by Liz Childers It’s incredibly easy to forget how diverse America’s landscapes and ecosystems are. For outdoor lovers, this is a luxury that allows nearly infinite exploration. The vast diversity of America’s landscapes and ecosystems ensures camping can be a completely new experience depending on where you go. In an ongoing effort to cull information […]
by Liz Childers Today is the finale in my three part series on camping applications available on the Droid market. These apps are the bad-boys that other apps wish they could be. Seriously, when I stumbled onto these, I was incredibly shocked that they were, one, amazing and, two, free. Taking any of these on […]
by Liz Childers This month marks the one-year anniversary of my ventures into the world of smart phones. My Droid Incredible and I have had an interesting ride, complete with 3 factory restarts and one morning where it yelled “DROID” in a scary, mechanical voice once a minute until I took out the battery. Generally, […]
by Liz Childers This month marks the one-year anniversary of my ventures into the world of smart phones. My Droid Incredible and I have had an interesting ride, complete with 3 factory restarts and one morning where it yelled “DROID” in a scary, mechanical voice once a minute until I took out the battery. Generally, […]
by Liz Childers One of the greatest things about going to college on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee was a fall that arrived promptly with September and hung around until December. Fall has always been my favorite season, so this was an incredibly welcome change from Alabama’s regular Indian summers to which I was accustomed. […]
by Liz Childers “When I think camping, my head is generally filled with thoughts of crisp air and sunsets seen from around a campfire in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And I’d venture to guess that most of you Camping Gear Outlet fans have similar reactions. On this eve of the 2011 NFL season’s kickoff, however, […]
by Liz Childers Yesterday morning, an explosion destroyed much of Roy and Doris Bannister’s home in Orleans County, New York. Investigators report that around 7 am, Bannister heard an alarm going off in the carport area. When the homeowner entered, the travel trailer, which was parked inside, exploded. Bannister’s family rescued him from beneath a […]
by Liz Childers “When in survival situations, being able to navigate your way out of the woods or even through the wreckage of a town is an essential skill. That’s why all survival kits should be packed with a GPS and a compass – in case the GPS breaks. But with the chance that you […]
by Liz Childers In late July, Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced plans to begin charging a fee for backcountry camping. With over 500,000 acres stretching across the North Carolina – Tennessee border, the park attracts about 9.5 million visitors annually. It is currently one of few national parks that currently does not require […]
by Liz Childers In February, Kevin Nealon voiced some of his fears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. What were they about, you wonder? Well, it was the simple subject of camping. Nealon, the funny man from Saturday Night Live and Weeds, wants to take his 4 year-old son camping, but expresses some concerns about the […]
