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I did try searching first and was surprised to see zero results. Makes sense now that I know 'GPS' is not indexed.

With mother's day coming up I thought that a GPS for my wife might be a good gift. Can someone recommend one and also include some reasons for the recommendation? By the way, I don't know much about them, yet. I'll probably spend a few days investigating. We do some sort hikes with the kids...

On the link you provided it shows that compass as Brunton 8096 Eclipse Compass. On REI I see a Brunton 8096-AR. I assume they are the same. I do see an Eclipse on REI but it's a 8099.

My wife just picked up a Motorola TalkAbout FV500R. We only plan to use the FRS channels as we don't have a GMRS license. On the back of the box it says: "FRS/GMRS use approved in the US only. ..." I don't see any Industry Canada or DOC stamp (though I really don't know what one looks like...

The first use for these would be for downhill skiing. And in most cases you're probably correct about all the runs being on the same face of the mountain. However, we were just up in Montreal and went skiing at Mont Tremblant for the first time. Myself and my kids ended up on the wrong side...

Thanks. Obviously there is a lot of reading I need to do. As I mentioned, I did a cursory search on google and didn't find much. There was however this match: http://outside.away.com/outside/news/200404/walkie_talkie.html. It seems to indicate that GMRS is on more powerful channels than FRS...

Thanks. I'll definitely check out the link you provided. Can you clarify a couple things? So everything that used to be a walkie talkie in the past is now a HT? No differences between them? When you say that they are making 2M radios as HT's I'm guessing that HT is somewhat synonomous with...

I wasn't sure if I should reply to this thread or start a new one. I'm looking to get some sort of two way device so that we can communicate with our kids while they're skiing. I guess most people have some sort of walkie talkie. I usually do some amount of research before buying any sort of...

Since many people suggested using the fire pit so that we have less to clean up I assume the suggestion to use the stove is because I'm a novice? Is this correct?

And one more question. For those that do have to wash dishes, do you assume you can get a hold of some water wherever you're camping, or do you bring your own supply of water to wash with? I'm thinking you never want to have to lug your own wash water around so you either don't wash dishes or...

I'm really a novice here. After reading all the posts I'm figuring that greywater is dirty water that you generated, lets say from dishes. Let me know if I'm not correct. So what is foodwater? Water that you brought to drink or cook with? If so, do I need to worry about what to do with...

Thanks for all the replies, I'm sure they will come in handy. On a couple replies there was a mention of paper plates burning easy. Does this mean I should be burning the plates and any other paper products we use in the fire pit (if we make use of the fire pit)? Thanks, Nick

Well this coming weekend we'll (myself my wife and our four kids) take our first camping trip. Not a big deal, just a single overnight. I think there will just be three meals, dinner first night, and breakfast and lunch the next day. My wife just purchased a coleman stove and some cooking...

Thank you all for your replies. My wife is still set on purchasing a bigger tent that we can all fit in (4 kids plus us). I looked on LL Bean and I didn't see any large (multi-room) tents. WBB's post mentioned something about a LLBean 3 room, but I can't seem to find such a thing on llbean's...

I don't have any experience with hiking boots, but I've resoled dress shoes. I would always go for resoling if possible. It's inexpensive and you end up with a boot that's like new but already broken in. It's also a form of recycling which is good.

My family is new to camping (haven't camped yet) and I would like to get some recommendations on tents. I did a search, but as you can imagine searching for "tent" returned quite a few hits. At any rate, we purchased a Eurika Tetragon 9 tent for our kids a couple of years ago, which we have...

I am investigating getting a Redbone Coonhound as a family pet. You mentioned that you need to be careful of the breeder you use as some breeders breed only hunting dogs which may not make good pets. Can you tell me which breeder you used? Also, any other tips/info would be helpful. Thanks, Nick