Weekend Outdoor Reads is a compendium of interesting outdoor content that I came across, this week. There aren’t any rules for Weekend Outdoor Reads, other than the fact that I have to find it interesting and, hopefully, you will too! This week features a great exposé on the challenges facing a new generation of “warm and fuzzy” fathers (very funny - remember the TV show, Growing Pains?) and some problems facing Indiana and Missouri state parks, this weekend.
New Toy: 40 Year-Old Coleman Stove
This is what camping geeks look for on the Internet: vintage stoves! Call it a sickness, call it a midlife crisis, but when I saw this early 60’s Coleman® 425C for sale I just couldn’t pass it up. The “C” model of the 425 series was made in 1961, 1963 and 1964. I do not think there is any way to tell exactly when this particular one was originally sold, but it’s fun to have a forty-something year-old camping stove.
Winter Weather Jeopardizes Spring Family Camping in Virginia
Next week marks the traditional launch of the spring camping season for many across the country, but Nancy Heltman, with Virginia State Parks, is reporting that several of their parks are still snowed-in or flooded from recent rains.
Honestly, is this all there is?
Roy and Ed at Oktoberfest in Mount Angel, OR
Okay, I’ve been putting this off for way too long. There’s a popular meme floating around the blogosphere called Honest Scrap – or, as my friend Ed in Portland, OR says; “Honest Crap”, where bloggers share ten interesting things about themselves that their readers probably don’t know.
It’s actually kind of fun learning other people’s deep, dark, secrets! I mean, who would have thought that Bethe Almeras at The Grass Stain Guru had a crush on George Michael and Ricky Martin? Or that Jess at Wild Earth Integration has been struck by lightning? I’m not sure I can top being hit by lightning, but I have been in a few “scraps” over the years, so let’s see!
Win a Family Camping Trip to Yosemite
Adams® natural Peanut butter is running a contest for a five-day, four-night trip for four to Yosemite National Park, including airfare to Fresno, a rental car and lodging. If you’ve always dreamed of taking your family camping in Yosemite, here is an excellent opportunity to visit the park during the peak season, without a lot of panning and expenses.