This is the time of year when we voluntarily binge watch horror movies, then jump at the slightest rustle of leaves, struggle to fall asleep at night, and hate on the monsters in the movies. But you know the saying "Keep your friends close and your...
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Back in September, AdventureKEEN started traveling around the country attending trade shows for independent bookstores. Our main mission was to encourage booksellers to help their communities live local by carrying regional books to let people shop local, go on local adventures, get to know their...
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Our final (for now) destination for our Live Like a Local series was my visit to the Mountains and Plains Fall Discovery Show in Denver, Colorado. Well, Stapleton, a neighborhood east of Denver, to be exact. Three days is not a lot of time to wander...
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Continuing our How to Live Like a Local series, where we share tips on how to soak in the local vibe on work trips with short amounts of free time, AdventureKEEN hit the land of 10,000 lakes. Thanks to our Walking series, it was almost too easy to live like a...
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As intentional as we try to be to live like a local when traveling throughout the country, with packed schedules and no free times it may seem next-to-impossible to do. After all, not everyone has the luxury of going on an epically scenic hike on...
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We're continuing our How to Live Like a Local series as we travel the country attending indie book shows, sharing tips on how to soak in the local vibe on work trips with short amounts of free time. Last week I got to explore Tacoma, the...
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Getting to travel for work is great—in theory. It sounds exciting to get out of the office and go to new cities and sleep in nice hotel rooms and not have to worry about the daily grind. But many of us know the reality of these...
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Today is National Public Lands Day! The 25th anniversary, to be exact. The largest single-day volunteer event for public lands in the country. The day where we can all give back just a little bit to the outdoor spaces that give us so much. The...
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Epic adventures sometimes have humble beginnings. I had a great conversation with an old ski instructor buddy of mine lately. He too is also an avid hiker. I had sent him a text saying I was dying to go hiking on the forthcoming weekend. He...
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Snakes. Slithery, tongue-flicking, inevitably the bad guys in folklore and fantasy. Fascinating creatures to view at the zoo or in the pages of National Geographic, but most of us who enjoy the outdoors would rather avoid sudden encounters with them on the trail. Even when...
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