Winter camping is a unique and exhilarating experience that transforms the great outdoors into a serene winter wonderland. While summer camping has its charms, there’s something magical about camping amidst a snowy landscape. For those adventurous souls ready to embrace the chill, we’ve curated a list of top 5 tips…
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For The Kiddos!
Nourishing our kids with meaningful wilderness experiences can be a full-time job, and if you’re a parent who’s taken the kids camping, you know that mealtime is nooo exception! Meal time can perhaps be the most joyous or stressful moment of a family camping trip or road trip. We are…
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Trail Meals for Dry Camps
For many of us, there’s nothing quite like traveling through remote wilderness areas, far away from the hustle and bustle of life. These super remote locations often provide breathtaking vistas and the solitude many wilderness travelers live for. However, from time to time, and especially here in the Southwest, these…
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A Summer Recap From Bend Outdoors – Back To The Fundamentals
– a guest blog by Mark Cortinas – In a world so vastly complex and ever changing, the outdoors is something so vital to center us back to what really matters most. Bend Outdoors hosted two guided trips to Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand Teton National park, and had…
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Our Team’s Top Picks for 3 Day Weekend Adventures
Summer has arrived here in Texas along with one of our favorite summer rituals – The 3 Day Weekend! We take long weekends seriously here at Packit Gourmet, and we think you should too! To help inspire, we’ve compiled some of our favorite dream long weekend destinations near Packit Gourmet…
The Great Tortilla Showdown
Why does the tortilla reign supreme? Simply put, the tortilla or wrap is a practically un-smush-able, shelf stable, easy to pack bread that you can pair to any and all savory flavors. Tortillas and wraps open the door to backcountry meal possibilities that are unattainable without this magical layer of…
Our Easy Guide to Goal Setting & Getting Outside in 2023
It’s never too early for a good idea and never too late for dreaming! As the new year begins and life settles back into a routine, the time is now to take that seed of an idea and plant it in fertile ground. There’s a full year of adventure in…
5 Tips For How To Cook Over A Campfire
There’s nothing better than the magic of a campfire on a cool night — the crackling of the wood, the familiar woodsy smell, and the opportunity for some campfire cooking! Whether it’s perfecting your method or bringing the right gear, planning and thinking ahead matters when it comes to depending on your own fire building and skills to cook over an open fire with unrelenting high temperatures…Here are 5 tips for a successful campfire cookout!
Rounding Up for Explore Austin
Summer has ended and schools are gearing back up for another semester — but as we all know, some of the best learned lessons can come from summer wilderness fun! Every Summer, the team at Explore Austin gear up to send over 150 young explorers on 18 trips to wilderness…
Reflections of a Modern Adventure Dad
Viktor Frankl once wrote that what one really needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of oneself. For many of us, there is no more worthy a goal than parenting. This month, in celebration of father figures everywhere, we sat down…