We hope our Adventure Resource Center is a place you find useful and return to often. The contents are a work in progress, with items being added regularly. The center seeks to provide you with information and advice that you will find useful in planning your next trip or outdoor adventure. Below are several links that provide interesting information and ideas on outdoor activities and locations to be explored by the ardent adventurer. We welcome feedback and comments e-mail us.
A Joke for Campers:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go camping, and pitch their tent under the stars. During the night, Holmes wakes his companion and says: "Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me what you deduce." Watson says, "I see millions of stars , and even if a few of those have planets, it's quite likely there are some planets like Earth, and if there are a few planets like Earth, out there, there might also be life." Holmes replies, "Watson, you idiot. Someone stole our tent."
Your online adventure guide to the best hiking tracks around the globe. You'll find over 500 trails for walking and backpacking in 50 countries. Has trails for hiking, mountain biking and xcountry skiing.
Grayling, Michigan is surrounded by trails designed for hiking, cross-country skiing and horseback riding. Many of these trails may be used for bicycling.
The John Muir trail is 211 miles long and runs form Yosemite Valley to Mt. Whitney, in California. This site lists all the resources, conditions and rules involving this spectacular adventure.
Recipes, Cookoff locations,their mission is to promote and encourage the art and skill of Dutch oven cooking, and to provide education re: the benefits and methods of Dutch oven cooking.
Easy-to-prepare meals for the outdoors written with a group of 6-8 youth in mind and provides a variety of tasty, nutritious dishes for the beginning camper as well as for the old-timer. Many employ the dutch oven.
Programs in Primitive Skills and Desert Survival. Located near Flagstaff, AZ in the Colorado Plateau. Classes such as: Bushcraft Course, Knife-only Survival Outing, Outdoor Survival Course, Desert Survival and Ecology, etc...
List of Adventure programs for youth (age 20 and under). Travel, expeditions and Camps. Programs in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
An Interactive Search Engine which assists in finding a camp with all the qualities and activities you desire! Database according to: U.S. States, U.S. Regions, Canadian Provinces, Camps Around the World, Day Camps, Adult Camps, Travel-Adventure Camps, plus Family Camps/Retreats.