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HIGH on ADVENTURE
MARCH/APRIL 2022, OUR 26TH YEAR

A bi-monthly adventure travel magazine
by a Pacific Northwest consortium of journalists/photographers.


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FEATURED TRAVEL STORIES FOR MARCH/APRIL 2022
Lynn Rosen, Content Editor; Steve Giordano, Web Editor

     
 
  Inspirational bicycling mural  

THE PROBLEM(S) OF BUYING AN EBIKE
Fun by Steve Giordano

Well first, let’s get this out of the way: an e-bike is an assisted living device. It has a motor powered by a battery (about one-third horsepower), and to some extent your legs and feet.

 
         
  Young swimmers in Miller Lake  

ALMOST THE SEASON FOR SKITTERS
Visiting the 'Grand Central Station' of Mosquitoes
, by Lee Juillerat

Oregon's Maidu Lake where he snow was gone but, darn, the skitters were alive and hungry...



         
  Cambodia, plate of tarantula, grasshopper, frog  

ADVENTURES IN EATING: CAMBODIAN TARANTULAS, by Yvette Cardozo

This place gives new meaning to the concept of roadside rest stop. We’re taking about Skuon, better known locally in Cambodia as Spiderville.

 
         
  Timothy Pilgrim, poet  

To Exxon 30 years later
(after “To Exxon” 1989),
by Timothy Pilgrim, High on Adventure's Adventure Poet Laureate

Pipeline, tanker began the sadness.
Your legend as robber baron hangs on,
keeps memories of ebony ice alive,

 
         
  American highway east to west  

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Driving Aross US Covid Country - Part 2 (East to West), by Brad Hathaway

The Allegheny portion of the Appalachian Mountain Range stood between us and the West, but nature was kind enough to leave a pass through which western-bound travelers have transited for centuries - the Cumberland Gap.

 
         
  Go bags  

HOW TO PREPARE DISASTER-READY EMERGENCY GO-BAGS by Lynn Rosen

You can’t plan when evacuation emergencies will hit. But you can plan for dealing with them when they do. Everyone needs a “go bag” and Lynn Rosen lays out some “must-takes."

 
         
  Cover of Sassy Sisters and the Sock Monster book  

REVIEW OF SASSY SISTERS VS THE SOCK MONSTER by Steve Giordano

Author Jacquese Groves says, "When you see someone who looks like you being extraordinary, it’s transformative and empowering.”

 
         
  Skijoring horse  

WINTER PLEASURES in FLATHEAD VALLEY MONTANA: Skiing, Skijoring, Bikejoring, Dogsledding by Larry Turner

Skijoring competitions returned to Montana's Flathead Valley after a covid two-year hiatus. I attended the event on a brutally cold Sunday in late February. In skijoring, horses pull single skiers over a course that includes jumps and gates and rings that skiers have to grab. There are three competitive divisions: novice, sports (intermediate) and pro.