Do you love hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and helping get other people outside? Did you know you can make your love of adventure more than just a hobby? Becoming an adventure guide might be the career for you, and starting is much easier than you think. What you need to know to become an Adventure Guide: … More How to Become an Adventure Guide: Starting Your Career in Outdoor Education
A year ago, we poured a bottle of cheap champagne off a balcony in Berlin. On a shoestring budget, the bottle was completely undrinkable, somehow all too sour and too sweet and too bubbly. We each poured a third over, and listed our goals and wishes for 2020. I don’t remember what I said. I … More A New Year Story: from pandemic winter
The Great Lakes hold 21% of the world’s freshwater, create their own weather patterns, and have some of the most unique geology in the entire Midwest. These lakes are home to two American national parks, and three national lakeshores, and countless waterfalls. When it comes down to it, the Great Lakes are the one of … More 11 Stops on Your Dream Great Lakes Road Trip: Hidden Gems and Must-Sees
I used to want to live in Alaska. I’ve had this wild romantic dream of living in the cold, a dark winter with candles burning to keep the light alive. Spiky conifers, somewhere by a northern sea, with howling wind and breaching whales and ice. This more or less scratches the same itch, minus the … More November, from Pandemic Winter
Seda met me in the muddy road of a village near Armenia’s capital, Yerevan. She spoke and I blinked back at her, 23 and wide-eyed. Seda laughed and whipped out Google Translate and her high school level English, flipped her hair and promised me she personally would take care of me. “Yes ksovorem kez hayastani masin,” she … More Thicker Gravities: Another Armenia Story
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