You love the great outdoors, but you’re not always sure the great outdoors loves you. You can pitch a tent, start a campfire, build furniture by lashing tree branches together – in theory anyway! But while you may not have gotten your Girl Scout Gold Award, or your Eagle Scout with cluster, you can still enjoy a night out under the stars with those near and dear to you, or even work towards becoming a more serious outdoorsman, right? Sure as a bear lives in the woods, (more…)

Other than black and white TV, the baby boomer boys growing up in the little oak hammock east of South Florida’s everglades don’t have much to entertain them. So how does a brotherhood of youngsters come of age while manufacturing adventure from an otherwise uneventful existence in the early 60’s? How do they face life’s unanswered questions while anticipating their once-in-a-lifetime trip to the New York World’s Fair?Tales from the Oak Hammock chronicles the amusing answers to the (more…)

There’s good news for campers–now you can enjoy a good night’s sleep suspended off the ground–in hammocks! The book covers how to select a camp site and set up a hammock, how to stay warm, and how to protect the environment. Reviews of suitable hammocks offered by several manufactures are included. Everything needed to make your own hammock is provided.

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