Category: Roundups and Other Stuff

Alright, let’s just get this outta the way. This isn’t directed at tourists who only spend Memorial Day, Labor Day, and one week per summer in (Insert National Park Here). No. This is for...

Snowboarding probably stands as the most thrilling and taxing of the winter sports. Shredding the slopes takes a toll on your body and one of the most common areas of injury is your back,...

Most kayakers hang their boats up for the winter. That’s a mistake. Winter is often the best paddling season: no crowds, lots of water in many regions of the country, and a rarified rugged...

When it comes to planning your winter wardrobe, no sweat—Eddie Bauer has got you covered. When I say no sweat, I mean in quite literally. The latest from Eddie Bauer’s women’s line has moisture...

Alright, I dunno ‘bout you, but I’m kinda getting sick of all these “How-To” articles that you see plastered all over the internet these days. Mostly, because the majority of these articles seem lifeless, uninspired,...

The first time I saw a dog with sunglasses on, walking on the streets of Breckenridge, Colorado on a bluebird, sunny, winter day, I thought it was so cute! Then I realized, as the...

Beartown State Park – Hillsboro, West Virginia Located near the eastern summit of Droop Mountain, Beartown State Park contains 107 acres of nature. Development of the park has been pretty minimal to preserve the...

We’re not sure if the runways of Paris have featured any new doggie shoe lines from the likes of Jimmy Choo or Manolo Blahnik, but there are plenty of styles out there for your...

For years the outdoors was the great equalizer. Stephen Mather, the first head of the National Park Service, welcomed cars to national parks for a reason: to make them the meeting ground for all...

Mom always told you to suit up in pads and helmet before you started a sidewalk-shredding session, and the older you get, the more you understand why—emergency room visits are costly. But you don’t...

It would seem that in the past few years, the internet has been abuzz with stories of tourists being unmitigated idiots. From the bison relocating incident in Yellowstone to the High On Life Sunday...

In a movie scene in a long-ago movie, Robin Williams plays a Soviet defector who goes to an American grocery story and stands baffled at the entire aisle with 20 different types of toilet...

Why Carry Binoculars? Binoculars enhance your vision. Obviously, this makes it easier to see distant objects, transforming that mountain goat you’re looking at from a white dot to a living, breathing critter with sad black...

If you’ve recently added bike commuting to your daily routine, or have recently stepped up your commuting mileage, you’ve probably already figured out that longer distance commutes are a great way to solve several...

Leatherman Charge TTi Functionality, versatility and sex appeal… what more do you need from a multi-tool? And while you’re probably thinking, ‘who needs sex appeal in the woods?’ it doesn’t hurt that the Leatherman...