COVID 19 OUTDOORS POLICIES
Cue the David Bowie because there are almost daily “Ch-ch-changes.” And these quarantine days, changes mean more and more closures for area parks and recreation facilites. Here’s the latest updates from our Tri-State area state parks, forests and natural resource areas and what is closed and open in regional cities. HUNTINGTON The Greater Huntington Park […]
Covid 19 Outdoors Policies in the Tri-State
Stay Safe While Staying Active With three states and varying policies, we’ve put together the latest listings for what the responses to Covid-19 are in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia as well as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed properties in our Tri-State region. In general, all policies have this in common that hiking, biking and exploring […]
Travels with Milo
Take a Paws and Enjoy These Pics! It’s #NationalPuppyDay and we’re giving a four paws salute to Milo, the best traveling pup ever from rides on sailboats, canoes, kayaks and ferries, epic hikes (13 miles) in Doggy Sods, Red Ruffer Gorge, and even a trip to Vermont’s famous Dog Mountain (www.dogmt.com), he is up for […]
Spring Break into the wild
Ready or not, virus or not. Spring Break is on the way. Here’s some fun ways to get outside and play around the region – and some good places to hang out and hide out and to avoid the indoors and crowds. Go For The Gold – The Golden Rainbow! What’s better than taking a […]
Spring Break Critter Camp
Looking for some Spring Break fun for your kids? Send them on out to Heritage Farm Museum and Village for a Day Camp all about animals and art from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, March 24-25. There will be two camp tracks: one for children in Kindergarten- 4th grade and one for […]
World’s Best Adventure Films
Experience the Shock and Awe of the World’s Best Adventure Films Every fall since 1976, the world’s most daring outdoors adventure filmmakers gather at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, in the Rocky Mountains to celebrate their jaw-dropping short films and documentaries about mountain culture, sports and environment. After the gathering, the Banff Mountain Film […]
Do Go Chasing Waterfalls
Here in these gray days of winter, the sight of one more day of late winter rain is enough to put you over the edge. That’s why in recent years, I’ve referred to those incessant rains as waterfall-factories and have purchased not one but two waterfall books to find some of those really hidden gems […]
Rocking Hikes
Many ‘rocking’ hikes to be found across region Oddly enough, I suppose, winter is one of my favorite times to hike. Trees barren of their leaves stretch and bend, posing for silhouettes at sundown through shining hues of purple, orange and mellow yellow. Add to that the fact that many state parks and forests are […]