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Outdoors in DFW: Erwin Park

Outdoors in DFW: Erwin Park

Outdoors is Better Than Indoors Campfire Guy here.  Some of my favorite memories growing up took place in the great outdoors. While I never had the pleasure of being chased by a bald headed bear or matching wits with trash can-dwelling raccoons, I hope to pass on my love of nature to our kids. So Much Concrete, So Little Space to Roam Living in a suburb of Dallas,TX it’s easy to forget that there are some great places close by where…

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Winter Is Here, Let’s Go Camping!

Winter Is Here, Let’s Go Camping!

It Just Snowed, Who Wants To Sleep Outside? January 7th brought with it some of the coldest weather Dallas had seen in almost 6 years.  I had some gear I wanted to try out and what better time than with light snow on the ground and twenty degree weather. The campout also brought with it my first foray into video.  Part of this I streamed to Facebook Live, part of it I recorded and tried not to shiver to much….

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How To Dress For Winter Camping

How To Dress For Winter Camping

Baby It’s Finally Cold Outside.  Now What? Campfire Guy here. North Texas weather has been very erratic over the past week. On January 2nd it was warm and sunny.  By January 6th we had light snow and temperatures hovering in the 20’s.  Incidentally I camped out that night.  As soon as I thaw out, I’ll be posting an article on that experience.  To say that the seasons have been behaving like the guests on an episode of Jerry Springer would be…

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