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Beat the heat with a trip to the high country
I can’t stand heat. I’d rather be cold than hot. Part of it is just how I’m wired. I just don’t do well when I’m overheated. If I’m doing any kind of exercise, I sweat […]
Articles by Ty Stockton
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This weekend there’s a perfect excuse to get outside
I’m constantly looking for excuses to get outside. When I was a kid, I didn’t need any excuses. That was back in the days before Xbox and Nintendo, and if I hadn’t spent 90 percent […]
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Cool off with some tubing down the river
If you’re really adventurous, you might add some spice to a tubing trip. My friends Blair and Val introduced me to the fine art of river tubing when I was in high school, and looking […]
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Can fish feel pain? They don’t when I’m fishing
Imagine being really hungry, or even just a little hungry, for that matter, and heading for the kitchen to do something about it. You nose around the fridge and the cabinets for a while, then […]
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Pick the right cook when you go camping
While you’re planning your camping trips this summer, keep in mind that the most important thing you bring along may well be the camp cook. If nobody in your party is a good camp chef, […]
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Why own a boat when you can rent one instead?
My family went camping with several good friends of ours last weekend at Glendo, and on one of the days we were there, our friends rented a pontoon boat. I didn’t know you could rent […]
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I don’t think I’m camping in campgrounds anymore
I don’t have good luck with campgrounds. I’ve mentioned my first experience camping in a campground on this show before, so I won’t rehash the details of that disaster. Thinking that might have been an […]
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My introduction to the RV world wasn’t the greatest
All the ads for RVs in the outdoors magazines show happy families cavorting around their house on wheels, with pristine woods surrounding them, and no other people to be seen. But when I went to […]
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Happy Independence Day!
Growing up, I looked forward to the Fourth of July even more than Christmas. It was my favorite holiday. That was partly because our good family friend Bill Brohm also loved the Fourth of July, […]
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A piece of history has left the Alaskan wilderness
If you have been hoping to make the trek out into the Alaskan wilderness to find Bus 142, the abandoned bus made famous by Jon Krakauer’s account of the misadventures of Christopher McCandless, you’ve missed […]