The 2,19-mile Appalachian Trail has won over the hearts of hikers all over the world. And with over 3 million visitors a year, chances are you know someone whose life has been impacted by the white blaze. Whether they are a thru-hiker, a section hiker, a...
Read MoreYou have this person in your life. You may classify this person in a number of ways—unconventional, outdoorsy, adventurous, dirtbag. And this person may seem hard to shop for. They have all the gear they need, and don't really like extra "stuff" lying around. So...
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It's hard to believe that REI launched the #OptOutside movement only four years ago! It now seems like second nature for us to get out in nature on the Friday after Thanksgiving instead of participating in the craziness of Black Friday shopping. Rather than continuing to...
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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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Continuing our Where's Waldo, we mean, Live Like a Local series, Travis wrote a post about his travels and living like a local in Baltimore. The annual New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Conference was held around the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore, MD this past weekend. I...
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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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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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