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Winter is almost two thirds over and now is a good time to start thinking about camping and hiking again. Family camping is a great activity for strengthening family bonds and for creating memories that will entertain family members for a lifetime. Continue reading
I am pretty cheap when it comes to photographing our family camping excursions. My Cannon point-and-shoot is a decent camera, but when it comes to shooting in low light conditions, or my biggest challenge – shooting good landscapes, the limitations of this kind of camera are clearly evident in the marginal pictures it produces (not me, of course – the camera!). Continue reading
If are in the mood for some humor, this hilarious video by Zack at The Good Badger is guaranteed to scratch that itch 🙂
As long as I’ve signed myself up for this bout of insanity, I’m going to take the steps necessary to make sure that I’m a highly tuned hiking/camping machine before I ever step foot onto the Appalachian Trail.
The holidays are over, the weather has been kind of crummy and cabin fever has reared its ugly head, here in the Scribner household. We had been promising the kids a trip to the snow for some time, so this weekend seemed like the perfect opportunity for a daytrip to Yosemite, which would allow the kids to get their snow on, and us parents to take-in the winter spectacle that is Yosemite. Continue reading
The Travel section of the LA Times has an interesting article on the fledgling national parks of China and talks about how the culture is not yet embracing the outdoor experience.
“For now,” she said, “Chinese tourists don’t travel like you, carrying a backpack into the mountains and going camping. A very small group of Chinese people are doing that, but most of them are just getting on buses and going to overlooks.”
I suppose that in many ways, the popularity of outdoor activities like backpacking and camping is a measure of a society’s wealth, since wealth leads to an increased amount of leisure time.
This past weekend, Harlan Kredit celebrated his 40th season as a summer park ranger in Yellowstone National Park. Here are some of Kredit’s reflections on working in Yellowstone over the last four decades.
— Bozeman Daily Chronicle
“I wanted to be the first to view a country on which the eyes of a white man had never gazed and to follow the course of rivers that run through a new land.”
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – On Wednesday, children waded in a small eddy just 50 yards from the edge. Some playfully teetered on a log that separated the eddy from the river’s torrent. Upstream, a man swam across Emerald Pool and back, crossing the Merced River current and ignoring warnings and prohibitions posted nearby. This just three weeks after three people were swept over Vernal Fall, to their deaths.
— Fresno Bee
OKLAHOMA CITY — Seven Oklahoma state parks that were supposed to shut down this fall because of budget cuts will remain open. Responsibility for the troubled parks will be assumed by municipal and tribal governments.
— Oklahoma NewsOn6.com
Produced by Yellowstone’s interpretation division, the newly improved Accessibility in Yellowstone: A Guide for Visitors who use Wheelchairs breaks the park down into eight zones that include attractions in the Mammoth, Norris, Madison and Old Faithful areas, among others. “Accessibility in the park is a top priority in terms of visitor experience and the design of our facilities,” said Dan Hottle, a park spokesman.
— Yellowstone National Park