Is Your BOB Too Big? If you are anything like me, your bug out bag aka BOB has a life of its own and continues to grow. I am always going to add just one more item just in case. I have come to realize as I age what I think I will need in …
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The First Mile is the Hardest – Reluctant Prepping
Some posts may contain affiliate links. The First Mile is the Hardest- Reluctant Prepping Not everyone has always lived a prepper or homesteading lifestyle. Making the changes necessary to be more self-sufficient in your life isn’t easy if it is new to you! Many of this generation’s adults grew up raised by the baby boomers …
Cooler Cooked Corn
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Cooler Cooked Corn Cooler cooked corn aka redneck cooler corn is done in a cooler very similar to thermos cooking. It’s just on a bigger scale than a thermos for feeding more than a single person. I would imagine you could use this method on almost any vegetable that …
Free Campgrounds Listed By State
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Free Campgrounds Listed By State Whether your looking for something fun to do for a weekend, for a vacation or even to test your bug out skills camping is a great option! I know my family has gotten tons of fun and learned even more during our camping excursions. …
Should You Have Cash in Your BOB?
Should You Have Cash in Your BOB? This a real common question and my answer is always the same… YES! More often than not if you need to bug out of a situation there has been an emergency that doesn’t, yet anyway, involve an economic collapse. Why do I say that? Because if you are …
Stop Trench Foot Before It Stops You (Bug Out Crisis!)
Stop Trench Foot Before It Stops You (Bug Out Crisis!) If you ask any solider or hiker, actually anyone who spends a lot of time walking, marching or running. They will tell you if you take good care of your feet, they will take good care of you. This is truer than most of us realize. …
50 Uses for an Emergency Blanket
50 Uses for an Emergency Blanket Just a few days ago we featured an article from Gray Wolf Survival with his opinion that the mylar emergency blanket wasn’t to his liking but had other uses. If you missed that posting, you can see it here>> Do Mylar Emergency Blankets Really Work? In that article he also …
Do Mylar Emergency Blankets Really Work?
Do Mylar Emergency Blankets Really Work? This is one of those articles where the author and I don’t agree. As an aggregated page we always try to present as many angles on every subject broached as possible. We realize that everyone has their own point of view and opinion and the more of those we …
Ways to Use a DeLorme Atlas to Bug Out
Ways to Use a DeLorme Atlas to Bug Out My own bug out route is relatively easy. A few turns in town and out on the road without another turn for several hours. That is of course assuming that the disaster that I am leaving because of hasn’t blocked that exit, isn’t jam packed with …
Building A Wattle Shelter W/O Tools
Building A Wattle Shelter W/O Tools When I think of a shelter built in the woods without the use of tools what comes to mind is not what you can watch this young man build in the video below! My first thought is a debris shelter with just enough room and protection from the elements …