3.5 miles long so I thought my good ol’ running shoes would be fine. Wrong- on so many levels! Here are some quick tips to prevent blisters while hiking: Continue reading
25 Monday Feb 2013
This past weekend we hiked at Stonewall Peak in east San Diego. There was lots of snow on the ground and I’ve never hiked in the snow. I was walking through the snow and when I stepped down, my ankle scrapped along a rock. I know it doesn’t look like much but it hurt! Continue reading
16 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Products I Love, Tips
Picture this: You are out on a beautiful Saturday morning, hiking through the mountains with not a care in a world. All you take along with you is a water bottle and a Cliff bar. The terrain is getting treturous and all of a sudden you slip and fall. You can’t put weight on your leg and there is a deep gash in your calf. What can you do with no leg support and blood loss? Continue reading
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