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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New Bottle Stickers!

I am pleased to announce 2 new Bottle Stickers added to the Just Your Average Hiker product lineup! In addition to The “Big Three” Poisonous Plants and Liquid Conversion Chart Bottle Stickers, I have added two additional stickers (details below). Please let me know what you think of these in the comments section below – […]

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My Kitchen

I alluded to a post about my “kitchen” in my post yesterday about “Food on the Trail”. That inspired me to actually write this post, as I have been planning to for some time now. This is my “kitchen” for a 1-person backpacking/hiking trip. If I go hiking with my kids and we cook on […]

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Food on the Trail

If you are like me, you could theoretically last for months (I have some well built-up stores on my person) on the trail without food, heck, hiking and backpacking is rigorous exercise, and a great way to burn thousands of calories in a day. But guess what – you still need to eat. Without fresh […]

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