Maximizing Your Day Trips

Last week I posted a blog about how the girlfriend and I took a day trip up to Charleston, SC to see one of our favorite bands, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors open for NEEDTOBREATHE. That got me thinking about what made our trip so much fun.

An Easy Way to Get Out of Your ENO

We’ve all seen the cartoons where someone’s lying in a hammock and all of a sudden they get spun around really fast and shot out. Folks, it's possible and here's a "safer" way to do it.

Step 1

Lie on your back in your ENO and wrap the excess material of your ENO around your arms and legs. It helps to also spread your arms and legs outwards to create tension.

Step 2

Start leaning to one side. It might be tough at first, but keep going and remember to keep pushing outward with your arms and legs.

Step 3

This is where it can get a little nerve racking. Roll over. Everything in your body at first is going to tell you to stop and lay on your back. As long as you have the excess material of your ENO wrapped around your arms and legs and you’re still pushing outward with your arms and legs, you should be fine.

Step 4

Breathe. You’ve probably never been in this position before, so calm your nerves; you’re almost there.

Step 5

Carefully remove one leg from your hammock and let it dangle or set it on the ground, depending on the height of your setup. This helps you get an idea of what you have to do with your other leg. When you feel comfortable, tighten your arms and shoulders and remove your second leg and place it on the ground.

Step 6

Celebrate! You did it! Now you can go show off to all your friends and show them a new trick you learned in your ENO.

You can get in your ENO this way as well. All you have to do is follow these steps in reverse order.

A couple of things to note when you do this.

•      Start close to the ground when you do this
•      ENO says that you shouldn’t rig your hammock more than 18 inches off the ground
•    If you don't feel comfortable…Don't do it!

Here's a quick video of it all in one motion

A Guy & His Bike

Have you ever...

done something, where it scared you to death, and you swore you’d never do it again? Well in the summer of 2006, that was mountain biking for me. My brother Adam and I went on a guided mountain biking tour, in North Carolina, I was 16 and Adam was 14.

I’m definitely not the "daredevil" in the family 

Naturally, I didn’t find it to be much fun, bouncing down a mountain at high speeds on a mountain bike.

Fast-forward 7 years, and here we are!

I’m 23 and am a proud owner of a 2012 Jamis Trail X2 mountain bike. I had some time to grow up and get over some fears and now I love it. Although, I do ride in Florida (Soldiers Creek Park, to be exact) I still have a blast.

I’ve "eaten my words" from time-to-time and history does repeat itself, at times, now’s one of those times for me. Has there ever been a time where you didn’t give something, or someone, a fair chance?

Personally, my Weekend Warrior (adventurous side) comes out in me during the week after work and on the weekends. Whenever your Weekend Warrior comes out, why not consider giving that one thing or that someone another chance, that you said you wouldn't…ever?

There just might be light at the end of the tunnel, after-all.