25 Monday Aug 2014
Posted in Hiking, Products I Love
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children, harness, hiking with kids, kiddo gear, kids, kids harness, outdoors, review
Photo courtesy of http://www.kiddogear.com
At first, I was not a fan of putting kids on leashes. I think hand holding is efficient enough BUT… I don’t have kids so who am I to judge. I received the Let’s Go Kiddo kid’s harness to review and even though I don’t have kids, I was up for the challenge of “borrowing” a niece, nephew, or friend’s kid and testing this out. Continue reading
11 Monday Aug 2014
Posted in Outdoor Fitness
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endurance, exercise, fitness, health, heart rate, orange theory, orangetheory, point loma, review, san diego, strength, working out, workout
That is what you will hear waiting outside of the workout room in the Point Loma lobby, watching sweaty, fellow OTFer’s exiting post-workout with big smiles on their faces thinking “Damn, I feel good!” If you haven’t heard of Orangetheory Fitness then get ready to be motivated! Orangetheory Fitness (OTF) is a workout regimen targeting different zones of your heart rate to get the ultimate results using the treadmill, rowing machine, free-weights, and good ol’ body weight! Here is how Orangetheory describes the philosophy behind it: 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
18 Wednesday Jun 2014
Posted in Camping Trips, Products I Love, Videos
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backcountry, backcountry bed, backpacking, camping, hiking, nature, Product, review, sierra designs, sleeping bag, video
16 Friday May 2014
Posted in Camping Trips, Hiking, Products I Love
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backcountry bed, backpacker, camping, editors choice, hiking, nature, outdoors, REI, review, sierra designs, sleeping bag
It was like Christmas morning! I received a package at my front door of the Backcountry Bed from Sierra Designs! If you haven’t heard of this amazing sleeping bag, this 2014 Editor’s Choice from Backpacker Magazine is an innovative design that leaves you comfy and warm. There are 6 main features to this bag: Continue reading
31 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Camping Trips
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beach, beach camping, california, campground, campground review, camping, campsite, hiking, outdoors, review, san clemente, san onofre, san onofre state beach
I have a post relating our wonderful weekend spent at San Onofre with my girlfriends, but I failed to talk about the actual campsite. San Onofre State Beach is located in San Clemente in sunny Southern California north of San Diego. While the trip was fun, I am hesitant to go back for a few reasons. You MUST book reservations way a head of time (like months in advance) because it fills up quick. Now, this campground is located a hop, skip, and jump away from the beach so that explains why it books up fast but again, let me tell you why I wasn’t too much of a fan. Continue reading
28 Monday Oct 2013
Posted in Products I Love
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camping, camping products, coleman, hiking, outdoors, pad, Product, product review, REI, review, sleeping, tent
When I first started camping, it was pretty costly. We had to buy the tent, sleeping bag, stove, backpack, and the list goes on and on. Its safe to say we wanted to get products at a cheap price. We needed a sleeping pad and the cheapest one we found was a Coleman sleeping pad for $30 at Walmart. They claim its self-inflating and holds up al night but you have to blow it up yourself multiple times during the night. You don’t get a good night sleep while using this pad- and a good night’s sleep is super important to me! Continue reading
15 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Camping Trips
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Angeles National Forest, campground, camping, forest, Heaton Flats, hiking, los angeles, nature, outdoors, photography, photos, review
Heaton Flats was the campsite that turned me into the camper I am. I went in November 2011. The weather was freezing! I knew nothing about camping! But I fell in love with the tall trees, the stream filled with gold prospectors, and the hike to get to the spot. Continue reading
04 Thursday Apr 2013
Posted in Products I Love
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Biolite, camping, cell phone, hiking, nature, outdoors, power charger, products, REI, review, stove, technology, wood, wood burning
Biolite Wood Burning Camp stove. It combines the easy, no propane, wood burning stove and an off grid power charger so you can cook a meal and charge your gadgets at the same time. Using patent-pending thermoelectric technology, the stove converts heat to electricity Continue reading
31 Monday Dec 2012
Posted in Blogging Shmogging
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,800 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get that many views.
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