🌀 Safety & First Aid… Backcountry Safety Meets Hurricane Readiness: The Ten Essentials as Disaster Prep 29 May 202525 Oct 2026 Preparedness and safety review: October 25, 2026. This is household planning guidance. Follow current local emergency instructions, product labels, and individual medical advice. A familiar headlamp, cook pot, and dry…
Backcountry Kitchen 🥪Pressed to Impress: Backcountry Cooking with Style 26 May 202522 May 2025 There’s something deeply satisfying about biting into a hot, crispy sandwich after a long day on the trail or water—especially when it’s made with simple, clever gear that fits easily…
Backcountry Kitchen… 🔥Backcountry Chef Essentials: Cooking Over Fire with Precision and Purpose 22 May 202522 May 2025 There’s something raw and rewarding about cooking with fire in the wild—no buttons, no beeps, just heat, instinct, and steel. When I teach backcountry cooking or guide a kayak expedition…
Florida Kayaking Accessible Paddling: Fitness, Flexibility & Injury Considerations in Kayaking 19 May 202526 Jun 2025 You don’t need to be an elite athlete to enjoy kayaking. In fact, one of the most beautiful aspects of paddle sports is their accessibility. People of all ages, shapes,…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… The Crisis of Water Safety Literacy: A Professional Reflection 17 May 202525 Aug 2026 By Jeff Fabiszewski – Outdoor Educator, ACA-Certified Open Water Instructor, Wilderness First Responder, Leave No Trace Trainer In the evolving landscape of outdoor recreation, few areas expose the limitations of…
Gear Reviews 🔦ENO Twilight camp lights 12 May 202518 Sep 2025 As a professional backpacker and kayaker who’s spent countless nights under the stars and paddled through some of the most remote waterways in North America, I’ve learned that the little…
Events & Lectures… 🌸 A Mother’s Strength: Wilderness, Love, and the Woman Beside Me 🌿 11 May 202528 May 2025 ☀️ Before the World Wakes The morning light stretches across our porch. There’s a hush in the palms and the slow breath of another Florida sunrise. My coffee steams.Birdsong hums…
Gear Reviews 🛶 pros and cons of greenland paddle 1 May 20259 May 2025 Outside of being cool and steeped in history there is a logical reason why I sometimes paddle with a Greenland style paddle than an Euro-blade design. The wet surface area…
Florida Kayaking ⛵Charting Confidence: Why Youth Should Dive Into Sea Scouts in Tampa Bay 28 Apr 202525 Apr 2025 As a professional expedition guide and certified kayak safety instructor, I’ve spent years leading people through Florida’s backwaters, mangrove tunnels, and coastal inlets. But some of the most meaningful work…
🌀 Safety & First Aid… Wilderness First Aid for Kayakers: Scene Safety, Care, and Help 23 Apr 202521 Oct 2026 Practice the decisions that connect a safe rescue with appropriate care. Kayaking can carry us beyond quick access to medical help. A capsize, an oyster cut, or a painful shoulder…
Florida Kayaking 🔦Camp Lights 4 Apr 202324 Apr 2025 Candle light It is challenging to pick my favorite camp light. Candle, battery, solar, iso-butane fuel, oil burning, wood, there are so many choices to brighten up the campsite. My…
Backcountry Kitchen 🥪Reuben sandwich 21 Mar 202321 Mar 2023 Tasty food options are endless with a Snow Peak❄🗻 Gigapower stove and a hot sandwich maker. The results are always yummy 😋⛺ Cooking Tools With the GigaPower stove, on a…
Gear Reviews ⚙️ Marmot Nitro 2P Tent 27 May 202021 Aug 2026 May of 2020 I purchased the Marmot Nitro 2P tent to explore Florida with my seven year-old son on local backpacking trips. The tech specs: - weight two pounds five…
Gear Reviews ⚙️ hammock comfort 29 Jun 201521 Aug 2026 There are many advantages to hammock camping in Florida. Many people think that the heat, humidity, and biting insects are a deterrent to camping. That does not need to be…
Entertainment 🎦 The Summit A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity 5 Feb 201520 Oct 2026 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009) is a beautiful film. It is a movie that showcases why adventures go beyond the possible and make the improbable a…