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Getting the Best Outdoor Experience: Hunting and Fishing in Adirondacks

October 25th, 2011

There are a great number of people that makes sure they get to have the best vacation for the weekend. But unlike the other trips, if you are looking to reconnect with nature and the outdoors, North Star Retreat is the company that you should go to. North Star Retreat offers different kinds of services and amenities to make your visit to the country side an experience to remember.

Unlike today’s time when virtual reality provided by a number of game consoles is the trend, not only does this make unhealthy kids but it also makes us unhappy mainly because this isn’t something that is natural for people to do. In the past, the outdoors is the very best thing that people could go to if they want to relax and have a breath of fresh air. The outdoors could also give the family the bonding time, something that was deprived by the technology of today. Nowadays, when more and more people are becoming isolated in their own rooms, they do not notice that they are missing a great number of things that life gets to offer.

North Star Retreat despite located in New York offers a breath of fresh air for New Yorkers and people coming from other areas. If you only see fishing in the discovery channel, you could now do fishing in Adirondacks and enjoy the best fishes from your own bucket and directly into the fire. If you think that you could never experience grilled fish recipes coming from your own labor, you would be fully satisfied once you have done the catch and the cooking process.

If you are worrying that you will be left to freeze in the outdoor, North Star Retreat offers cottage rentals in Adirondacks that makes staying in the outdoor a very good experience. With the cozy Adirondacks vacation rentals, every family will have a good experience in their search for peace aside that would keep them away from the noise of the buzzing cities.

When it comes to finding the best recreation in your North Star Retreat stay, you simply won’t run out of options. You could do hunting in Adirondacks and do enjoy living in the wild. Not only are you going to enjoy holding the riffle, but the hunting itself is going to be a memory worth remembering for the rest of your life.

Unlike other vacation hotspots that face constraints when it comes to seasons, North Star Retreat manages to provide services though it is already the winter season. However, during these instances, they simply change activities that would more or less suit the weather and climate. If you haven’t experienced riding a snowmobile, you could hire a snowmobile in Adirondacks from North Star Retreat. This way, not only do you get to enjoy the space that North Star Retreat has, you also get to experience riding a snowmobile!

If you think that for you to experience a one of a kind service, you will need to shell out great amounts of money, North Star Retreat makes sure that you get to experience the best outdoor experience for the most affordable price.

For more information about the service offered, please click these Cottage Rentals Adirondacks and Snowmobile Adirondacks or you may visit us at http://www.thenorthstarretreat.com

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Bowie-Knives Announces Website Launch

December 2nd, 2009

Dave Sabot, President of CheapHumidors.com, announced the launch of a new website in his online empire. The new website, Bowie-Knives.com, was officially launched on Monday, November 8, 2009 and is the self-proclaimed, exclusive, bowie knives only website on the internet.

The website features bowie knives from some of the top manufacturers including Cold Steel, SOG, Boker USA, CASE Cutlery, Ka-bar, Ontario Knife Co. and United Cutlery. Additionally, the site includes large and small steel blade and Grivory (the latest in fiberglass reinforced plastic) blade knives as well as rubber training knives.

Bowie-Knives.com will also feature a special section with bowie hunting knife information that will include tips on purchasing, caring for and sharpening bowie knives. Visitors to the site will find new information posted weekly.

As a special offer as part of the new site launch, Mr. Sabot is offering a ten percent off coupon code that can be found on the Bowie-Knives.com Twitter, Facebook and MySpace pages. In addition to the grand opening promotion, the site will offer free shipping and handling to all location within the continental United States.

An avid hunter, Mr. Sabot is most excited to get involved with people interested in such activities as camping, hiking, fishing and hunting. “It’s less about offering the products and more about networking with those interested in the great outdoors.” Dave went on to say, “I didn’t want to disperse my efforts too thin and chose to start with providing the best experience to customers searching for a specific product.” When asked about the possibility of other specific hunting accessory websites, Dave explained, “At this point it’s too early to tell, but  I wouldn’t consider it outside of the realm of possibility.”

David Sabot opened his first website, Cheaphumidors.com, back in June 1997, hosting it on a free site with nothing more than a picture of three humidors, a price and an address to send checks to. Since then, he has grown his site in to one of the most successful cigar-related destinations online.

“In May of 1997, on Mother’s Day, I was visiting my brother in New Jersey. It was a beautiful day and we sat outside on the patio. He took out some fine Cuban cigars and we started to smoke and BBQ. When I was leaving to go home he threw a few cigars at me and told me to enjoy them.”

“I really didn’t know too much about cigars or how to store them, so I turned to the Internet. What I found out was that you needed a thing called a humidor to properly store cigars. So I started shopping for them. I went to my local stores, consignment shops, etc. Their prices were un-real. They wanted $200-$300 for a box to store cigars. I almost fainted. I did some research and it turned out there were other people like me. Guys who wanted to store some cigars but didn’t want to spend a fortune doing it. Well it doesn’t take much to see there was a market here that was pretty much unfilled.”

“I found a company that would supply me with humidors and I could order only a few at a time for $45 apiece. I bought one as a sample and to store my own cigars in and decided to take a picture and throw it on a free-hosted Web site. Much to my delight I started to receive orders and inquires for the product and as they say, the rest is history.”

In addition to his bowie knives and humidors websites, Dave also recently opened a cigar lighters website, BuyLighters.com, in early 2009.

Ride guide’s “Powder Highway” episode featuring Island Lake and Powder Cowboy Catskiing now playing on shaw video on demand

February 26th, 2009

Ride Guide TV, North America’s premier ski, snowboard and mountain bike television series, launched on February 19, 2009, on Shaw Video On Demand, into 950,000 VOD enabled digital households across Western Canada.

Ride Guide’s “Powder Highway” episode, (Ride Guide Snow 136), is now available to view 24/7, on Shaw Video on Demand. The “Powder Highway” locations include; Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Island Lake Catskiing, Powder Cowboy Catskiing and Red Mountain.

Ride Guide content is available to view through Shaw Video On Demand, free of charge, at any time of the day. It’s as simple as hitting the Shaw On Demand button on your remote, or Menu, then VOD. The Ride Guide channel is listed under the “Included” section off the Shaw Video On Demand Main Screen.

Throughout 2009, Ride Guide fans can see fresh content on Shaw VOD, from Ride Guide’s Snow 2008 and 2009 seasons. Island Lake and Powder Cowboy Catskiing can be seen on the following two Ride Guide episodes:

Ride Guide Snow Episode 136 – “Powder Highway

Ride Guide Snow Episode 138 – “Heli and Cat Skiing”

Ride Guide is a mountain travel TV series, where the hosts and guest pros, share their travels of skiing, snowboarding and mountain biking from locations throughout the world.

Ride Guide is also available on OLN Canada, every Sunday at 11:30 am Eastern, as well as Rush HD on Sundays at 8pm Eastern. Ride Guide can also be seen on Men TV and Rogers On Demand. Ride Guide is broadcast exclusively throughout the USA on The Ski Channel. Check out details on the Ride Guide schedule at www.rideguide.ca and Shaw Video On Demand at www.shawondemand.ca.

Island Lake Catskiing near Fernie, B.C. is one of three operations in The Island Lake Resort Group; the others being Powder Cowboy Catskiing near Fernie B.C., and Mica Heliskiing near Revelstoke B.C. Island Lake Lodge, Powder Cowboy Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing are all members of HeliCat Canada and the Canadian Avalanche Association.

For press inquires or media visits please contact Darryn Shewchuk [email protected] 1.877.837.6191 x 2002 in Revelstoke B.C. or Mike McPhee [email protected] 1.888.4CATSKI x 3002 in Fernie B.C.


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