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Exploring the Chattahoochee Valley Blueway
Early on a Saturday morning I woke up near Atlanta, Georgia. The sun had not yet risen and I lay there in the dark hotel room searching in vain for an excuse not to go. Scheduled to do a presentation...
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Chile’s Mapuche People & the Trail of the Spirits
“I went to cut the tree, oak wood it was, in the steam I let it sleep, soaked in water, bathed in the moonlight it waited, before becoming human. I went at dawn to retrieve it: I began to carve his...
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The Good Life in Alaska
Tutka Bay Lodge — across Kachemak Bay from Homer, Alaska, at the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula — is the kind of place that even if it rained the entire three days we were there, it wouldn’t have...
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We Said We’d Always Be Blood Brothers
Evan hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park In the thick of summer, when Alabama simmered like hot soup, Evan Davis and I would don camouflage and combat boots to patrol the woods of Monte Sano...
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Outdoor Programs Help Kids With Learning Disabilities
In the evening, after returning from a canoe trip in Georgia, a boy sat alone on the stage in a school gymnasium and wept. Chad Savage, an environmental science teacher at The Cottage School in...
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Glutes on Fire on Japan’s Kumano Kodo Trail
Hiking the Kumano Kodo trail in Southeastern Japan is no walk in the park. The Kumano Kodo trail is actually a network of trails in the remote, mountainous Kii Peninsula of the Kansai region of Japan,...
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5 Great Adventures for Spring & Summer
It’s the dead of winter—that time when we gaze over our computers, look out the window (if we’re lucky enough to have a window), and dream of escaping on our next adventure. To help stoke your dreams,...
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The Top 5 Ways to Ward Off Ticks
Around this time of year, we always end our day hikes with a “tick check” to make sure no uninvited guests have hitched a ride. In recent years, an increasing number of people in the United States have...
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Grand Canyon Rafting: 6 Side Hikes
After 10 years of trying, I finally won the lottery for a private, 16-person rafting trip in the Grand Canyon. Two weeks into our journey down the Colorado River, we were still craning our necks upward...
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Up Close & Personal with Thailand Elephants
Wes and I have always loved being around animals. We’ve raised squirrels, chickens and more dogs than we can count. We’ve even talked about owning a farm! So, when we headed to Thailand last June, the...
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