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Tribal Feast is all about Adventure Picnicking, but we also explore all aspects of affordable adventure and the small footprint outdoor lifestyle, including cool outdoor gear, camping tips, budget travel ideas, and some fun things to do in your own backyard.

And along the way we’ll go to some cool places, cook some great food, get some cool outdoor tips, check out some cool gear, and even hear some great stories.

So please join us. There is always a place for you around the fire here at Tribal Feast.


  • Dry Bag Backpacks: The Best Dry Bags for Canoeing and Adventure Trips
    When it comes to choosing dry bags for overnight and multiday canoe trips, the criteria is very much like choosing gear bags for adventure trips in wet destinations: the bags need to be waterproof, durable, and hold a lot of gear. But another important factor…
  • Awesome Gift Ideas for an Adventurous Outdoorsy Person
    As active outdoors people we thought it would be a great idea to share our experiences in both giving and receiving gifts. If you’re not into the outdoors yourself, buying a gift for an active camper, hiker, paddler, cyclist, or other outdoors enthusiast can be…
  • Porchfest: A Neighborhood Front Porch Music Festival
    There has been a growing movement in communities across North America over the last decade. It has especially taken hold in neighborhoods with older homes that feature large front porches and a walkable, friendly vibe. If this craze hasn’t hit your neighborhood yet, it may…
  • How to Clean Burnt and Sooty Titanium Camping Cookware
    When it comes to ultralight outdoor cookware, titanium is hard to beat. Despite weighing a fraction of what a stainless pot would weigh, titanium is strong enough to handle the rigors of the outdoors. But if you’ve ever cooked in a thin-walled titanium backpacking pot…
  • Easy Trail Recipes: Bacon, Lentil, and Tomato Soup
    One thing that makes a recipe great for cooking out on the trail is adaptability. This is usually the result of ingredients that are very forgiving to the variable cooking temperatures and cook times we encounter while out camping or adventure picnicking. For backpackers, limitations…
  • The Ultimate Pocket Twig Stove: The Bushbox Ultralight Firebox
    I don’t consider myself a survivalist by any means, but if I had to choose one of my many camp stoves for the zombie apocalypse, it would without a doubt be my Bushbox Ultralight Outdoor Pocket Stove.  This cleverly-designed little firebox stove has all the…
  • The Outdoor Blanket: A Picnic Blanket that Fits in Your Pocket
    When you think of the term “picnic blanket” it’s easy to envision a romanticized scene where you and your significant other are laying out on a thick, comfy blanket made of cotton or wool. On one corner of the blanket, an assortment of carefully prepared…
  • Ditch the Paper Picnic Plates for Fozzils Folding Dishware
    “Are you eating out of a dog bowl?” I’ve been asked this question numerous times over the years and you may be surprised to hear that the answer is yes. Sort of. A long time ago I was at a discount gear sale at an…
  • Simple Tarp Setups for Backpacking, Car Camping, and Paddle Trips
    The first time you go camping with a tarp can be a game changer – especially if you are caught in the rain or are baking under an intense sun. But a lot of otherwise gung ho outdoors people never bother with a tarp because…
  • Athens Popfest is Dead. Long Live AdVerse Fest!
    As we come up on August I’m having another flush of sadness. I thought I had gotten over it, but I haven’t. Mourning is like that.  You see, Athens Popfest is dead. I only attended Athens Popfest for 3 years, 2016 through 2018, but it…
  • DIY: How to Make an Inexpensive Ultralight Camping Poop Shovel
    Whether you call it a catholer, deuce digger, or turd trowel, a small shovel is an invaluable piece of gear if you head out into the wild for any length of time. We all joke about what the bear does in the woods, but there…
  • The Best Picnic Blanket for Outdoor Concerts and Music Festivals
    Picnic blankets have come along way in the past few years with the invention of the pocket blanket. These clever ultralight blankets more closely resemble small tarps and provide a waterproof, sandproof barrier between you and the ground. Because of their ultralight construction, pocket blankets…
  • The Sea to Summit X Cup: Solving an Adventure Picnicking Conundrum
    Sometimes you buy a piece of outdoor gear with a bit of trepidation, reluctance, or pessimism. You don’t think it will actually fit its intended purpose, but you throw caution to the wind and buy it anyway, thinking that you can always give it away…
  • Kayaking to Egmont Key: Have an Adventure Picnic on a Sunken Fort
    What if I told you that you could launch a kayak from a Gulf Coast Florida beach and paddle out to have an adventure picnic on the ruins of a half-submerged Spanish-American fort? Cool, right? But hang tight, because getting to the sunken fort (actually…
  • Ultralight Adventure Picnicking: How to Pack and What to Bring
    Adventure picnicking is not always about creating a lavish meal with fresh ingredients out on the trail. Sometimes you just want to take some time out while on a long hike, paddle, or bike ride  to heat up a freeze dried meal and make a…
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