Over the past week and a half, Jennifer Pharr Davis has been thru hiking the Alabama Pinhoti Trail. She ventured south from her home in North Carolina to bring attention to what she's coined as "The Goldilocks Trail" (because everything about it is perfect) (duh,...
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Spring break vacations are so predictable. Families flock to the beach. The big cities. Disney World. And while there's nothing wrong with that, spring break can also be a great time to introduce the kids to a lifelong passion for the outdoors (hopefully). It's cheap, it's...
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Happy official start of camping season (if you're a fair-weather hiker, that is)! The land of 10,000 lakes is a fantastic camping destination. You can enjoy camping in three distinct but overlapping regions: the southeastern Big Woods region, accented by remnant hardwood forests lining deep, glacially carved...
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St. Patrick's Day is conveniently falling on a Saturday this year. To some, that may mean an entire day of pretending to be Irish and enjoying a lot of Guinness. To the outdoor community, it should mean an entire day in the wilderness doing one very important...
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Like all things that come full circle, book clubs are making a comeback. Or maybe they never actually left, but they're definitely becoming "cool" again for an audience broader than Oprah's Book Club for your mom and her friends. Emma Watson has Our Shared Shelf. Mindy...
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We're pretty sure that we're all in agreement that winter has run its course and it's time for spring to arrive (unless you're a snow bunny). And if you're one of the lucky ones who lives in Northern California, you can pack up your camping...
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Spring is just around the corner! Which means spring cleaning should be appearing in your bullet journal right...
Read MoreThe City of Phoenix spans a staggering 517 square miles and houses more than 1.5 million people, making it the fifth-largest city in the United States. Within its boundaries, Phoenix has three major mountain preserves where dozens of trails cater to the daily exerciser or...
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Hello, 11th hour shoppers. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Maybe you're a procrastinator. Maybe it snuck up on you. Maybe you didn't realize you were going to celebrate. Maybe you're like us and have more important things to worry about, like what mountains to summit and...
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It's been about a week since we returned from Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show, which seems to be the sweet spot between unpacking and decompressing from the show, and missing all the friends/food/parties/panels and starting to count down the days until Summer Market. As expected, being...
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