ROTORUA: ADVENTURE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND'S NORTH ISLAND
by Vicki Hoefling Andersen

I am not ashamed to admit that I screamed. And so did my two compadres. But by the time we reached the bottom of our first arc, our terror had turned to laughter.

SKIING AND ADVENTURING WITH TWO NEW KNEES by Larry Turner

A very active lifelong outdoor life led to the circumstance which led to the decision to have my knees replaced. In most of history, there was no alternative. People were stuck with their circumstances and had to live their lives with the unalterable fact of bone-on-bone pain.

WILD TIMES IN RECKLESS A-BANDON (OREGON) by Lee Juillerat

Whatever the weather, the beaches of Bandon are mesmerizing. Outcrops of tortured rocks, part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, line the coastline. Depending on the tide, some can be reached along the exposed sandy beach.

ADVENTURE POEM
by Timothy Pilgrim, Adventure Poet Laureate

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Sundown, mom waits with fawns,
knows I will cave, open the gate.
Permit her inside again, twins,

THANK GOODNESS IT'S MONDAY
Humor Column by Noma d'Plume

How do you put together an all-day birthday party for a great nephew and expect that all the grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts and uncles will show up? Noma d'Plume does it with aplomb.

HIKING THE LIVING DESERT ZOO'S NATURE TRAILS IN PALM DESERT, CA by Anne Siegel

One of the lesser-known features of the Living Desert is an adjacent nature preserve that protects more than 1,000 acres of Sonoran Desert. Inside the preserve are three hiking trails with varying degrees of difficulty. Hiking is free with Living Desert admission.