Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast year we placed six birdhouses around our yard. Two hang from branches, three are on tree trunks, and one bluebird house is on a post in the ground. We observed bird families in the two hanging houses, in one of the three on trees, and in the bluebird box. […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutesSo, you don’t think of yourself as a runner? Maybe you stopped running years ago. Perhaps you are carrying some extra weight. Maybe you have bad knees. Perhaps…well, you get the point. Many of us are not “runners,” but we still seek the benefits of running (or jogging, or walking).
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Reading Time: 5 minutesBy October 2018 I had covered some fairly impressive ground: the backcountry of Yosemite including using the cables to summit Half Dome (September 2014) the Laugavegur Trek in Iceland (August 2016) the Thorofare Trek in the southeast corner of Yellowstone (August 2017) the “O” Circuit in Torres del Paine Patagonia
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe are now within a week of Spring and the snow is almost gone where we live. Sure, there can still be a snowstorm or two, but it seems appropriate to say goodbye to this winter’s snowmen and to plan for next winter’s snow creations. Enjoy the poem and the
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Reading Time: 5 minutesOutdoors reconnaissance trips can pave the way for greater accomplishments and more adventures. When our daughters were younger, and the winter weather made getting outdoors more difficult, my wife and I would often take Sunday afternoon drives. This was our way to find lakes, rivers, or mountains that we had
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Reading Time: 3 minutesA commercial for Ford Trucks ends with a voice saying, “whatever party you got going on in the back, we got the business up front.” This comes after hearing the classic song, East Bound and Down by Dick Feller / Jerry Hubbard Reed. “East bound and down, loaded up and
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Reading Time: 6 minutesOur house was making some unusual noises as the structure dealt with temperatures falling from the mid-40’s to 5 degrees a few weeks ago. The next day, there was a little snow on the ground, and my weather app reported -10 degrees with wind chill factored in; I decided to
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Reading Time: 3 minutesAs the snow was tapering off one evening, my wife said to me, “let’s build a snowman!” Our latest snowfall only amounted to 4 or 5 inches on the ground. The snow wasn’t very packable and the resulting creation wasn’t our largest snowman. However, we played the cards that we
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s cold and snowing…time to get OutdoorZ. Check out outdoors short stories and articles to keep you motivated: Winter Water Wonders, Grandma’s First Appalachian Trail Adventure, and The First Snow and Santa was not Thrilled. Visit the Top 10 List to see what people are visiting the most.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are many advantages to hiking in winter. One of the neatest advantages is being able to observe water in its different states. “Water is the only substance that exists in all three phases as gas, liquid, and solid under normal circumstances on Earth.” (World of Earth Science) Hiking in
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