His Calling...Our Passion
Balleck is a Colorado based company that provides waterless, rinseless and scentless products for those that live an outdoor lifestyle. The company has 4 products that claim to keep you cleaner AND warmer while you rough it. I put their products to the test, not just on myself, but on my entire family. Here are Read More …
Getting kids outdoors is one of the greatest gifts you can give them. Due to the many benefits of being outdoors, it is truly the gift that keeps on giving so stock them up on the things that will make their outdoor time even better! Here is a list of 10 things that will help Read More …
If this were a one word review it would be summed up as “WOW!” There is a reason why this line of women’s hunting gear is deemed as the top women’s hunting line out there. These are not just ‘cute camo clothes.’This is a line for real sportswomen who need gear that can perform in Read More …
As she pulled her dad’s torn and tattered hunter safety book from thirty years earlier out of the storage box, her eyes filled with excitement. Together, they had been waiting for the time to come when they would crack it open and take one more step forward in her hunting journey. Her hunter safety course Read More …
With June on the horizon the cool fall days that were once filled with new books, freshly sharpened pencils, and an excitement for a new school year seem a distant memory. As the days grow longer we start to feel a desperate need for a change of scenery. The warmer weather calls us out, beckoning Read More …
I am so blessed that both my daughters have grabbed onto my love for the outdoors, a craving for all things beyond the asphalt and a drive to get up and out with the same passion and vigor that was handed down to me, through my mom. Read More …
In many places, it has been 6 weeks since schools shut down and kids unexpectedly came home; 6 weeks since the buses stopped coming to take them and moms and dads took on their student’s education. 6 weeks since we all started learning from home. In these 6 weeks I have noticed a shift. The Read More …
Cooking this olive-rosemary bread in a cast iron skillet creates a crisp outside and soft inside, the perfect complement to any meal! Ingredients: DIRECTIONS: *This same recipe can be used to make a sweet bread: replace olive oil with butter and rosemary and salt with sweetener, cinnamon or fruit. This bread goes excellent with this Read More …
There is nothing better than cooking with cast iron. The ease of taking your food from stovetop to oven, knowing you will end up with a dish cooked to perfection, makes this a must have kitchen staple. Along with the ease of being non-stick and the comfort of knowing this investment will last a lifetime, Read More …
I have never been to a chili cook-off but I hear they are fierce, with recipes mastered to perfection; chili that has taken all day to make, with “secret ingredients” one has to travel long and far to obtain, ingredients that set these bowls apart and make people shamelessly beg for the recipe. That is Read More …
Mississippi Pot Roast. The name invokes a sense of Sunday afternoons, porch swings and sweet tea. The recipe has a rich story of its own, being passed from hand to hand through families, friends and acquaintances, eventually becoming such an internet sensation that it was even featured in the NY Times. This iconic recipe all Read More …
These quick and easy homemade biscuits are a perfect match to any of our other recipes! Serve with our Wild Game Mississippi Pot Roast or our Bacon & Blue Cheese stuffed tenderloins! Ingredients: 2 cups white flour, sifted 3 ½ tsp baking powder (less for higher elevation) ½ tsp salt ½ tsp cream of tartar Read More …
“Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue.” Benjamin Franklin, a brilliant, educated and well-rounded man spoke these words, so many years ago… because he understood. He understood that when our nation was founded, it was founded to hold a future. He understood, along with Read More …
Mom pressure is real. The weight we carry is not a light load. The demands on us are not child’s play. The outcome of what we do happens to effect the life of another human. No pressure, but mediocrity is not an option. Lives are hanging in the balance. Being a mom is a huge Read More …
Jerky. The iconic wild game fare that makes acquaintances instant friends and brings the beggar out of all. What few know is that you don’t have to be at the mercy of others, negotiating away your life just to get a small morsel of this highly demanded meat; jerky can be made by anyone right Read More …
What do you think of when you picture a second amendment supporter? Some might see a person sporting a t-shirt and a truck full of bumper stickers stating their cause? Others, a secluded man living in a remote cabin? Perhaps the more rounded visualize a hunter or a protector of their home? The answer varies, Read More …
This is a letter to the woman that has had an abortion.Not the one marching in the street ‘shouting her abortion’ to promote the death of the pre-born, but the other one;The one so desperately trying to turn off the noise from two sides of a war that is being fought all around her.This is Read More …
Is not wisdom found among the aged?Does not long life bring understanding? Job 12:12 As my great aunt was aging, her daughter and niece, my mom, were organizing her home and packing her possessions in order to move her into a retired living home.After days of packing old photos, precious keepsakes, and years of memories Read More …