On our last Field Trip to California, our friends at Kershaw Knives asked us if we wanted to spend the afternoon hanging out with professional skateboarder Chris Cole. Kershaw’s connection with him stems from a skate tool that he helped to develop, and it’s called the Kickflip. Skateboarding doesn’t have much to do with camping, [...]
I’ll start out by saying that I’m not a primitive skills expert by any means. I spend a lot of time outside, have built plenty of primitive shelters, and I’m handy with a knife. That said, starting a friction fire is an entirely different thing. It requires a level of persistence that rivals all other [...]
Three walleye anglers fishing together last week on the Detroit River face losing their fishing licenses after being caught with 80 walleye – 65 over the river’s legal daily limit of five per person, per day. An anonymous tip to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Report All Poaching Hotline Thursday afternoon said that three [...]
I would bet a fair amount of money that we have the record for the largest vehicle even taken on the Lake Hughes Truck trail. On our last 50 Campfires Field Trip to Los Angeles, we spent a lot of time in the Angeles National Forest. At over 700,000 acres, it’s full of rugged hiking, [...]
Guppies Fishing Adventures for the win! Los Angeles is a crazy place. Four million people in only 469 square miles make Los Angeles County the most populated county in the country. It’s dense, busy, and it takes forever to get anywhere. When I think about the city of Los Angeles, fishing is not something that [...]
An Outdoors.com fan, Jeff Pickett, sent us this great video from CMH Galena 2019 in Southern British Columbia! There are helicopters, wolverine tracks and lots of skiing! An SFD Productions. Related Videos: Skiing Antarctica – The Adventurer’s Last Frontier
At 102 years old, ‘Spartacus’ actor Kirk Douglas was recently spotted on his grandson Cameron’s Instagram hanging out inside a tent on an air mattress. The 40-year-old Cameron shared the photo on his Instagram account, saying, “This amazing man, my Pappy, is such inspiration in so many ways! Going camping at 102! #Spartacus#thrunthru ?@Lisa.” The photo, that [...]
Does a detailed plan or a “go with the flow” approach give anglers the best chance for a successful fishing trip? If the guides are Chasin’ the Sun co-hosts Justin Leake and Travis Holeman, it depends on who you ask. In this episode, their stylistic differences are on full display as we take a closer [...]
Having a strategy for your fishing trip is a good idea but, when nature doesn’t cooperate, it’s time to make some adjustments. That’s the challenge facing Capt. Travis Holeman and Capt. Justin Leake when a pod of hungry dolphins throws a wrench in their plans, in this episode of Chasin’ the Sun. It’s a beautiful [...]
