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Lake Barkley offers spring overnight backpacking trips (News Democrat & Leader)

Lake Barkley State Resort Park is offering two spring overnight backpacking trips on April 5-6 and May 3-4. These one-night, guided adventures are designed for those who lack the gear and experience of backcountry excursions.

Backpacking with baby (The Charlotte Observer)

It had been at least 24 hours since we had seen other humans, and the trail seemed to be ours alone – gleaming granite slabs, scrabbly switchbacks, glorious glimpses of the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River, and jagged Sierra spires under cloudless skies. But the meditative crunch-crunch-crunch of our boots soon gave way to men's voices. A trio of bearded 20-somethings approached. “Whoa, ...

More grads signing up to teach in nation's poorest towns (Alaska Journal of Commerce)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Backpacking in Europe? Nah, the dollar's too weak - and for some, the needs closer to home are too great.

Buggspray Insect Repellent for Ticks > Buckmasters > Products (Buckmasters)

-- Whether you are scouting, backpacking, camping, hunting, fishing or just out for a day enjoying nature's beauty - these activities are not without hazard. While biting flies and mosquitoes are a common nuisance, the presence of ticks that carry Lyme disease is a growing risk.

City couple lends hand to Myanmar cyclone victims (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

A Saskatoon couple backpacking in Southeast Asia have turned their vacation into a relief mission for victims of the Myanmar cyclone.