The Cotswold Way
May 31, 2012
Category Archives: Locations
River Sports
Summer is here which means it’s time for water sports! In this blog, I’ve highlighted my favorite river sports and included some history of their origins. The popularity of the modern sport of SUP’ing originated in the Hawaiian Islands. In the early 1960s, the beach boys of Waikiki would stand on their long boards, and [...]
Cumberland Trail State Park
Would you believe there was once a mountain range on the east coast that rose just as high as the Rockies in the west? Yes, there were and they were called the Cumberland Mountains. The Cumberland Mountains are still there today, but due to erosion they are not nearly as immense as they were before. [...]
Historic Hiking Trails
Boynton Canyon Trail In Sedona, AZ hike a scenic journey into ancient times. Prehistoric Indians made the Boynton Canyon of Sedona home thousands of years ago. In fact there are still ancient Indian Ruins and burial sites hidden within the astounding beauty of this box canyon. Boynton Canyon is still sacred to the Yavapai Native [...]
Winter Teva Games
This winter in the Rockies, professional and amateur athletes converge on the mountain and villages of Vail for a celebration of adventure sport, music, and the great outdoors. The first annual Winter Teva Mountain Games presented by Eddie Bauer features competitions in mixed/ice climbing, X-Country, Big Air, and dual slalom biking, Nordic and telemark skiing, [...]
Ouray Ice Festival 2012
What is the Ouray Ice Festival? Let me give you a little background on the Ouray Ice Park first. It is a manmade ice climbing venue operated in a spectacular natural gorge just outside the town of Ouray, CO. It is home to more than 200 named ice and mixed climbs, most within a [...]
Holiday Bunner!
Here’s Holiday Bunner! Check out how we’ve been customizing our tshirts and fleeces with the Holiday Bunner. To see Bunner in action check out Live To’s Twitter http://twitter.com/LiveTo Happy Holidays Everyone!
Ready to Snowshoe?
I was reading about snowshoeing and stumbled upon this website that had some tips on what to wear when you go snowshoeing. The main tip from www.snowshoes.com was to wear layers. Wool, silk, synthetic materials are the best for outdoor cold weather. Here is how snowshoes.com suggest that you should layer up: Base Layer: Midweight [...]
Mecca Hills & Orocopia Mountain Wilderness
We had a great ATV 1/2 day tour with the Quad Squad at http://desertatvtours.com with tour guide and owner Randy. Only 30 minutes from Palm Desert, we rode for nearly 30 miles and 3,000 feet of total elevation gain in the Mecca Hills and Orocopia Mountain Wilderness areas. We started out on the Meccacopia Trail, taking [...]
Kids Gearing up for Snow Sports
Winter is practically here and this means it’s time to bring out all your kids winter sports gear! What kid doesn’t like the snow? The possibilities of sports are endless: sledding: zipping down a hill is one of the first things kids do when snow is on the ground skiing: pizza/french fries, pizza/french fries…. ice [...]
Rico, Colorado
You can come and see the fall colors in and around the Tride area for a fraction of the cost of staying in Telluride. The locals give it rave reviews. Want to see Telluride but don’t have a boat load of money to spend? Stay in Rico, CO at the funky Rico Hotel. [...]
Is this Arizona?
Love nature, would you love to visit Arizona in the Fall? Then you might want to try out some of these
Grand Mesa
Grand Mesa is a neat place that people do not seem to know about! At 10K ft it is the largest flat top mtn in the WORLD. It has over 200 lakes and miles and miles or terrain. It looks more like the east coast with all the pine trees but the view down is [...]
TRIDE Biking
Just took a really beautiful bike ride in Illium Valley, that is just north and west of the town of Telluride. I consider it an explorer ride. Not my hardest ride, but medium. Technically the ride is on a quiet, wide dirt country road. Local leaf peepers were riding the same loop we did in Jeeps. [...]
Multisport Journeys Debuts SUP Art
Multisport Journeys was featured on Snewsnet.com. To read the entire press release click on the link below. Here is an excerpt. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, OCT. 6, 2011 Multisport Journeys Debuts SUP Art RIDGWAY, CO – By popular demand, Multisport Journeys, LLC (MSJ) introduces stand up paddling to their unique line of custom artwork and outdoor [...]