We love dads, and we love going on adventures with them! Here are some ideas on how to spend some time in the great outdoors with Pops. Go cycling in Pennsylvania Remember the first time your dad helped you balance on your bike without training wheels? Relive...
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American Hiking Society's National Trails Day is the biggest trail event of the year, one we always look forward to participating in and promoting. It unites people and encourages them to improve the trails and public lands we love to use. If National Trails Day snuck...
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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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The days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve are a time for a brief pause to reflect on the past year and to prepare for the one ahead. Or at least that’s how we use this stretch of time. For example—we reread our resolutions from last...
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Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the park, All the creatures were stirring because it was dark. The bear bags were hung from the trees way up high, In hopes that black bears haven’t learned how to fly. The campers were nestled all snug in their bags, They...
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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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