Tag: pro-tip
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3 Pro-tips for Your Road Trip
– Things We’ve Forgotten, NPS EditionAs folks get rolling out to the U.S. National Parks and the rest of the great outdoors for Summer, here are three things to know plus one bonus idea. 1. Watch for the AM radio sign for the latest updates and tune in! This is usually posted as a road sign as you’re driving in…
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A Review: Food Tank’s First Summit
in the PNW2018 Food Tank’s First Summit in the Pacific Northwest: Growing Food Policy Have you ever attended a conference and walked away super inspired, then wondered a week later if anything stuck? I wasn’t sure what to expect of Food Tank’s first summit held in the Pacific Northwest. In the end, it was a net positive. Having…
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Travel Pro-tip: How to Pack Beer to Fly Home in One Piece
“How do you pack beer home when you fly?” -My old friend Kyle (readers may know him as the one who married an Iowan named Susannah*) This was the nudge to finally draft this post I’ve had in mind. I hope those of you over 21 find it handy as we head into holiday travel…
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Pro-tip Tuesday:
Unintended Extra Groceries + Tote HackDo you ever go grocery shopping and discover that you’re picking up 150% more than you intended to buy, that you are really hungry, and now you’re trying to figure out how to bike or walk it all home? I recently picked up a new trick for those reusable sacs (usually cloth or polyester of…
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Pro-Tip Tuesday:
Alt Uses for a Water Bottle While on the Road 2Here’s one from my significant other’s mountaineering class. I froze my ass off camping in in Bryce Canyon so you don’t have to. While camping, you can fill a large nalgene (or other water) bottle with hot water before bed, and put it in your sleeping bag for extra warmth all night! If you find the…
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Thrifty Thursday: How to Save on Shopping When You Bike
Right in time for April’s 30 Days of Biking: BicycleBenefits.org offers this $5 sticker which gets you discounts at different places across the nation! Just bring your stickered bike helmet in when you arrive on two wheels, and not only will you save marginal cost on gas and car maintenance, but literally get a discount when,…
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Pro-tip Tuesday:
Repurpose Used Spice Containers for BakingEver get to the middle of a baking project and find your hands all sticky but out of flour in your bowl for dusting? Did you finally use up one of those expensive little containers of spices from the store, and it’s got a little sifter cover thingy? Repurpose it to help you dust surfaces…
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5 Things To Explore in Fairbanks
Alaskan Adventures Part 4This last installment on Alaskan Adventures is packed with travel tips. Enjoy! “To know the wilderness is to know a profound humility, to recognize one’s littleness, to sense dependence, and interdependence, indebtedness and responsibility.” -Howard Zahniser, author of the Wilderness Act of 1964 Downtown Fairbanks was more cosmopolitan than I expected (ok ok, I did…
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Pro-Tip Tuesday, Travel Edition:
the Power Outlets Hiding in Plain SightTravel Pro-Tip of the Day: my co-explorer and I often run into limited device-to-charging-cord ratios when we travel. Either one of us has packed a cord but the other overlooked it, or there appear to be too few compatible outlets wherever we’re staying. Besides using a plugged in laptop as a USB port for phone cables,…