Category Archives: General
Finding Farley
I spent the last weekend up at the Banff Mountain Film Festival. There was an incredible array of outdoor oriented films and many of them were big budget productions with hundreds of thousands of dollars thrown towards plane tickets, helicopters … Continue reading
Where the Other You Lives
Discover the Forest is a new website launched by the Ad Council and USDA Forest Service encouraging kids to get outdoors and enjoy their nearby parks and national forests. The site is designed so tweens (ages 8-12) can navigate it … Continue reading
International Walk to School Day
Wednesday, October 7 is International Walk to School Day. Started in 1997 in Chicago, iWalk has participants in all 50 states joining 3 million international walkers. The day highlights the need for walkable routes within communities. Whether you’re motivated for … Continue reading
“Fishy Kid” Coloring Contest
What do you get when you combine crayons, fish and gear? The Fishy Kid coloring contest. Co-creators Cameron Mortenson and Kevin Powell are two fly-fishing dads who live in the southeastern US. What started as a coloring book from celebrated … Continue reading
Walking to School
My walk to elementary school is composed of snapshot memories. The magnolia trees with limbs made for climbing. The very steep hill. Baseball bats cracking as I passed the little league field. Blackberries. Towering redwood trees encompassing “Dark” Park. Dawdling … Continue reading
Are You the Parent You Imagined?
For the record, Fitz and I aren’t parents. Yet, even before planning to be a parent, I have an ideal image of the parent that I will strive to be. As our friends embark on parenthood, I continually refine my … Continue reading
Mother Nature’s Fireworks
Shooting stars – nothing quite captures the imagination and puts the universe in perspective like a meteor. It makes us dream of space travel, wonder about the mutable nature of space and time, and stare in awe at Mother Nature’s … Continue reading
John Muir: The Original Outdoor Parent?
When I think of John Muir, I think of the solo mountaineer rambling through the High Sierra or the old conservationist fighting to save the Hetch Hetchy Valley from the damn that now traps it beneath reservoir water. Muir as … Continue reading