I found out through the GetOutdoors Blog that Google has added contour lines to their terrain maps. While, as you can see in the image below, this really won’t help me in my home location, this could be a welcome addition when I go to the lower Appalachian mountains for some hiking and mountain [...]

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I decided to take the family on a little outdoors adventure this morning and took them to the Cradle Creek Preserve in Jacksonville Beach for a nice little hike. This is just a hop, skip, and a jump from our house, so it was easy to get to on a beautiful Sunday morning. [...]

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This month’s issue of Backpacker Magazine has an article questioning whether Geocaching violates the principles of Leave No Trace practices. The article includes the affirmative opinion offered by the Executive Director of Wild Wilderness and the president of the Iowa Geocachers Organization offering the negative opinion.
Within the Geocaching community, you will see examples of [...]

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The argument for the best GPS receiver for Geocaching used to hinge on whether it was a Magellan or a Garmin. Today, as Garmin has aggressively catered to the Geocaching crowd, the question has become, which Garmin GPS receiver is best for Geocaching?
Garmin has clearly spent many development dollars and hours to producing a Geocaching-oriented [...]

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I participate in a sport/hobby that I think is ideally suited for outdoor enthusiasts called Geocaching. Our local Geocaching organization, NorthEast Florida Geocaching Association (NEFGA) was recently selected as the best Geocaching group by Geocaching.com, so I am lucky to have a great group around me to support my addiction to the sport. [...]

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You may have noticed that I’ve added a new sign-up form in the right sidebar for a newsletter.  This is the Gator Outdoor and Travel Newsletter that we will be sending out periodically with fitness tips, outdoors news, adventure travel, camping tips, and on and on.  Just for signing up, you get a free camping [...]

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Here’s hoping everyone has a Happy Easter and gets outside to enjoy the spring weather (whatever it may be)!

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Persistence is quality that all outdoors enthusiasts must have to accomplish many of the outdoor activities we love. Giving up a mountain bike race just because of a flat tire or front brake failure is just not part of our make-up. I’ve seen people carrying a bike through the finish gates, rather than [...]

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What do you put in your trail mix?
I’m just curious. I’ve been making quite a few different ones, recently. I’ve never really used the standard “GORP” (granola, oatmeal, raisins, and peanuts), but I have a “basic” version. This version calls for peanuts, almonds, cashews, raisins, and M&Ms. You can make [...]

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Recently, two hikers disappeared in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. The police have found the body of one of the hikers, 84 year old Irene Bryant and are continuing to look for her 79 year old husband, John. Both went out for a hike about two weeks ago and did not [...]

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