We previously published an article by Adam Nutting on preparing to hike the Appalachian Trail. Given that hiking the Appalachian Trail is a huge undertaking that requires a lot of extensive planning, we decided to get back to Adam and ask him for more tips on how you can get ready to hike what he calls "the Disney World of hiking trails". Here's what we got.

Doreen Orion, a psychiatrist, and author of Queen of the Road is married to a fellow psychiatrist. And that's where the similarities end. Her husband Tim is a driven, type A person who enjoys roughing it in the great outdoors and keeping busy. Doreen is a self proclaimed pampered Princess from Long Island whose idea of roughing it is staying at the Holiday Inn. So how and why did such opposite personalities come together?

When Scot "TABA" Ward a self-proclaimed modern day American pioneer has charted unchartered territory, covering roughly 920 miles across North Carolina, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks known as the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST). In March 2010, he was given the "First to Yo-Yo the Mountains-to-Sea-Trail" Award. Naturally we were interested in finding out what makes this adventurer tick.

A good friend recently shared a tradition from his youth with me. Rather than attend a New Year's Eve party, his parents took their sons on a hiking and camping trip to the top of a mountain near the coast of eastern Maine. From there, they could be among the first people in America to witness the dawn of the New Year. After sunrise they made their way back to the car and headed home, resolving to make the trip again in another twelve months.

The holidays are a time of great joy for most, as families come together to exchange gifts, celebrate the season, and give good cheer. But for less fortunate families and people who don't have a family, the holidays are more of a burden than a joy. Fortunately, some RV clubs are working to change this.

Since the peak of the Great Recession State Park budgets have been slashed, leaving many of the parks underfunded and understaffed. The results have been far reaching. Minor repairs have become major repairs, park facilities have been closed, and special programs have been reduced. In California, more than 5,000 projects for repairs don’t have adequate funding. State Park administrators and visitors now must answer the question, "where do we go from here?"

The North Country National Scenic Trail, a 4,600 mile trail spanning the breadth of 7 states from New York to North Dakota, is the longest hiking path in the country. This August, Joan Young, became the first woman to hike the entire trail. Read on as Joan shares with us her experience of going the distance.

In the summer after I graduated from college, my friend Alex invited me to go on a fishing trip. He and his brother made a sort of tradition out of going Up North now and then with their father, Charlie. Charlie's friend Rudy owned a piece of land on Lac Seul, Ontario, and had set up a fishing camp there. If I could get the week off of work, I was welcome to join.

A job with HP, a home in the San Francisco Bay Area, a wonderful circle of friends. Sounds like the quintessential American Dream? Not quite, for Philip May and his wife Tracey, who decided to give it all up and head for the open roads with their two kids, Ally and Josh in a RV. What prompted them to alter their life so drastically? How was the experience? Here is Philip's story.

Few people love throwing a party as much as Courtney Fox. In fact, the southern belle enjoys entertaining so very much, that she took up a job planning parties and fun activities for the guests at Bella Terra of Gulf Shores, an upscale RV resort for Class A motor homes in Foley, Alabama, where she is the Activities and Operations Manager.

When Winter Texans travel south every year they have the distinct pleasure of re-uniting with their winter communities; those campgrounds and resorts that host the same people year in and year out. For Winter Texans, reuniting with friends they haven't seen in months is one of the many highlights of their lifestyle.

Ten years ago a group of friends from the Dolphin Divers of Sacramento, a recreational scuba diving club in California, decided to break from their traditional Thanksgiving festivities and do something a little out of the ordinary.

Ken Burns National Parks documentary, Ken Burns' "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" showcases new facets of the national parks in America and the people who strived to preserve the natural beauty of our country for future generations.