Outdoors Gear Reviews of products that I have tested and used. Disclosure: These are my own honest opinions and photos. I was not compensated in any way to give any of these reviews. However, some products may have been provided to me, at no cost, for my own personal use or use by my family, but as always the opinions are authentically my own. ~ Kimberly "Upnorth KCarisma"

Gear up and get outdoors – Embrace the winter

Whether you were looking forward to it or not this year, winter roared in like a lion across much of the US compliments of a deep plunging arctic air mass dumping epic amounts of lake effect snow across much Michigan as well as upstate New York. This early start to the winter season caught many […]

Gear Review: Reveling in the Winter with the KEEN Revel II

Michigan is known for having long and very cold winters, but the winter of 2013 will definitely go down in history as being one of the coldest winters on record in the Midwest. A series of Polar Vortex air masses fell across much of the country bringing bitter cold temps that left most people unprepared. […]

Life’s an Adventure … living the #AventuraLife

Life’s an adventure … that is for sure! Life’s been so crazy, busy with so many wonderful things happening, that I have not even had the chance to share some of my most exciting news. My news: I am the newest member of the Aventura Clothing Ambassador team! . Aventura is an eco-friendly, women’s lifestyle […]