With a Dutch oven, you can learn to cook anything at the campfire you can prepare in your own oven and/or on the stovetop at home. It just takes a little patience, some practice, and the right Dutch oven cooking tools. But when it comes right down to it, Dutch oven cooking is pretty simple.…
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At 50 Campfires, we love foil packet meals. They are a great way to go when you’re preparing campfire meals for yourself, for you and a camping partner, your family, or an entire camping crew. The advantages of foil packets at the campfire are many: You don’t have to bring much along except the ingredients…
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The sport of canyoneering offers a chance to explore some of the most amazing landscapes and infrequently traveled terrain. Utah is known to have some of the world’s best and most unique slot canyons, but Southern California has plenty to offer, too, and most are a short drive from Los Angeles. Here are some of…
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In the Colorado High School Cycling League, kids discover a thousand different reasons to love riding. When I ask my son, Hatcher, what his favorite thing about his inaugural season on the Boulder High School mountain bike team was, he says, “The rice cake.” “The rice cake?” “Yes, the rice cake.” Then he describes it.…
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With storm season in full bluster, the need for dependable raingear develops a greater sense of urgency. If you’re shopping for a new rain jacket, you’ll quickly encounter a trio of seemingly interchangeable terms: water resistant, waterproof and water repellent. Is there really a difference between them? Spoiler alert: “Waterproof” beats “water resistant” and “waterproof/breathable”…
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If you want to be the best then you need to learn from the best. G. Fred Asbell is one of the worlds best bow hunters and has been writing books on the subject of archery for over 30 years. What Fred doesn’t know about archery isn’t really worth knowing, certianly when it comes to…
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Every hunter is looking for the secret sauce that allows someone to draw as many tags as possible on a regular basis. The problem with secret sauces is that they usually don’t actually exist. Grill masters recipes vary slightly but the winners in pit challenges are the cooks who can appeal to the widest number…
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Sun, 2/11, 7:30 am-3 pm Group: SheJumps When: Sunday, February 11, 7:30 am to 3 pm Where: Meet at Sunset Square Safeway, Bellingham, WA Cost: $5 (registration required) Details: Join us Sunday, Feb 11th, for a fun day of snowshoeing up in the mountains, exploring Mt. Baker Wilderness on White Salmon Rd, and hopefully seeing some breathtaking…
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The Navajo Nation and four other tribes are going to court to restore Bears Ears National Monument’s original boundaries. If they fail, it could change American public lands forever. Grand Gulch is one of the areas eliminated from Bears EarsIf there’s one thing that Ryan Zinke wants you to know about his and President Trump’s…
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Eight percent of employees reported sexual harassment in new survey. The Department of the Interior has fired four senior managers after a survey uncovered pervasive harassment there, Secretary Ryan Zinke announced on Thursday. In a press release, the department said that 35% of its employees reported some type of harassment or discrimination in the survey,…
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