Raincoats for big guys are hard to find. Not a lot of manufacturers make XXL raincoats that are comfortable and lightweight enough for hiking or camping in. This last winter I needed to pick up a new raincoat because someone had stolen my last one and I’m in the PNW. It rains here, it rains […]
One thing I love when I roll out on adventures is sitting around a fire and either just listening to the world around me or drinking and BSing with friends. The problem is that some of the places I pull Leif the Adventure Van up to don’t have fire pits, or have them in places […]
As a big guy that sleeps on his front and loves to camp, I’m well aware that finding a sleeping pad that is comfortable for stomach sleepers can be a challenge. After some research, here is what I learned from other campers that share this problem of being comfortable at night sleeping on something other […]
On my last trip up Green Mountain, I realized just how much I needed a good camp chair that I could take with me backpacking. There were few logs around and my camp spot really had no place to rest other than the ground. That had me looking for a backpacking chair for big guys. […]
There are some super simple trick that you can use when you take the family camping that makes the whole experience a little easier and a whole lot more fun. This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. More Information Put lightsticks in your cooler […]
Camping string lights seemed like a silly idea when I first had one sent to me. That first one was a Luminoodle and for a long time I wondered what I was going to do with it, but then I found out how handy camping string lights, can be. Camping string lights are typically USB […]
Admittedly, I love to travel, but I hate to fly. I’m a big guy and at 6’4″ I just don’t fit in airline seats unless I spring for first class. There are some things that I can bring along to make the whole experience more enjoyable though and they all make great gifts for people […]
Pondering picking up a Rumpl Blanket? Here are my thoughts on these technical adventure blankets.
What do you do when you want to build a fire or do some grilling, but there isn’t a fire pit where you are camping? Portable fire pits like the UCO Flat Pack grill solve that problem by letting you build a fire or grill just about everywhere. Honestly, I would never have thought of […]
Straight out of one of the recent boxes from Cairn, comes the Humangear GoBites Duo review. I have a ton of different utensils for eating on the trail but I was headed out in the adventure van and knew that I didn’t have any clean utensils to eat with in it. So I grabbed the […]