Nicole, the very popular host of Dope Kitchen joins the podcast to talk about her love of backpacking, hiking, camping and being outdoors as a form of mental therapy. We had a great time talking about several of Nicole’s outdoor adventures including being flooded out of her campsite in Hava Supi, smoked out of her campsite in the Eastern Sierra mountains, and quite the scary health situation in the mountains of Nepal.

Adam Hudson grew up fishing for bass on the lakes of northern Alabama where gear is king and largemouth rule. It didn’t take long for Adam to find his passion in fly fishing, which turned into a successful career in the fly tying business!

When 2020 rolled around and international travel shut down, Maddie got interested in seeing how she could explore the United States at the same time that #Vanlife got really popular.

Chef Corso, owner of OutdoorEats and outdooreats.com joins the podcast to talk about his career and cooking in the outdoors. We recorded this podcast by the campfire on an overnight backpacking trip.

John Lagow is a professional Fly Fishing Guide out of the historic Ark Anglers Fly Shop in B.V. Colorado. We talked about his career as a whitewater rafting guide, his love of the local rivers, and a preview of a future episode about dog sled guiding which he does in the offseason.

Erica Haller, is quite simply one of the coolest people I have had the honor to meet. Erica is one of those people that us weekend warriors are pretending to be. She’s spent her entire life dedicated to learning about the natural world and her energy is about as radiant as our sun.

Dan, of DC Outdoors on Youtube joins the show to talk about his outdoor life in Edmonton Alberta Canada. Dan makes content about camping, fishing, hunting, cooking and more. We had a super fun chat that’s been a long time coming.

Chris Conant, owner of Morning Dew Fishing Company in SouthWest Florida joins the show to talk all things salt water fly fishing and how to focus on lifestyle over career.