Making the Most of a Spectacular Smoky Mountain Vacation
| October 15, 2011 | Posted by admin under Outdoors |
North America is a continent filled with exciting vacation destinations for travelers to explore. Whether looking for a beachfront experience of sun, sand and surf or a mountaintop experience of alpine splendor and snow-capped peaks, North America boasts a wide variety of top-notch holiday locales for vacationers to experience. When it comes to North American…
Small Mountain Skiing – Does Size Really Matter?
| October 10, 2011 | Outdoors |
Big Mountain Thrills vs. Small Mountain Frills. We’ve all been to those super resorts; you know, the ones who boast mach-one speed quad lifts and glitzy nightlife. Do you ever hear how excited they are about the crowds at the lift or lunch line? Don’t get me wrong, I love big mountain skiing, there’s nothing…
New Orleans: Ten Things That Visitors and Locals Must Do
| July 1, 2011 | City Guides and Information |
New Orleans has a vast smorgasbord of activities to choose from, and almost all are in the arena of recreation and entertainment, although they can be quite informative. Here is a list of the top ten things to do in New Orleans, whether you are a visitor, or a resident (especially if you are a…
Reacharge Your Batteries by Taking Weekend Trips
| May 5, 2011 | Outdoors |
Most people find the work-week incredibly chaotic and hectic. There are weeks that pass by that my family and I simply pass by each other in the halls and fight over the bathroom. When the weekends arrive, we would stare at each other as if we were total strangers. My family lives for weekend trips.…
Basic Underwater Camera Care – Pre-Trip Underwater Camera Check
| May 3, 2011 | Outdoors |
Many divers, after experiencing the underwater world, have purchased their first underwater camera. This article will have some basics in it including equipment care, pre-trip checklist, and emergency care. As with any dive equipment, your camera should be thoroughly examined before each trip. There are several tests that you will want to do as well…
Ski Jumps
| April 29, 2011 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
Ski jumps come in many different sizes. In North America, people are probably most familiar with the sizes of jumps seen at the Calgary or Albertville Olympic Games. There are however, many many jumps smaller than these and a few which are significantly larger. Learning about ski jumping can begin with an understanding of ski…
What Is the Female Athlete Triad? What Should Be Done?
| April 29, 2011 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
The female athlete triad consists of three related medical conditions: Disordered Eating: A preoccupation with losing weight or intense fear of becoming fat which leads to abnormal eating patterns (including strict dieting or fasting, binge eating, self-induced vomiting, laxative and/or diuretic abuse). In the mild form this leads to poor nutritional habits; in the extreme…
Cameron Pass – Steep Skiing in the Medicine Bow and Never Summer Ranges
| April 24, 2011 | Posted by admin under Outdoors |
Skiing the high peaks of the worlds’ great ranges continues to be a goal of mine. Yet it remains difficult to get beyond the mountains west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Time and money issues aside, it’s just too easy to rack up a lot of days skiing Cameron Pass at the expense of going elsewhere.…
Save the Backyard and Re-design It for the City of the Future
| April 20, 2011 | Posted by admin under Nature |
In their attempt to make cities more compact, planners are allowing our world to be paved, sealed, de-natured and de-souled. The policy of urban consolidation and limiting urban sprawl is a good one – reducing encroachment on agricultural land and wilderness – but its implementation has gaping flaws that are causing gardening and food growing…
Lake Griffin State Recreation Area
| April 9, 2011 | Posted by admin under Travel |
Upon entering the Lake Griffin Recreation Area, visitors are greeted by a mammoth live oak tree tucked in the brush to the right. A trail leads to this monster tree which is a state co-champion. Its canopy measures an incredible 138 feet and its trunk has a circumference of 33 feet. Lake Griffin boast some…
