Flying drones is outdoor recreation. Yet this activity often intersects with other outdoor recreation pursuits. So much so that the National Park Service has banned drones in the National Parks since June of 2014. That doesn’t stop people from flying them in the Parks and one fellow was recently tasered by a Park Ranger while […]
The State of Oregon has developed another national first in the form of series of scenic bikeways (12 to date) that will entice you to get off the main highway and explore great vistas around the state. One of the state bikeways is the Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway in the Grande Ronde Valley in the northeast […]
According to the U.S. Forest Service: “A campground host is a volunteer who agrees to spend part or all of the year in a National Forest campground. A host helps other campers by answering questions, providing information about the local area, and acts as the “eyes and ears” for identifying problems when Forest Service employees […]
Stand up paddle boarding or SUP originated in Hawaii and involves paddling a surfboard or specially designed paddle board while standing on it and propelling it with an extended canoe-type paddle. Participants can take on this activity in the ocean and catch waves to surf to shore, on flat water or even navigating rapids in […]
I got my first really good 10-speed bike in Albany, New York in 1975. It was a Peugeot PX-10, a racing bike that had carried some great riders to success in the Tour de France. My first really good mountain bike arrived in 1988. I was leaving Libby, Montana and closing the little bike repair […]
Earth Day Facts and History Earth Day marks its 45th Anniversary in 2015. What began in the USA on March 22, 1970 as an environmental education initiative, supported by Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) and Congressman Paul McCloskey (R-Calif.), is now celebrated in nearly 200 countries around the world. In many places it has expanded to Earth Week and […]
It was 1986 when Marilyn Price was bicycling up Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco when she realized that the inner city kids she was working with, had never seen the city from above, never done much physical activity and were constantly stuck in a concrete jungle. She wondered how these kids might be able to […]
Extreme Ironing (EI) is an outdoor sport that adds the complication of ironing clothing to the outdoor activities many of us already enjoy. EI affectionados have combined their laundry efforts with hiking, caving, rock climbing, bouldering, scuba and free diving, surfing, wake boarding, hang gliding, bungee jumping and more. The sport was started by Phil Shaw […]
Irina Musuc, wrote about Outdoor activities in different countries in the Multicultural Kids Blogs. She notes that the outdoor activities pursued in different countries “depends on climate, geographical zone, landscape, habits, traditions and even values people have in a particular country.” To make her point, she contacted parents in ten countries and asked them to share their favorite […]
Bicycle Route 66 Route 66 is the Will Rogers Highway and the Main Street of America. It crosses America’s heartland on its way from Chicago to Los Angeles. It’s also a great route for those of you that enjoy road cycling. To make bicycling along the route easier, the non-profit, Adventure Cycling Association has released […]