Month: June 2014
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How to Make a Water Bottle Survival Kit
I thought I would see how many useful survival items I could stuff into a small water bottle like this one (it’s 16-ounce, hard-sided): At 16-ounces it’s not a very big water bottle and that was a part of the challenge! Of course, you could choose a larger water bottle if you prefer and it…
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3 Ingredient Homemade Deodorant My Wife Approves Of!
About a year or so ago I started making my own deodorant and haven’t looked back. Personally, I was fine with buying store-bought deodorant but my wife never liked the stuff much. In fact, she’s always had a hard time finding deodorant that both works AND didn’t make her break out… seems she’s sensitive to various…
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We Came to Conquer: The Continuous Rise of The Preppers
[Editor’s foreword: This is a guest post written by John Anderson. Ultimately, I allowed this post here to highlight the role that the media and television shows like Doomsday Preppers are having on our image. Remember that no matter how “normal” you think you are… everyone else thinks you’re a bit crazy. Yes, even your…
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3 Easy Ways to EDC Duct Tape!
Duct tape is wonderful stuff. It’s so useful, in fact, that you should have some on you at all times and include it in your EDC. After all, if it was good enough for MacGyver, it’s good enough for me. Here’s my 3 most favorite ways to carry it… 1. Wrapped around a credit card…
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Dutch Oven Easy Bake Chicken and Rice: Stove Sundays
When we went camping in Little Basin park we choose to bring our Lodge Logic Dutch Oven (I prefer a larger pot with flat lid for versatility) to cook a meal with. We choose to do an easier meal, specifically Easy Bake Chicken and Rice that’s straight from the Camp Dutch Oven Cooking 101 cookbook…
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3 Simple Tricks to Stick to a Grocery List and Stay Under Budget: Frugal Fridays
I’ll admit it, when I was in charge of going grocery shopping years ago, I was VERY bad about purchasing items that were NOT on the approved grocery list my wife so diligently prepared. I know what you’re thinking and I’m not an impulse shopper! Not that I’ll admit, anyway. 😉 It was never really about…
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D.Light LED Solar Rechargeable S20 Area Lantern Review: Great Buy for <$20!
During out last camping trip I finally had a good change to use this d.light S20 lantern I’d purchased a while back. I was excited about it since the lantern was less than $20 shipped and promised good things. 🙂 Here’s my take on the lantern… Battery Life The website’s info states that the S20 can be…
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DIY Ranger Pace Beads With a “Manly” Twist: Make it Mondays
I was bored the other day and decided to make my own Ranger-style pace counting beads for hiking and bug out. But, rather than using the traditionally accepted method of paracord and “girly” beads I figured I would “man it up” a bit and use paracord and machined nuts, you know, the kind that are…
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72 Hour Survival Kit GIVEAWAY: Food Fire Filter Bucket by Food Supply Depot!
The folks at SurvivalBased.com reached out and asked me to share their giveaway of three 72 Hour Survival Kits! I said “Sure” and you can enter to win below… a Rafflecopter giveaway