The Absolute Must-have! (to get to the top of that next hill) If I had to pick one item I could not do without when I spent time in the rough outdoors, it would be my boots. I’m wearing them today as I write and scoop snow from the 2-foot dump we got. My feet...
1. Go When It’s Green Now’s the time hike the National Park After a couple of exceptionally dry years, the Badlands are lookin’ pretty good this time of year. That makes it an exceptionally beautiful time to hike the National Park interior....
See How it is Unusual and Impressive For this Iowa farm boy, the extreme landscape of the northern tip of the Badlands was impacting. It was my first trail ride in the Little Missouri State Park. Fortunately, the horse I rode was well trained and handled the narrow...
National Park Week Begins This Weekend Since this is #NationalParkWeek, you have a reason to visit. The South Unit is open and the website says it’s a free visit. No admission fee. . Here’s what you will see, Eleven photos to whet your appetite. Learn...
Take the gift of a warm Sunday afternoon and get outdoors for several rewards. We did. It was the last weekend in November and temperatures were in the 50s. Impulsive, spontaneous, we headed to the south unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Not many people...
A fall hike in the Badlands on one of these trails (click) is much more comfortable than a July/August hike when it is blazing hot. We have hiked the Badlands in every conceivable weather situation, in every month of the year. But we’ve learned to be more...