Outdoors Podcast

Float Trips

Spring is in the air in the midwest marking the end of my local backpacking season and the beginning of summer float trip season.  I start off super basic, and give you the basics of what to expect on your first float trip, how to book a trip, how to plan for it, and how to maximize your fun once you are actually out there.

We'll discuss:

• Planning
• Float Basics
• Types of water craft
• Gear to bring and what to leave at home
• Where to sleep, and how to do it most comfortably
• What food/beverages to bring and what not to
• Much Much More

Richie Sewell

In this episode of outdoors podcast, my neighbor, Richie Sewell and I sit down to talk about his true passion, hunting. 

I ask Richie a whole slew of questions about hunting turkeys, deer, bigger game like elk and moose and more.  He's a wealth of knowledge and filled in a ton of the gaps that I was really curious about.

Have you ever wondered how much deer tags cost?  How about how much is costs to have a deer processed into sausage and steaks?  We cover all of that and a ton more, including some fun stories from Richie's life in the great outdoors.  I hope to have him on often as he's done a ton of exploring, all over the country.

He was kind enough to share a piece of Venison Loin from one of his bucks last year with me, and I'll be doing a post about how I prepared it, according to a Gordon Ramsay Recipe.  

Enjoy,

Kayle Mclean

Kayle McClean and I spent over a year working together at a marketing/branding agency in St. Louis.  Kayle is a Canadian by birth, and citizenship as I learned. 

We talked about camping, backpacking, hammocks, campers, float trips and more.  I really enjoyed this episode and I know you will do.

Ben Kline

Ben Kline, a long time high school buddy of mine and I sit down to talk about Ben's forray into backpacking.  Althought he's only been at it a few years now, Ben has already taken some pretty epic trips to Olympia, Sawtooth, Zion and Glacier.

We talk through his gear, how he prepares for trips and some of the lessons he's learned as he's gone.  I really enjoyed this conversation and I think you will too!

Bob Henningsen

Mr. Henningsen, or Bob and I sat down in his beautiful home in St. Louis to discus his lifetime journey of backpacking.  Although he taught at the highschool I attended, I never had him for English, the subject he so fondy passed on to generations of eager students.

Bob shares many of the great trips he's been on both with friends and as a solo effort.  He describes his travels through Europe, and also, on the Ozark Trail here in Missouri.

I'm sure he's going to look at the sentance structures of this description and cringe as my punctuation and grammer haven't gotten any better since the 7th grade, sorry Mrs. Richardson!

This is one of my favorite interviews to date, a real treasure trove of great knowledge and experience.

Joe Bryant

Joe and I talked for nearly two hours about a wide range of topics.  Joe and I share a love for hammock backpacking, camping, red wine, dogs and all sorts of other topics, that we discus...at length.

If you are into backpack, camping, hunting ethics, hunting laws (that we clearly know nothing about) you should enjoy this episode.

Brad Fitzgerald

Brad and I had a great conversation about his passion for the outdoors.  Brad is an avid fly fisher, an upland bird hunter, a dog trainer and a hiker amongst other hobbies.  

He shares his insight on the best pieces of gear to get started fly fishing with, and the stuff you can pass on for now.  We discuss how he chose his bird dog Dash and his more recent addition Josie along with some of the lessons he's learned during the training process.

If you've ever thought about fishing or bird hunting, you won't want to miss the conversation.

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Neil Sanders

Neil Sanders has been my buddy for over 30 years now and we've done the gammit outside.  We've climbed 14ers in CO, canoed in Kentucky, slept in caves and played every outdoor sport you can imagine.

We had a great conversation about his love for the west, his families cabin in CO and fly fishing.  

Jayson Gifford

Jayson is one of my best friends and a guy that genuinely loves to be outside.  He's spent that last three years really getting into endurance racing sports like triathalons and bike races.  Most recently he completed a 100 mile bike ride in southern missouri.  We talk about all sorts of things on this episode including some camping trips we've taken together.

 

Derek Coffman

Derek Coffman, a buddy of mine and I sit down to chat hammock camping and our all around love for the outdoors.   We talk about gear, making your own stuff and the struggle to get lighter and lighter gear on a budget.