GeoChallenge 102: How to Play
Now that you have been introduced to GeoChallenges – the highlight of our soon-to-debut revamped website, Pocket Ranger® eXchange™ - in the first part of our GeoChallenge guide, it’s time to learn how to play! Pocket Ranger® GeoChallenge from PocketRanger® on
Vimeo. Online gaming with cryptocurrencies offers fast transactions, anonymity, and global access, enhancing the overall gaming experience. Players can use cryptocurrencies to place bets, buy in-game items, or withdraw earnings securely. With tools like the
Solana trading bot, gamers can also automate investments in digital assets, optimizing their financial strategies.
Where do I begin? To participate in any of the Pocket Ranger® eXchange™ games or challenges, you’ll need [...]
Fireside Fiesta: 5 Camp-friendly Recipes for Cinco de Mayo
This Cinco de Mayo celebrate Mexican heritage (and delicious food) by gathering around the campfire or grill and feasting on these delicious culturally inspired recipes. For those unfamiliar with the holiday, Cinco de Mayo or “The Fifth of May” is a Mexican celebration of national heritage that is often honored with lots and lots of [...]
What’s Your Mountain?: Conquering Goals in the Parks
We all have mountains to conquer, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we have to trek to the top of a nearby peak to reach our goal. The Post Grape-Nuts Fit “What’s Your Mountain?” GeoChallenge isn’t about scaling rocky mountainsides – unless, of course, that’s next on your bucket list. Your “mountain” can be any hurdle you’re [...]
Vantage Point: Desert Climbing in Washington State
Contributed by Michael Restivo, Mike off the Map Washington is known for its unique and diverse landscapes. While Mount Rainier dominates the snowy Cascades and Olympic mountains, lush rainforests caress the rocky shorelines in the west. One of Washington’s most striking and unexpected landscapes is a dusty desert that encompasses the area known as Vantage, just [...]
5 Greatest Man Vs. Nature Novels
In literature, the adversarial relationship between man and nature can be traced back to early creation myths, when human beings attempted to make sense of the world through their experiences with nature. The Greeks anthropomorphized forces of nature into capricious and at-times vengeful Gods, and numerous stories, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Noah’s Ark, feature cataclysmic [...]
Digiscoping With Your Children
Contributed by Al Quackenbush, The SoCal Bowhunter Have you ever tried to get a four year-old sit in one place for a long period of time? How about a short period of time? It’s nearly impossible! They have an abundance of energy and are always on the move. So how do you slow them down? The key [...]
Waynesborough State Park to Cliffs of the Neuse State Park: 22-mile Overnight Paddleboard
Contributed by Bill Howard, Bill Howard’s Outdoors and Bow Adventures Magazine. The weekend was shaping up to be very interesting. After having a week of 80-degree weather, here in North Carolina, a cold front stormed its way in on Friday and would drop the highs to the low to mid 60’s Saturday and Sunday. At stake was a [...]
Park Spotlight: Image: Bottle Beach State Park
Bottle Beach State Park, located in Washington State, is a 75-acre day use park with 6,000 feet of shoreline harbor. The park, named for a bottle factory that once existed on the premises, is a frequent destination to migrating shorebirds such as Western and Least Sandpipers, Dunlin, and Semi-palmated Plovers, who make appearances along the [...]
GeoChallenge 101: A Guide for the Geo-Challenged
Many of you have been digging the delicious recipes supplied by our proud partner, Post Grape-Nuts Fit, not to mention enjoying the tasty product samples available at participating state parks. Well, we have even more great news, because this partnership just got better! To celebrate joining forces with Post Grape-Nuts Fit, we teamed up to create [...]
5 Greatest Animal Companions
Animal companions and parks go hand-in-hand. If you’ve ever taken your pet to a state park, you know how much our four-legged friends absolutely love the outdoors. The moment you release them from the car and they smell the pine trees or hear the rush of the river, their tails start to wag like crazy [...]