The Energizer Pop Up Lantern
Not making the cut for quality gear for my 2015 excursions is the Energizer Pop-Up LED Lantern. Great in theory, and really, it should be a great piece of gear – BUT, it just doesn’t do the trick for me and my adventures. It runs on 4 AA batteries and…
Photography for 2015
For the 2015 season, I’m trying to step up my photography skills. To date, I’ve been running with a Sony Cyber-shot point and shoot, a Panasonic Lumix point and shoot and my Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. During the fall of 2014, I picked up a GoPro Hero 3+ and in…
How do you remember everything?
It may seem like an odd thing to write about on VagabondExpedition.com, but a key component to documenting and planning my travels along with maintaining the to-do list – and service records – on the VagabondExpedition Jeep all comes down to the platform called Evernote. Really, it is a central…
World Famous Gas Stove
Well, I’m impressed. For a $30.00 stove, this thing just plain works. Pop in a disposable butane cylinder and within a few minutes, you have boiling water. It comes in its own carry case and the stove can hold a full cylinder for transport. I used the stove all weekend,…
The Tepui Kukenam Roof Top Tent…
I’ve been contemplating buying a roof top tent (RTT) for quite some time. Never completely satisfied with what I was seeing, but liking the concept, I thought I’d see if anyone is selling any used in my area (currently Edmonton Alberta). Two showed up – a lightly used green roof…
