Independent Bookstore Day is April 27th this year. Which is quite possibly our second favorite semi-holiday, after National Trails Day. We adore indie bookstores, and here's why you should too. They're a local business If there's one thing we love to support, it's local businesses. Especially local bookstores,...
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Happy Earth Day! As publishers of outdoor recreation books, this day means a great deal to us. Without clean air, clean water, well-maintained trails, and public lands, we would have nowhere to enjoy and appreciate the great outdoors. Earth Day has been around for 49 years....
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When our authors research for our Best Tent Camping series, they have an incredibly difficult and subjective job to find the very best campgrounds in a state. A campsite has to be near perfect in terms of beauty, spaciousness, quiet, security, privacy, and spaciousness to...
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Austin is known for many things—music, brisket, eclectic personalities, tacos, to name a few. But with all that popularity comes some negatives—long lines, large crowds, traffic. To escape from all the noise, head a few miles outside the city to experience another thing Austin is famous...
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Call us optimists. After a long winter and with April around the corner, we're already dreaming of weekends soaking up the sunlight and warm weather. Yes, it may be a few weeks (or months) until all the snow melts in Minnesota, but that doesn't mean...
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Spring Break is upon us! While lots of families are driving east to the Outer Banks, Charleston, or Myrtle Beach, you can skip the expensive vacation or overcrowded beach trip and go camping in the Carolinas. Here are six campgrounds in the Carolinas from the new...
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After a long, cold winter in Illinois, the thought of spending a blissful weekend sleeping in a tent and breathing fresh air sounds downright sublime. In theory. Our hearts want us to go camping and our dry winter skin longs to soak up the sunlight, but...
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Albuquerque is wonderful for hiking in the early springtime, before the sun gets too oppressive. David Ryan, author of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Albuquerque, shared with us how he watches the seasons change and taught us its not only flowers that come out in the...
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For all of you who are bemoaning the fact that you're spending Valentine's Day alone this year, cry no more! We have the perfect date for you. Mother Nature! Mother Nature is indeed the best Valentine's Day date you could ask for. She is stunning, kind,...
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I had a curious realization the other week while hiking with my author Mindy Sink as she conducted research for her upcoming book 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver & Boulder. We were hiking to the summit of Twin Sisters in Rocky Mountain National Park and I...
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