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Give Your Family the Trip of a Lifetime

Monday, 11 February 2013 19:51 Jeremiah Breeze

Vacations when you are young, free and single are wonderful, relaxing, carefree and occasionally hedonistic. Vacations as a couple are a great opportunity to unwind and enjoy spending quality time in each other's company. But when you start a family, vacations can start to take on a different shape and you can find yourself becoming stressed out just at the very idea of trying to get everyone away.

Easy Hikes in the Wasatch Mountains - Willow Heights

Saturday, 01 October 2011 00:00 Jeremiah Breeze

The trail I picked next is the Willow Heights Trail. This is about a two mile round trip hike that leads to a mountain lake. This is probably the hardest of the easy hikes I am going to write about. It could be border line moderate. I have lived here in Utah for a long time and have hiked most of the trails up Big Cottonwood canyon but this is one hike I hadn’t done. After reading a couple of descriptions of this hike, I thought it would be a great one to try. My wife picked me up from work one evening and we headed up the canyon to give it a try.

The Ten Essentials

Thursday, 07 April 2011 00:00 Jeremiah Breeze

Whether going out for a day hike or going for a multi-day excursion in the backcountry, there are a few items that should always be packed. These items have been summarized into what is known as the ten essentials. The ten essentials date back to the 1930’s and were created by The Mountaineers, a Seattle-based outdoor organization.

Shaving Weight Off the Ten Essentials

Tuesday, 01 February 2011 21:28 Karen Berger

The “Ten Essentials’—the ten items that every hiker should carry—is a good basic emergency kit that has stood the test of time. But that doesn’t mean it has to weigh you down on the trail. Karen Berger, author of Hiking Light Handbook, provides the following tips to minimize the load you carry.

Hiking with Your Dog? Here’s What to Pack for Your Pooch (The Ten Canine Essentials)

Ellen Morris Bishop

Ellen Morris Bishop knows how to keep a dog happy, healthy, and safe on the trail. After all, she and her own dogs, Meesha and Dundee, hiked more than 750 miles in their research for Best Hikes with Dogs: Oregon. Here are the Ten Canine Essentials she suggests you pack when you take your pooch into the wilderness.

· Obedience training. Before you set foot on a trail, make sure your dog will obey your commands when faced with other hikers, other dogs, wildlife, and an assortment of strange scents and sights in the backcountry. A dog that can’t behave should be left at home.

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Give Your Family the Trip of a Lifetime

Easy Hikes in the Wasatch Mountains - Willow Heights

The Ten Essentials

Shaving Weight Off the Ten Essentials

Hiking with Your Dog? Here’s What to Pack for Your Pooch (The Ten Canine Essentials)

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