There are few things that dampen the camping spirit like a chair that’s uncomfortable and unreliable. You can’t sit around the campfire singing Kumbaya when your back is killing you and you’re concerned about your chair collapsing at any minute. That’s why we give you our list of 5 Heavy Duty Camping Chairs that will open you up [...]

We love the outdoors! Walking through the woods and fields of a nearby park awakens the soul. Unfortunately, it can also awaken a herd of blood sucking ninjas. Yes, we’re talking about ticks. If they didn’t carry things like lime disease we might be less concerned with them, but because they can cause larger problems than [...]

The folks at Ruhstaller Brewing are proud to share the history and cutting edge technology behind their uniquely Californian brews. Here are the who, what, where, why, when and how straight from the Sacramento brew masters themselves. Ruhstaller was originally founded in Sacramento in 1881 by Captain Frank Ruhstaller, California’s premier pioneer brewer. Ruhstaller brews [...]

You get it because you don’t know how to get it off of your skin. Let’s back up a bit. You’ve probably all had poison ivy at least once. You’re out in the woods having a great time. You get back to camp and it starts. That wretched itch. It’s terrible. It feels like it’s [...]

Getting outdoors means you are volunteering to become a mobile playground for ticks. It just comes with the territory. I grew up in the country, and never thought about a tick removal tool. We would just pull them off and keep playing. As I’ve grown older and known several people who have become very sick [...]