Powered by Max Banner Ads I went back to the Ocala National Forest for another ride, yesterday.  The ride went great…right up until my rear tire lost all it’s air.  Luckily, we found a camper with an air compressor that was willing to help me out, but the tire just went flat, again.  Fortunately, we were [...]

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 Powered by Max Banner Ads Last year, when the Ocala National Forest increased the price to ride off-road vehicles on the trail system to $75 per year, I thought they were crazy. The trail system was poorly marked, in poor condition, felled trees to overcome everywhere, lacked sufficient trail heads, and just could not compete [...]

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Yesterday was “Adventure Wednesday” for the family. Since Wednesday is one of my days off, we try to take the kids out for some kind of adventure; a special park, hiking, the zoo, etc. This week, we decided to go to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, Florida. I was [...]

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Back in my post on the Flip video camera, I talked about what a great little toy the Flip camera is and how much you could use this with outdoors activities and sports. Since then, I’ve added a few videos from my own Flip, including the video from the Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Classic [...]

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White Lake Sprint Race Report:

May 4, 2008
White Lake, North Carolina

750 meter swim/ 14mile bike/ 3mile run

The White Lake, North Carolina race weekend is one of the most popular race weekends in the NCTS series. Set-up does a Half-Ironman on Saturday and a Sprint on Sunday. Each day they have a full field [...]

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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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I just got this great new toy called a Flip video camera. This thing is about the size of a video iPod and fits in the mp3 player pocket of my MULE Camelbak! The video quality is great for a small, $100-$150 camera. It takes up to 60 minutes of TV-quality digital [...]

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Planet Zero Gravity is a new auction site that provides a specialized site for auctioning your outdoors and action sports gear. As sellers, especially smaller one-item sellers, move away from eBay due to the newly increased fees and feedback policies, this might be a good alternative for getting rid of your old gear and [...]

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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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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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