Quality Outdoor Gear

It’s 6:00am on a cool October morning, you roll over and catch the sun peering in from a small opening in the tent flap. The air is clean and crisp, you suddenly realize that today is your day, free from conference calls, marketing calls, office work and annoying phone calls. Your cell phone is conveniently charging in the truck, “out of sight, out of mind”.You reach for your day-planner and realize that you left it behind, as promised. As you exit the tent, you are greeted by a vast array of brilliant Fall colors as the loons harmonize on the distant lake. The embers still glow from last night’s campfire as you add new logs to the fire. You hear movement and chuckles from inside the tent as you pour that first cup of coffee and settle back in your chair. Soon they’ll be hiking and canoeing while breakfast is cooking. Your only agenda for the day is to introduce the family to a new activity called geocaching. You have the geocache GPS coordinates from the web, your GPS devices and all the outdoor gear needed to ensure a safe adventure into the wilderness.

If you’ve never done it, do it! If you’ve done it, do it again! Now is the best time of the year to experience nature as it was intended. If your akin to primitive camping or hauling a camper, the outdoors can be the least expensive means of quality family recreation available. You can travel to far off places, if expenses are not a concern, or drive just a few miles down the road to find a suitable location to set up camp. Either way, the experience will be well worth it.

Do it right, with Quality Outdoor gear! You can make your adventure as comfortable as you like by selecting the right hiking and camping gear to suit your needs. Quality outdoor gear is a must. If you take shortcuts with quality, you will pay the price through discomfort from defects in craftsmanship, to serious equipment failure that can quickly ruin an adventure. Understand that outdoor gear costs vary tremendously and most will suit whatever purpose you need. The key to quality is selecting the brands that have been tested by experienced outdoor enthusiasts and that are highly trusted. And, always play it safe by taking along a good first aid kit. Nothing spoils a great outing more than a minor injury that could have been easily treated had a first aid kit been available.

So get out there, be safe, be green, and enjoy what nature provided!

Hello everyone. I wanted to let you know that SOS is now carrying gift certificates to make shopping for that “hard to shop for person” easier! The gift certificates will apply to any purchase and are in increments of $25.00 up to $100.00.

I also wanted to let you know that I have personally tested the SOS Eye Wear and can attest that they are as good if not better than the Oakleys that I have. They are lighter and much more comfortable and the polarization is a great deal more optically correct than the Oakleys. That’s not just a personal opinion, but the opinion of others that have tried them on. And… a lot less expensive too!

Happy adventuring all, talk to you again soon.

Jim

SOSGear@bellsouth.net

www.SouthernOutdoorSpecialties.com

Welcome to the Southern Outdoor Specialties or SOS Blog! Since, for the most part, everyone that visits our site has a fondness to the outdoors, we felt this would be an excellent opportunity to share our experiences with activities related to “ANYTHING” regarding camping, hiking, climbing, geocaching, kayaking, mountain biking, off-roading, etc, etc, etc.. The fact is that we realize that everyday new activities and or sports are being created much like geocaching which has been proven a major success. In fact, I recall years ago, when paint ball began, while sitting amongst fellow outdoor enthusiast, we spoke of developing a game using our newly acquired GPS units to locate a flag planted in the middle of a wooded area, sort of like “capturing” the opponent’s flag. So much for thinking and not acting, right?

Here’s the deal, what we, at SOS, felt would be a good idea was to create this blog as a resource for experienced and beginning outdoors enthusiasts alike to share their thoughts and suggestions on any topic related to the outdoors. I’m sure all of can recall when we first developed an interest in venturing into the outdoors. All the questions that we had and our only resource was the encyclopedia, magazine articles and the local barber. Most of the information was gained from people that we had no knowledge of their experience level, whether the information was first-hand or obtained through reading. I have personally learned more skills involving the outdoors, whether it be camping, hunting, fishing or merely starting a fire through trial and error. Either mine or from someone else who was willing to share a bit of humility to help out a fellow outdoorsman.

I will also be submitting updates to the SOS website product line on special deals or new product lines to keep everyone informed on important changes. With that said, I would like to announce the inclusion of a new line of Eye Wear by Survival Outdoor Sunglasses or SOS. Ironic, but true. No, we don’t manufacture our own eye wear. We are fortunate enough though, to having built a relationship with Hi-Def and SOS Eye Wear to acquire their line of eye wear presently used by professional outdoor enthusiasts such as Water Sports, Skiing, Team Sports to the Military and Government such as the Rangers, DEA, FBI and Special Ops. I am sure that you will agree that for the price of knock-offs and the quality beyond the major name brands that we are very pleased to carry such a product.

Another product that we are pleased to introduce is the “SPOT” Messenger. With the frequency of hikers, campers and venturers lost in the outdoors, it completely baffles my mind as to why so many become lost with all the technology available today. Be it GPS or locater beacon devices, I personally would not attempt to venture into unknown territory without the aid of such devices, let alone informing friends and relatives of my precise plans. Anyways, getting off of my rant, we now carry what I believe is the most advanced, affordable method of never getting lost to the point of no return - “SPOT”!

If any of you have had the opportunity to use any of the items mentioned, we would love to hear your experiences. We do not claim that because we carry it, is the best. We count on you, the end users to keep us all informed. Good or Bad….

Thank You, we are looking forward to reading from you soon.

Jim

Southern Outdoor Specialties.com

SOSGear@SouthernOutdoorSpecialties.com