Glacier National Park recently released a reminder to those that have decided its OK to drop trash around our National Parks.

People search everywhere for health and for natural remedies to bring it to them.  There are all kinds of natural remedies for stress and anxiety and they typically arrive in the form of a capsule of one powdered herb or another.  However, the wild comfort and solace of nature is increasingly being shown to be […]

What happens when you leave trash at your campsite? Just don’t!

The Bend Bulletin, February 8, tells the story of Ravi Drugan, a double-amputee who won a bronze medal last month at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. Drugan won his medal in monoskier cross. He lost his legs in an altercation with a train in 2004. Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) has been providing assistance and […]

Sometimes it’s tough to get outdoors and exercise in the winter. Still it’s a great time of the year to enjoy the outdoors. You’ll find that outdoor activities will keep you very warm and your body will burn more calories just to make that happen. I’ve split wood at -20F wearing a t-shirt and jeans. […]

While you are enjoying your adventures in the outdoors, you are bound to come across some animals. The kids may want to play with them, but you know they should stay a safe distance away. So, what’s a safe distance? Some of the National Parks recommend that you stay 25 feet away from all animals. […]

  This quote comes from John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir edited by Linnie Marsh Wolfe, 1938.  The photo was shot by me, Jerry Haugen, along the Pacific Crest Trail in Crater Lake National Park and is © 2010 Global Creations LLC. To me this quotation reflects the clearness of mind […]

John B. Waldo (1844-1907) was an Oregon politician and state supreme court justice with asthma.  It was the asthma that led him on horseback sojourns each year into the Oregon Cascade Mountains for relief. His love of the mountains led to his support of William Gladstone Steel’s efforts to make Crater Lake into a National […]

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