Gear Reviews… Beard Care – shopping 8 Dec 20256 Oct 2025 Gift-Ready Shopping Notes Bar Soap: Cold Brew Cleanse: coffee-kissed skin that stays soft and smooth, even after long days outdoors. Shampoo: Pine Tar Shampoo: cleanses deeply, calms the skin, and…
Gear Reviews… Gear Review: ENO JungleNest Hammock & HouseFly Tarp – Bug-Free, Scout-Proof Florida Comfort 1 Dec 20256 Oct 2025 By Jeff Fabiszewski – Wilderness First Responder | Backcountry Chef | Hammock-Camper Dad I bought the ENO JungleNest Hammock with the idea that it would be my ultralight bug-proof escape…
Outdoor Reflections The First Paddle Stroke of a Republic 17 Nov 20257 Oct 2025 Before America had highways, it had rivers. Before it had parties, it had paddlers. The first people, tribes, traders, and explorers moved by current and tide, guided by instinct, rhythm,…
Outdoor Reflections Many Canoes, One Crossing 10 Nov 20256 Oct 2025 From the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, Native nations met by canoe.Different hulls. Same tide. Before America drew borders or built roads, diplomacy happened on the water. Across the…
Outdoor Reflections The Seal and the Stream 3 Nov 202513 Oct 2025 Before America had highways, it had rivers. Before it had parties, it had paddlers. When the Founders placed the words E Pluribus Unum upon the nation’s seal, they were not…
Entertainment… 🎃Campfire Tales for Dark Nights: Folklore from the Water 30 Oct 202515 Sep 2025 🔥The Fire’s First Crackle When the October winds sharpen and the mangroves whisper, there is no better place than the glow of a fire. We circle close, cups of hot…
Expeditions… 🎃The Sliding Ones 26 Oct 2025 Night three. Somewhere past Lignumvitae Key, where the chart turns vague and the islands become silhouettes in a still-burning sky. In January of 2009 we were deep into our Florida…
Cooking 🎃🍵Florida Wild Edibles of October: Foraging with Respect 23 Oct 202515 Sep 2025 🍃The Season of Shadows October in Florida is a strange month. The days are still hot enough to sweat through a shirt, but the nights begin to whisper of coolness.…
Cooking… 🎃🔥🌀Cooking When the Lights Go Out: Hurricane-Ready Meals That Work on the Water Too 20 Oct 20257 Oct 2025 The Candlelight Season October carries two kinds of darkness. Up north, the days shorten with autumn’s tilt. Here in Florida, the darkness is more unpredictable. The calendar says “spooky season,”…
Florida Kayaking 🎃🔥The Gear That Endures: Passing Down Tools of the Trail 16 Oct 20257 Oct 2025 A Flame that Crosses Generations In Florida, the trail is more than dirt beneath our boots or water under our hulls. It is a living memory, a thread that ties…
Cooking… 🎃Trail Spirits Pairing: Toasting Halloween Florida style 13 Oct 202510 Oct 2025 There’s a saying I hold onto when the lantern burns low: food feeds the body, but drink feeds the spirit. Out on the trail, or camped in a kayak clearing…
Cooking… 🎃🍏🔥Haunted Apples in the Piney Woods: A Halloween Mess Tin Feast 9 Oct 202515 Sep 2025 Florida does not give us crisp air and falling leaves in October. Instead, we get humidity that lingers like a ghost, palmetto shadows that stretch too far, and the kind…
Scouting ⛵“Not Just Sailors—But Citizens of the Sea”: Why Your Child Belongs in Sea Scouts 29 Sep 20259 Sep 2025 “Teach them to row, and you’ll teach them responsibility. Teach them to serve, and you’ll give them purpose.” – Inspired by Lord Baden-Powell In a world increasingly adrift from practical…
🌀 hurricane… 🩺 The Florida Hurricane-Ready First Aid Kit 25 Sep 202515 Sep 2025 (For Homes and Apartments) When the storm shutters are up and the power is down, you don’t just need bandages you need the right tools for the right emergencies. Here’s…
Holiday Season… 🌊⚓ Sea Scouts and Native American Day ⚓🌊 24 Sep 2025 As Skippers, we have a wonderful opportunity to help our youth connect Scouting’s love of the water with the Native American traditions of voyagers, navigators, and storytellers. This past summer,…
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