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A Rare Display Of Common Sense
My sweetheart Marilyn is quietly reading. While she’s not exactly hiding from me, it’s clear that she’s ignoring me. I admit it, I’m very restless and a little grumpy. With reason. -
How To: Pedal A Bike
There’s more to biking than balancing on two wheels and making the bike go forward. -
National Trails Day: The First Saturday In June
The next time you go hiking on a trail, whether it’s at a Trails Day event or an on-your-own adventure, take a moment to consider who built that trail and who maintains it. Maybe you’ll decide to give back to the trails as much as you take from them. -
Mountain Road, Take Me Home
We’d been planning to try something different on this particular day. Both of us love Alpine skiing, and we both love cross-country. So, we’d decided to combine the two with a top-down cross-country ski adventure. Sure, conditions weren’t perfect, but there was lots of snow to enjoy. The nice folks at the Nordic Center, who know the way the winds and snow work around their trail system, assured us that, once we got into the shelter of the woods, conditions would be perfect. They were right. -
A Backyard Barbecue
Some friends of ours invited us to a backyard barbecue recently. Hardly the stuff of Active Outdoors, you might think . . . -
How To: Advanced Snowshoe Lessons
When the snow isn’t packed or tracked, especially when it gets deep and soft or very crusty, snowshoeing gets to be more challenging. -
Active Spectating
What do you do when you really would enjoy watching an event? Become an active spectator! -
Whoosh!, Pop!, Splat!, Giggle!
Many of these kids are serious athletes. Some with realistic Olympic dreams for some future day. So yes, there’s genuine competition. But other kids were clearly just there just to do their best and to have fun -
Osprey Argon 110
I can easily see using the Argon 110 to do a week-long winter trip (or a two-week summer trip) without re-supply. And if it will carry 80 pounds comfortably, imagine how comfortable it would be with a more-normal load? Great piece of equipment!