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I actually grew up going fishing on most summer weekends , along with my family. Mom and dad both liked fishing, and we usually went to remote lakes way out in the mountains of northern Idaho. On Friday, my mother would pack the car with all of the camping gear and food we needed for a weekend...

I just watched an interesting tutorial video about using fresh-picked pine needles as a survival food if you are stranded out in the woods and have nothing to eat. Pine needles are actually full of vitamins, although it might take quit a bit of munching to keep you with enough calories to...

I have added petals from flowers like violets , along with some of the violet leaves, into a salad. The tiny purple violets add some bright color into the salad, and the leaves are very packed full of nutrition. We have violets growing all over in the front yard; so I don't even have to go out...

I just watched this video today, and it amazed me. It is about a blue heron, and he is actually stalking a gopher. I at first thought that he might be after a small snake, or maybe even a field mouse, but never would I have expected that bird to be able to catch and eat something as large as...

The only kind of kayak that I have ever had so one of the sit-on-top ones, and it was much easier for me because I am a senior, and getting in and out of a regular kayak would have been impossible for me to do. With the one that I had, I could just wade out into the water a little ways...

My daughter came over this last weekend, and she brought me something called a "GoTenna". It is kind a tech little gadget that helps you use your cell phone almost like a CB radio when there is no cell service for whatever reason. I am not exactly sure how to explain it, but basically, it is...

When I was growing up and went camping on the weekends with my parents; we all had airmattresses that fit into the area beneath the sleeping bag. Back in those days, the air mattresses were made with kind of a canvas material, and not just the easily-punctured plastic ones that they sell...

I like that idea of cooking food in boiling water with baggies. We did that kind of thing when I was working at one of those Leisure Time Resorts. I was the weekend breakfast and lunch cook, among other things that I did there. The eggs came in one of the gallon sized bags, and we just...

Oh, Dancer, I am SO sorry to hear this sad news ! I know that you had said earlier that Reese was not doing well this year, and you were not able to take him along with you any more; but even though it probably does not come as a surprise to you to lose him, that in no way stops the heartbreak...

I noticed that some of the videoss showed mules being used along with horses. Even though I have always had horses, and nevr even thought about having a mule, I would certainly prefer one if a person was trailriding in mountainous areas where the trails were steep. I used to ride with a friend...

I would definitely want a gaited horse if i were going on a long trail ride, although every horse is doing a four-beat gait at a walk; which is what a person would be doing at least most of the time. For many years, I thought that an Arabian was the only horse that was suitable to ride; but as...

I do not think that i would want to wear this around a campsite, especially if there was any kind of a campfire or even a cooking fire burning at the campsite. It does look rather other-worldly, and that part would not be an issue if I were concerned about keeping warm; however, the idea of...

Hi, Dancer ! I have actually not gone anywhere this summer, not even fishing. My daughter, Robin, who is my usual travel companion, was sent to Afghanistan early in March, and she was supposed to only be there a few weeks. Well, she is still there, and she has NO idea when she will be back...

I love tacos, and this sounds like a great way to make them. I can see it working well at a backyard picnic and when out camping like you had them. I have never heard of this idea before. I think that i will try this instead of making the regular tortilla soft tacos that we usually have. This...

Here is a very interesting old Civil-War era picture that shows some soldiers standing around a dead pteranodon that they had shot down. Back in those days, no one had even heard about dinosaurs, let alone a prehistoric creature like this one; so you can imagine their surprise when it came...

The other day I ran across this video on the internet that seems to show a pteranodon, which are supposed to have been extinct for eons. When I checked out the video, it turned out to have been taken in Idaho, which is where I grew up at. This was taken near Boise, in southern Idaho, and that is...

Here is just kind of a good news report about the terrible wildfire situation. I was reading that Bruce Willis, who owns a home near one of the forest fires in Southern Idaho, has paid for catered meals for almost 500 firefighters, to be able to show his appreciation for their help in a...

Well, come and sit a spell with me on the front porch and relax. We will have fresh coffee (chocolate raspberry if you like flavored coffees), and enjoy the coolness of the shade and greenery here. It will do your soul good, and I will enjoy your company. Hope things are going better with your...

It seems like most of the Inland Northwest is on fire, and has been for a good share of the summer. I had intended to make a trip out west sometime this year with my friend Ina, and show her how beautiful north Idaho was, and introduce her to my friends and family out there. However, there is...

I have been seeing people posting on Facebook about using the plain type (yellow) Listerine to deter and even kill mosquitoes. I think one person even said to use the blue peppermint kind, which makes some sense, because most bugs to not like the smell of peppermint. I have not tried this; but I...