Want to level up your kayaking skills—fast? Whether you're new to the water or an experienced paddler looking to level up, ...

Dave and Amy Freeman share tricks for dealing with bugs and other tips learned during their Year in the Wilderness, paddling to protect the Boundary Waters. My dad has been so perturbed by bugs on ...

Discover tips for long-distance canoe trips from a firsthand nineteen-hundred-mile trip experience paddling, camping, and accepting the kindness of strangers during their journey. I’m a big Mark Twain ...

Camping season is just around the corner. For some of the heartier types it might have already commenced. I know some of my buddies are spending weekends at their camp, if they are lucky enough to ...

A mom, dad, two kids and two of their friends load up the canoes for a five-day paddle on the iconic Manistee River. Upshot: easy paddling, no people, a healthy dose of nature, and time to reconnect ...

A new “I Can!” program offers participants the chance to learn the outdoor skills necessary to take an overnight canoe camping trip. The overnight adventure trip is one of many summer programs ...

What budget adventure has the primitive solitude of backpacking without having to carry everything on your back? It’s a spot where you can camp somewhere new every night, bask in the glory of ...

Three weeks after Shanti Hodges’s son, Mason, was born, she felt both blissful and anxious, fearful she would develop postpartum depression and fretting over life in general. She had long found solace ...