Erica

I'm not sure what's more impressive. Building a canoe and homes as a math class project or that cake? I immediately showed the photo...

When the men at Monet found out I was using a compass and maps, they were as surprised as if I said I was using witchcraft I agree.

For 50 years I wandered in remote Adirondack wilderness areas, mostly far from any trail with only a map, compass, a standard wrist...

I respect the no tech in the back country and practice it with exception of communication for my wife. I made the mistake once of...

I got a little artsy tonight with this Great blue heron, that was having a bad hair day.

I remember back in the 90s when cell phones were just becoming ubiquitous. Calls and texts cost money so we didn't give our personal...

I shared my inReach tracking on this site when I did the Marshall Lake loop in case anyone wanted to follow along but that's far less...

I don't have much of any winter project/s going on this year. I usually do. Sometimes it's customizing .22 rifles (did enough of that)...

This one has been on the list for a bit, got it together last night. Not the prettiest project ever, but it was partly a...

Ticks can live 3 years or more. They have 4 life stages and some need a different host for each stage. I no longer do any canoe trips...

As a current star link subscriber I was given a deal on their totally mobile take anywhere in the world model. But I haven’t tried it...

If that's the worst of it, I would buy it and put it into working order.

I don’t think I saw a tick all summer/fall in the Adirondacks, and we hiked and went on plenty of day trips in the canoe with portages...

I, too, like the extra durability, and the inReach can operate as a stand-alone without the phone (though I don't think that's the case...