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  • QUESTIONS: Does your family love the outdoors too?

    I ask because it seems like a lot of the people I know who are crazy about the outdoors were introduced to hiking, paddling, camping, etc. by their families. (I met a woman whose parents...

  • TALK: There's something about sunsets

    There must be, because I have about a million sunset pictures clogging up my hard drive. Which is all well and good -they're beautiful. But what I want to know is: why, oh why, do I...

  • HOW TO: How to "live it like a pirate"

    First, a little background. When I was a teenager, I took trips through a wilderness adventure camp. One camp tradition relating to these trips was "trail notes." Before a group went on a long trip...

  • TALK: Cute little towns in Colorado

    I'm thrilled to be living in a small town in northern California. I love it here. But when I was going through some pictures from a road trip I took last summer, I found these...

  • TALK: Five essential nonessential things to bring on a camping trip

    We're not talking about "socks" and "potable water" here. We're talking about the things you always bring because they add something extra to your outdoors experience. You wouldn't die if you left them at home,...

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