Best Travel Jacket for Spring: Eddie Bauer Travex Get Away Jacket
I believe that in every female adventurer's and traveler's arsenal should be a good spring/fall jacket. It should be feminine, versatile,...
Hampshire Rocks Microadventure - Why Not?
Driving solo four hours today could be met with dread. But it could also be met with a sense of adventure. It is a rare chance to do NPR...
Walk on the Wild Side: Hiking Carson Pass Trail to Lake Winnemucca Trail
I am running again after a six-month hiatus caused by a knee injury. I never was a serious or competitive runner but I had a wave of...
Happy Earth Day!
Today, on Earth Day, I felt it fitting to ruminate on how my love affair with the mountains began. When I turned thirty, I went on a solo...
Social Climber: Learning the Ropes of Rock Climbing at Reno RockSport
My hands could barely grip the steering wheel. My fingers, caked with chalk, feel stubby from rope burn and stiff from trying to grasp...
Bike Like a Girl: Brown's Creek Trail
I was here a year ago hiking and I remember distinctly running into some mountain bikers. I was huffing and puffing ascending on my feet...
Adios, Winter. Hello, Water Conservation.
I could count with one finger the number of times snow fell on the valley this winter. One. When in a normal year, we we would get an...
I'm Just Like You
I have a day job. As much as I want to travel full time, I don't. Not that I haven't contemplated it - many times, in fact. But when...
My Favorite Bike Rack: Thule Raceway Platform
Spring is officially here and that marks the end of the skiing season (which we really didn't have much of, sadly) and the beginning of...
On the Reno Radar: Banff Film Festival 2015
Every year, the best and finest in outdoor films comes to the Truckee Meadows. It's an annual event we so look forward to. It's hours...
