Mountain Biking Big Bend Ranch State Park – TPWD Official Video
One of the outdoor sports I have never tried to get into is mountain biking. Not because it doesn't look like fun. I really just can't afford another expensive hobby. This new video from TPWD might convince me otherwise. It sure would be cool to cover 108 miles in four days. For those of you who are interested Big Bend Ranch State Park is located in far West Texas on the Texas/Mexico border up river from Big Bend National Park.
Leaving a Summit Log is a Federal Violation in National Parks
Summit Log on Sierra Blanca. Not a NP Summit.So not a violation.Have you ever left a summit log on a National Park summit? If you have your actions were a "federal violation." At least that is what Big Bend National Park is suggesting. A friend of mine on BigBendChat.com was recently sent an e-mail from an undisclosed park ranger at Big Bend National Park. The e-mail said:One of our back-country rangers just returned with a water bottle containing a notepad,
Garden of the gods – Colorado Springs, Colorado
Last week my family and I were in Colorado Springs for a work related conference. We took an extra day to sight see around town. No trip to Colorado springs is complete, in my opinion, without a stop at Garden of the gods. Garden of the gods is a free city park featuring huge red vertical sandstone formations. The formations can be seen from almost anywhere in the city and are an amazing beautiful natural formation.Garden of the gods
Help Raise $600,000 for Outdoor Charities by Just Clicking your Mouse.
Lowe's Home Improvement through their Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation is helping support four great charities by donating $1 Million dollars. Lowe's plans to support The National Park Foundation, Keep America Beautiful, Water.org, and American Forests each with $100,000. The remaining $600,000 will go to the above charity with the most votes. I first found out about this through The Smokey Mountain Hiking Blog. Jeff is asking everyone to support the National Park Foundation with their votes. The National Park
Ski Cooper near Leadville Colorado – Trip Report
Last week my family got to spend some time skiing at one of our favorite ski areas. Ski Cooper outside of Leadville Colorado is where I learned to ski more than 20 years ago. Over the last few years I have had the opportunity to teach my oldest daughter to ski on the same mountain.Sunset we enjoyed on our drive up to ColoradoI'm unsure of the name of this 14,000+ foot peak.Ski Cooper is a unique, inexpensive, family friendly ski
UPDATE on Magnum Precision Boot Review
An update from yesterdays Magnum Precision Boot Review. I may have made the color issue into too big of a deal. But none the less Magnum Boots has agreed to Exchange the boots. Instead of the yellow boots on the right