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Hello, festive trailblazer! Welcome to the season where jingle bells ring, and shopping lists... well, they start to look a bit daunting. If you're here, chances are you're on a quest to find the perfect gifts for those special outdoorsy people in your life – the ones who think 'silent night' is best experienced under […]

Hello, Fellow Wilderness Explorers of The Outdoor Soul!It's me, Bob – your go-to outdoorsman, dad-joke connoisseur, and now, believe it or not, a newly minted author. That's right, I've swapped my hiking boots for typing shoes (just kidding, I wrote most of it in socks) to bring you my first hiking book, "A Hiking Solo […]

Well, this year has definitely flown by. It’s hard to believe that Halloween is only a week away. I consider Halloween to be the beginning of the Holidays. That means time to start gearing up, not only for all of the family gatherings but also for fall...and soon after...winter hikes. It’s time to start checking […]

After reading about my past Fall Color Tour, you may be yearning to organize and plan your own tour. This is an annual family trip that I look forward to, and is always full of adventure and picturesque moments I want to keep. My kids are always asking me where we are headed for our […]

It was just a few days before Christmas 2017 and I had some time on my hands to sit down and write. I remember we had snow on the ground, a roaring fire in the fireplace, a nice hot mug of hot cocoa in hand, and my laptop in front of me with a blank […]