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, [...]
Great Outdoors
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Don’t forget anything when you go to the range
Head to the shooting range this summer. You’re going to want to make sure your hunting rifles are all sighted in, and it’s a good idea to get some practice before the [...]
Baby big game seem to be plentiful this spring
Last week, my wife and I took a trip over to Nebraska to pick up a horse Amy had a trainer working on. It was a weekday, and we both had to work, so we didn’t get out of [...]