New Year's resolutions, outdoor goals

5 Ways to Make 2018 Your Best Outdoor Year

Are we all in agreement that 2017 was a pretty sucky year? Yes? Yes. Thankfully, it's January 2018! New calendar. New year. New you. New goals. Newsflash—resolutions are out. Goals are in. Everyone knows a resolution is made to be broken by February, if not sooner....

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What To Do With Unwanted Holiday Gifts

It's December 30th. 2018 is knocking on your front door, yet your house still looks like the holidays hurled all over your living room. And kitchen. And garage/basement/kids' rooms. Perhaps you've at least cleaned up the wrapping paper and boxes or even taken down all your...

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Barrel Strength Bourbon

Best Cocktails to Get You Through the Holidays

One week until Christmas. A mere seven days to finish all your holiday shopping and cleaning the house for your guests and getting your work in order before everyone vacations until the New Year and finding and wrapping the gifts you have stashed away and...

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Adventure dog, how to hike with your dog

How to Create an Outdoor Dog

You love to hike. You have a dog. It looks like she likes the outdoors, but she also likes to sleep. A lot. And eat. A lot. And did we mention sleep? So how do you know she will make a good adventure pup? What...

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Navigate Thanksgiving

How to Navigate Thanksgiving Dinner

Happy Thanksgiving, friends! We all have a lot to be thankful for every day. And we are. We really are! But we all also dread at least some part of the holidays (family, traveling in traffic, doing the dishes...

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Alabama in the fall, why visit Alabama in the fall

Why You Need to Visit Alabama in the Fall

The second Labor Day passes, the Internet blows up with all the fall things. And timelines and maps and articles on how to chase those changing leaves. Because we all know that while photos of sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes and Halloween decorations are nice and all, they don't...

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Halloween candy on the trails

The Best Halloween Candy Ranked By Hikers

There is no better mid-hike snack in October than a big handful of Halloween candy (and November once the candy goes on sale). And you're burning bazillions of calories, so there should be no shame in your Halloween-candy-as-fuel game. But which Halloween candy can stand up...

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Camping for Halloween

Why Camping for Halloween is the Best

Halloween is nigh. But something formidable stands between us and All Hallows' Eve—the weekend. The weekend before a holiday is a pretty big deal. There's a lot of pressure to live it up. Celebrate properly. Party all night and sleep it off the next day. So. How...

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