Author Mike Ver Duin

In the Midwest it's that glorious time between summer and fall. It's the perfect time for a bike ride. Sure the city is nice, and taking a cruise down to the beach would be great, but venturing further into...

Ah, the call of the wild, or more like, the call in the wild. Communicating in the outdoors is an essential part of safety. Biking? Hiking? Camping? Adults or kids, being connected brings piece of mind. When...

Spring and fall clean ups are a part of life. Indoors, you vacuum, organize, and rearrange. Outside, you hose everything down either because you just got it out, or you are about to put it away. Why? because...

I’ve been cooking in the outdoors since I was 11 years old as a scout. Every outdoor trek is different, and each has its own cooking needs. Backpacking requires a light stove. Group camping requires a stove...

More than a year ago, I wrote about the Tuft & Needle Mattress. At that time I started with an adage from my parents about spending money on anything that separates you from the ground. Shoes, Tires, and...

For more than 100 years, Eureka! has been involved in outdoor gear and tech, from the tent used by the first Americans to scale Everest, to the A-frame style Timberline Eureka! knows a think or two about...

When camping, if your tent is your house, what is your backpack? It holds your tent, clothing, water, cook system, bedding and more. It ties everything together. It's a step below a van loaded with gear and...

If we're not indoors, we're outdoors, and in Michigan that means being prepared for every weather system that nature can throw at you. Rain, snow, and sun in the same day, or all at once. We learn the...

A full third of our day is supposed to be spent sleeping. That doesn't change if you are at home, on vacation, or out on the trail with a backpack. Getting a good night's sleep prepares us for our day, be that...

Our parents told us, spend money on anything that separates you from the ground: Shoes, Tires, & your Mattress. We've covered all of those here at Busted Wallet, and for the last 30 days we've been testing...

When you get to the golf course and assemble your groupings, among the idle chit-chat, you'll check out their gear. You'll look at their clubs, their driver, their putter, their bag, what they brought in their...

I, and every one of my friends that plays golf is an expert. You wouldn't know it to look at us, or our score cards, but we were all born with the ability to know instantly, and verbalize endlessly, what is...