Infographic: How to Identify Poison Ivy

Now this one is less humor, and a bit more itchy. Be sure to pack your hydrocortisone for this infographic kids! This one comes to us from Treks in the Wild – and, is useful enough to print out, laminate (or print on weatherproof paper), and pack along with you.  Or, you can pick up […]

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Trail Resources: Joe’s Rock–Wrentham, MA

I was driving around last Sunday, looking for local places for hikes with kids, and our new addition to the family, Sasha, a 9-month old Black Labrador rescue from Texas, I drove by Joe’s Rock in Wrentham, MA, and had a chance to get out there this past weekend with my ~2 year old daughter, […]

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Infographic: Signs and Blazes for the Modern Outdoorsman

The infographic this week, while not imposing much in the way of statistics, does impose some humor, which we call can benefit from. From visual.ly – “Signs and Blazes for the Modern Outdoorsman”. Enjoy! My favorites have to be “Take facebook profile photo” and “tree”.  

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Get a Grip!

About 2 weeks ago, I wrote a post on Waterproofing Your Backpack. In that post, I mentioned Rust-Oleum Leak Seal Flexible Rubber Sealant to waterproof the bottom of the pack. In this post, I am going to show you another way I put this miracle stuff to use… Midway through the winter season, I dropped […]

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Just Your Average Tip: On Bear Bagging…

This was actually part of another post, so I am kinda cheating here on JYAT’s… but I did want to call this out again in case you did not read that post. When bear bagging, of course you want to pack in your food. All of it. Also, you want to bear bag your trash […]

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