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Planning a Mountain Vacation? Here’s Why You Should Consider the Ozarks

Posted on January 10, 2014

Some of the most central icons of the American landscape are the awe-inspiring mountain ranges dramatically cutting south to north. And it's easy to limit your appreciation of America's rugged landscape to the Appalachian and Rocky -- or even the Sierra or Pocono -- mountain...

Writer’s Block? Just Get Outside…

Posted on September 17, 2013

by Tanya Twerdowsky

Carol Kaufman, of the New York Times, posted a worthwhile entry to NYT.com's writing blog, Draft, about the benefits of taking your creative impulses outside. Here's part of what she had to say: I stumbled upon my ideal writing conditions quite by accident. When a particularly troublesome...

FREE Map and Profile for Cincinnati Hikers

Posted on July 27, 2009

by Travis Bryant

Attention Cincinnati! Here is a FREE hike download for you! It's taken from the pages of the recently released 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Cincinnati. So download this free file, lace up your boots and follow along as author Tammy York takes you out on the...