Independence Day Weekend at the Camp Site

by suburban | Jul 14, 2010 | Hygiene, Personal, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Water

Well, last week­end was a good one.  Not only because I cel­e­brat­ed Inde­pen­dence Day, it was also my Moth­er’s birth­day (she turned 65), but I was able to get out and do a lit­tle camp­ing too.  It was a hot and long one as well…  It was more of a... Read more

Reviews of the Henry Survival Rifle / AR‑7

by suburban | Jul 7, 2010 | Guns & Weapons, Hunting, Survival Gear, Survivalism

So a cou­ple months ago I bought a Hen­ry .22 Sur­vival rifle.  It is an inter­est­ing rifle that packs up into its own stock for stor­age.  I’ve shot it a cou­ple of times and have mixed feel­ings about it.  It seems to do exact­ly what Hen­ry said it... Read more

M.D. Creekmore giveaway!

by suburban | Jun 20, 2010 | Survival Gear

M.D. Creek­more at The Sur­vival­ist Blog – a sur­vival blog ded­i­cat­ed to help­ing oth­ers pre­pare for and sur­vive dis­as­ter – with arti­cles on bug out bag con­tents, sur­vival knife choic­es and a wealth of oth­er sur­vival infor­ma­tion is... Read more

My Thoughts About a Bug Out Location

by suburban | Jun 14, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Energy, Fishing, Hunting, Preparedness, Shelter, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Water

So, I have been giv­ing more and more thought to a BOL. Here is why: My fam­i­ly’s home, which is my cur­rent BOL is 100 miles from my home in NJ. It is rur­al, but still near major roads and is high­ly vis­i­ble to the street, as is the gar­den, vehi­cles, etc.... Read more

Building an Inexpensive Bug Out Bag System with Dave Canterbury of the Pathfinder School

by suburban | Jun 7, 2010 | Bug Out, Bushcraft, But Out Bag, Cooking, DIY, Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

So, today I want to pub­lish sev­er­al videos by Dave Can­ter­bury of the Pathfind­er School.  I have a ton of Respect for Dave.  His videos are infor­ma­tive, he is thor­ough, and a pro­fes­sion­al sur­vival­ist.  He has a new show on the Dis­cov­ery... Read more

My Urban Get Home Bag

by suburban | Jun 3, 2010 | Bug Out, Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

When I worked in NYC and live in NJ, Post 9/11 I had a GHB in my file cab­ined draw­er. 1. 1 Bot­tle Potas­si­um Iodide Tablets (inex­pen­sive and fig­ured it was good to have in the event of a dirty bomb) 2. 2 x Small Bot­tle of hand san­i­tiz­er (60% alco­hol / 40%... Read more