

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
Free is good, and free is what you’ll find on Monday, Martin Luther King Day, at any national park, monument, BLM site or wildlife refuge entry gate where an entrance fee is usually charged. The same goes for day-use fees on U.S. Forest Service land such as parking areas. ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on January 17, 2013 8:00 AM & Tagged Martin Luther King Day, entrance fees, fees and national parks | permalink | Comments
She became a committed outdoor person on the night she stalled halfway up a climbing route, "starfished" on a rock wall, too afraid to go up or go down… Today's interesting outdoor person: Rue Mapp operates OutdoorAfro.com, an online community that aims to connect African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through outdoor recreation. (Slogan: "Where black people and nature meet.") Her site received a 2011 Black Weblog Award (popular vote) for Best Green/Nature/Outdoor Blog. Bio: Mapp ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on January 17, 2012 11:24 AM & Tagged African Americans, Martin Luther King Day and Outdoor Afro | permalink | Comments
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