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Outdoor Recreation and Drones

Outdoor Recreation and Drones

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 […]

Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway

Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway

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 […]

Be a Campground Host

Be a Campground Host

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 […]

Rent a Fire Lookout

Rent a Fire Lookout

The U.S. Forest Service has a very active rental program for stays at old fire lookouts and cabins in the National Forests.  In just Washington and Oregon there are 74 opportunities to experience the life of a fire lookout and explore some of the most scenic terrain in the world. Most of these rustic rentals […]

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

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 […]

Rock the Park

Rock the Park

Rock the Park is a show on the CW Channel about the National Parks.  Each 20-minute episode features hosts Jack Steward and Colton Smith as they get out and explore part of a National Park in the U.S.  You can find a station in your area that carries the show at the producer’s channel finder […]

Old Bicycles are Fine

Old Bicycles are Fine

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 2015

Earth Day 2015

 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 […]

Trips for Kids

Trips for Kids

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 […]

What is in Ireland?

What is in Ireland?

I came across a great website that explores Ireland.  Jason, the creator of the website, is the chief explorer. He says, “I just love my country’s history and love exploring places of interest. I also take time to listen to the older generations stories about the more modern history of the 1900’s and tales that have […]

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