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Backpacking Journals - Preserve Your Backpacking Experiences


Backpacking is a great way to escape the rat race and be one with nature. Alas, your backpacking experiences can fade with time.

Bird Watching Journals - Preserve Your Bird Watching Experiences


Bird Watching is a great way to escape the rat race and be one with nature. Alas, your bird watching experiences can fade with time.

A Retired, Single RVer Travels


For some 30 years I practiced law in Mesa, Arizona. (Please don't hold that against me.

Trekking Poles And Walking Sticks


Are walking sticks longer than trekking poles? What about hiking staffs and hiking sticks? Whatever you call them, and whatever their differences, they are supposed to help your knees more than anything. This they do very well, at least when you're going downhill.

Yellowstone Camping In The Fall


Soon, the busy summer tourist season will be over in Yellowstone National Park. If you are interested in enjoying one of the world's most unique geological wonders without the traffic, and crowds, it is time to start planning a trip.

Boondocking America


Boondocking is fun! Boondockers go anywhere they want, at any time they want and at any speed they want! If you are a member of Loners on Wheels (LoW) or any other single RV'ing group you will want to boondock at least some of the time.Boondocking provides an almost perfect way to see America for little housing costs.

Retired LoWs Do Yuma


Yuma, Arizona. In the winter, it's the best town in America with a year round population of some 50,000 and a winter population of 150,000.

The Price of Gas Really Doesnt Matter!


"The good news is that there is no reason to cower in the corner of your RV trying to avoid the gasoline bogeyman," asserts Carol White, author of Live Your Road Trip Dream - Travel for a year for the cost of staying home. "While none of us are thrilled about the new reality of gas prices, this is not a reason to cancel your travel plans, particularly if you are planning that dream trip of a lifetime.

Scotland - The New White Water Rafting Capital of Europe


Scotland has taken its place as the new Mecca for white water rafting and extreme sports enthusiasts. With over 120 activity centres around the country you can do it all here - from jumping off cliffs, sliding through canyons and rolling down hills in plastic balls, to more traditional activities such as white water rafting, quad biking and clay pigeon shooting.

Bird Watching in the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania


The Usamabara Mountains are very special mountains, often that tired cliché is used comparing them to Switzerland. These mountains are defiantly African mountains, not European but African.

A Thumb Sketch Outline of Tanzania's Attractions and National Parks


The Northern Circuit is probably Africa's most dramatic wildlife area. Game safaris never fail to satisfy with the thrill of the big game; they also offer diverse flora, panoramic landscapes and spectacular mountains; the game migrations across the plains defy description.

Be Sure to Buy the Best Discount Camping Gear Before Going on that Family Adventure


When you're on the Internet looking for discount camping gear, it's good to read an online camping equipment review. There are so many camping outdoor gear products on the market today that the challenge is choosing between them.

Find Outdoor Camping Gear Online at Great Discount Prices


Before you take off on that great outdoor adventure, be sure to write a list of all of the outdoor camping gear you will need with you and your family when on that camping trip. Some of the most important items to remember to bring are backpacks, tents, sleeping bags and camping furniture to name a few items.

Lightweight Backpacking: How Light?


You aren't lightweight backpacking if you are carrying twenty-five pounds for a summer weekend. I invent these standards, but I try to be reasonable.

Protection from Lightning - Smart Strategies for Hikers and All Outdoor Enthusiasts


Prevention is your best protection against lightning. Be sure to check your local weather report before you head outside.

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Outdoor Illinois magazine to publish final issue
The State Journal-Register
By CHRIS YOUNG The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will discontinue publication of its Outdoor Illinois magazine after the March issue. Outdoor Illinois, a full-color, slick-paper monthly magazine with a circulation of more than 26000, ...

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On Outdoors: Living the RV life
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sales of recreational vehicles are booming, with the biggest growth among families with kids, and of lighter models that can be towed by more vehicles. Rick and Brenda Allanson of Edina are longtime RVers. They are on a trip to the Black Hills of South ...

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Academy Sports & Outdoors store coming to Warner Robins
Macon Telegraph (blog)
By LINDA S. MORRIS - lmorris@macon.com Texas-based Academy Sports & Outdoors has bought the former Kroger store at 2907 Watson Blvd. and other adjacent retail space and plans to open a 62000-square-foot store there before Christmas, said Doug Molyneaux ...

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Outdoors: Last-minute hunt provides necessary ingredients (with video)
News-Herald.com
By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn Nothing like waiting until the last minute to try and get the main ingredient for a squirrel meat pie. Given Ohio's squirrel hunting season started Sept. 1, the fact I procrastinated until the last day on Jan.



Outdoors report: Feb. 8
Houston Chronicle
Good trout have been taken on the flats on the north end of the lake on Corkies and MirrOlures. Waders have scored on the edge of the channel on the moving tide. Winds were light out of the northeast. Water temperature at Eagle Point was 57 degrees ...

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Effects of mild winter are wherever you look
Chicago Sun-Times
By love as much as necessity, most of us who knock around the outdoors are weather buffs. For us, Aurora measuring stick for cold. The coldest temperature there this winter was The effects of the sixth-warmest winter to date since 1895, as calculated ...

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Outdoors: Nearly Picture-perfect
Arizona Daily Sun
The walls of Picture Canyon are nearly vertical and barely 10 yards apart in some spots. In winter, the full discharge from the Wildcat Hill wastewater treatment plant sends a torrent of water over a series of ledges in the canyon.

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Outdoors: Eastern Fishing and Outdoor Exposition at DCU Center
Worcester Telegram
The 36th annual Eastern Fishing and Outdoor Exposition runs Friday through Sunday at Worcester's DCU Center. Exhibitors will showcase tackle, hunting gear, boats, and exciting fishing and hunting trips. The expo is always fun for window shoppers, ...



The West Australian

Great outdoors beckons thrillseekers
The West Australian
The Peel Region, which includes Dawesville, Mandurah, Dwellingup and Pinjarra, has a number of outdoor activities for travellers looking to raise their heart rate. First stop for the adrenaline junkies is the Harvey Estuary for a jetski ride.

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New York Times

Sportsmen, Outdoor Industry, Conservationists Join in Opposition to CO ...
Public News Service
Today, groups representing sportsmen, the outdoors industry and conservationists are speaking out in opposition to the Colorado plan. Nick Payne is Colorado regional representative for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and his group ...
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