Welcome!

     Greetings and welcome to my camping blog. I’m a recent transplant to Alaska and in love with the state. Liked it so much I even spent a year in Nome. I really enjoy camping here so I figured I would write a blog about it. Here you’ll be able to read my rantings and stories mixed with tips and ideas I get after I screw something up. Who knows, maybe I’ll get big and get free gear to review.

     You should know I’m not the most hardcore guy. I like hiking, hunting and sleeping outside like all good men, I just don’t do it for much longer than two days at a time. North Face will never make a movie about me.

     Posh is the word I started to use when I’d plan a weekend trip with a bunch of friends. I am a pretty good party thrower, so my camping trips ended up being more like a two day dinner party with hiking or skiing in between courses. It is escapism at its finest – a little work leads to massive rewards. You get to spend a weekend outside without staring at building as sirens blare around you, yet you drove there with your compact truck.

     It is one of my favorite past times - relaxed, low energy camping. It’s to live outside for a weekend – drive up and pitch a tent, hike and look for critters, cook dinner over hot coals and finish the day drinking beer around a campfire with good friends. Posh camping is perfected car camping.

     I’m good at it because I’m a boy-scout over-preparer. I like gear and I like figuring out new ways to make life easier, e.g. I’m efficient. I’m also hell of a cook and really like cooking outside. More importantly, it is just so damn easy to do up here. There are amazing places just a short drive from Anchorage.

    So please enjoy my blog. I hope you pick up a tip for your next trip or at least have a laugh at my expense. Thanks for reading!

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