Selection of a Power Inverter for your BOV

February 20, 2010 - "Selection of a Power Inverter for your BOV" By Joseph Parish. The goal of this article is to assist the new survivalist in selecting an appropriate power inverter for use in their Bug out vehicle. Click here

Bug out to North Carolina

February 19, 2010 - "Bug out to North Carolina" By Joseph Parish. We decided to mix pleasure with work and combined our winter Bug Out exercise with visiting my youngest son in North Carolina. This particular outing with the Dolphin motor home revealed many weak spots revolving around our trip planning. With that fact understood I started to investigate a better method of packing the RV. RV’s can be a great source of fun or as in our case a lifesaver when needed for survival but the key lies in packing it properly. Click here

BOV RV Modifications I

February 7, 2010 - "BOV RV Modifications I" By Joseph Parish. Our new bug out vehicle is a Dolphin Motor Home which has some 116,000 miles on it and it is still running strong. It takes a lot to kill those old 22R Toyota engines. We purchased our Dolphin for use as a BOV in the early part of 2010. It is a model 400 which places the sofa behind the driver seat and the bathroom in the rear. Like anyone else who owns a motor home we take pride in the modifications that we have planned for our Dolphin BOV. All modifications listed here are planned for our own use only and we will not be responsible for anyone else’s use of these modifications. Click here

What kind of skills do you have?

February 6, 2010 - "What kind of skills do you have?" By Joseph Parish. Often people simply do not have the necessary funds needed to purchase survival retreats so the next best thing is to join some sort of organized group. Naturally, nothing in life is free and you will need to pay something for the benefits of belonging to this group in one way or another. If you are lacking the necessary funds needed then perhaps your payment may be in the form of skillful labor. Click here

Bug Out Exercise Vehicle Departure Checklist

February 4, 2010 - "Bug Out Exercise Vehicle Departure Checklist" By Joseph Parish. We all tend to forget important items when actually performing a bug out exercise. About the only way to prevent such things from occurring is to do as the military does and use checklists. Included in the checklist are several items that should be performed prior to departure if time permits. Click here

Finding Tire Dates

February 1, 2010 - "Finding Tire Dates" By Joseph Parish. Every now and then you may have to check the date on your tires whether it be for warranty purposes or just for your own peace of mind. This article will explain to you just how to check these dates. Click here

A Leap into an Active Imagination

January 30, 2010 - "A Leap into an Active Imagination" By Joseph Parish. We all have become accustomed to the various symptoms associated with the dreaded swine flu as well as the many hypotheses that have sprung up contributing to its origins. What I am about to put into these pages is nothing less then a figment of my imagination and should not be construed as fact in any way what so ever. Click here

Death Dealers

January 25, 2010 - "Death Dealers" Imagine living a life where your every movement involves getting down to avoid being shot by some hidden sniper or trying to shoot a man aiming an AK 47 at you before he kills both you and perhaps several of your friends. Delmarva Survival Training has made arrangements to adopt this particular platoon during their upcoming tour of duty in Afghanistan. Click here

Saving Strawberry Seeds and Dehydrating

January 23, 2010 - "Saving Strawberry Seeds and Dehydrating" By Joseph Parish. When it comes to strawberries you may be planning to grow your own, in such case you might possibly consider saving the strawberry seeds from the best plants that you have encountered. These plants should naturally be disease resistant and easy to care for. If you decide to save seeds from your strawberry plants then allow the fruit to over ripen before it is picked. In short, it should be slightly squishy. Place these over ripe berries into a fine holed kitchen strainer and gently shove the pulp through the sieve in order to separate the seed from the fruit. Try not to crush the seeds. Click here

Saving Bucks on your Food Storage

January 21, 2010 - "Saving Bucks on your Food Storage" By Joseph Parish. When you finally plan to store up on dehydrated foods it often can prove to be a shocking experience as you scout around the net looking at the various prices. Far too often this assortment of online merchants tends to charge enormous prices for their products which the average consumer most frequently decides to put off purchasing. These preparedness web sites try to sell you these long term items for prices that are unbelievable and really not necessary. Click here

Getting your Survival retreat

January 4, 2010 - "Getting your Survival retreat" By Joseph Parish. Many people often complain that they simply can not afford to establish a homestead of their own for they either fail to possess the necessary funds needed to purchase the land and supplies or their credit may be less then perfect. To this I say open your mind and use your imagination. There are many different avenues that one could take which could lead to that desired homestead. I will list but a few in the short article. Click here

Apache Cooked Rabbit and Pheasant

January 3, 2010 - "Apache Cooked Rabbit and Pheasant" By Joseph Parish. Native American’s were actually the very first self sufficient group of people on our continent. They lacked the opportunity to hop down to the local supermarket for their bread and milk or other necessities and instead had to rely upon themselves for all their needs. Click here

Holding Tank Maintenance when Bugging Out

January 2, 2010 - "Holding Tank Maintenance when Bugging Out" By Joseph Parish. As those that follow my blog and website may be aware I am current bugging out in a travel trailer and as such I find that there are certain things that one must do on a routine basis to maintain sanitary conditions. One of these tasks is to properly drain and clean the campers holding tanks. Click here

George Orwell's 1984

December 31, 2009 - "George Orwell's 1984" Get out the popcorn kiddies, its time for a movie. This movie is about the George Orwell novel entitled 1984. Nineteen Eighty-Four was originally published in 1949 as a dystopian novel about the totalitarian regime of the Party, an oligarchic collectivist society where life in the Oceanian province of Airstrip One is a world of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, public mind control, and the voiding of citizens' rights. In the Ministry of Truth (Mini-true), protagonist Winston Smith is a civil servant responsible for perpetuating the Party's propaganda by revising historical records to render the Party omniscient and always correct, yet his meager existence disillusions him into rebellion against Big Brother, which leads to his arrest, torture, and conversion. Sure does sound similar to what we are heading to today under our current regime. Click here

So you got arrested

December 30, 2009 - "So you got arrested" By Joseph Parish. A glance at the local newspaper or a quick glimpse of the evening news channel will quickly reveal how we as Americans are rapidly losing our cherished freedoms. As such we can expect that the authorities may in the future begin using methods which border on intimidation in order to force us into submission. This article was meant to provide the average person with a slight insight into what your rights are if you happen to be accused of a crime. Click here

The Ant and the Grasshopper

December 28, 2009 - "The Ant and the Grasshopper" By Joseph Parish. I recently chanced across this little morsel of knowledge while browsing around the net and find it to be very entertaining. I would at this time like to share my adaptation of the Ant and the Grasshopper with my visitors. At first we will recite the original version of the Ant and the Grasshopper. Without further ado let us get to the fable. Click here

Rest in Peace

December 25, 2009 - Regretfully the little girl below was found dead today by the volunteers searching for her. Our heart is heavy and condolences go out to her parents.

Amber Alert

December 23, 2009 - "Amber Alert" AMBER ALERT! 410 548 4891...call that number if u have info on a little girl by the name of Sarah Haley Foxwell. She was last seen at her home. She is white with brown hair worn in a pony tail. She is 4 ft 8 and 78 pounds. She was last seen wearing red fuzzy pajamas with Christmas trees and a pink John Deere shirt. Please spread the word and contact WBI at 1 410 548 4891. Click here

Vanilla Burn Remedy

December 8, 2009 - "Vanilla Burn Remedy" By Joseph Parish. Your wife is in the kitchen happily preparing the evening meal when all of a sudden the chicken she is frying splatters grease abruptly onto her arm. We all can appreciate the amount of pain that is usually accompanied with such an emergency. click here

Survival foods and the Chuck Wagon recipe

December 4, 2009 - "Survival foods and the Chuck Wagon recipe" By Joseph Parish. One of the best feedback associated with any bug out exercise is evaluation of the end results. In the case of our current mobile bug out situation we have discovered that much of the food which we so carefully stored away for an emergency is essentially useless to us under these conditions. Click here