Year: 2022

Taking a well-deserved adult vacation offers joyful predictability. There’s time off to do what you want, visit places that you’ve maybe never seen before, and return home with some great photos of friends and family. Then, for most of us, it’s back to a predictable grind. By mid-week, we’re back to being the same employee or boss that we were when we packed up and headed out for vacation. 

What The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education (NCOAE) offers outdoor enthusiasts — including adults who are curious about backcountry travel — is an alternative to your typical adult vacation. We prepare, set up, and guide life changing adventure-based adult education courses for anyone looking to learn new skills — or those sharpening existing skills in the outdoors, enabling them to return to daily life with new insights into leadership and how to protect our natural resources. 

We can even

Signing up for an Outward Bound expedition is not easy. We know that no matter if you are a parent of a student or the one going on the expedition yourself, the process and days leading up to the experience can be filled with questions. From who will be with me to what should I pack or even where do we go? We hope to answer some of those questions in our four-part series: What to Expect on an Outward Bound Expedition.

Fourth on the list of what to expect is the outcomes you’ll walk away with. Keep reading for an Instructor’s look into the learning outcomes and growth areas you’ll discover on your expedition.

When you decide to go on an Outward Bound expedition, you’re beginning a learning process that starts before your expedition and ends far after. Some outcomes may be perceptible to you immediately, while others

Outdoor kitchens are all the rage nowadays, and installing an outdoor kitchen in your backyard could be a great project. If you’re unsure of whether or not you want to make this investment, consider all of these reasons why it’ll probably be worth it to do so.

They Boost Home Values

Whether you think you’ll sell your home in the future or not, you probably want to maintain its value. You can actually increase your home’s value by adding a nice outdoor kitchen. This is particularly true if it’s properly designed, installed, and maintained.

It Can Make Your Home More Luxurious

You might have a luxury home, or you might be wondering how you can turn your traditional home into a more luxurious property. With a little searching, you’ll probably find that many of the luxury homes in your area feature nice outdoor spaces, including outdoor kitchens. You can enjoy

The Ruger Wrangler has been incredibly popular since its inception for being a quality and extremely affordable single-action revolver. There is virtually nothing that can compete with it at its current street price of $200 in regards to quality. Now, Ruger has announced that they have 3 new barrel length offerings – 7.5″, 6.5″, and 3.75″ – in their common colorways of a Burnt Bronze, Silver, and Black Cerakote.

Ruger Coverage on AllOutdoor

The Ruger Wrangler broke the revolver industry’s perception of what could be possible as far as a low price-point and simultaneously maintaining quality. Couple that with popular designs like a bird’s head grip, varying Cerakote colors, and even some hardwood grips for the traditionalists in the audience (this includes me), and you can see why the Ruger Wrangler is such a wheelgun favorite. To expand on that popularity they have introduced 3 new barrel

High-octane shooting sports like 3-gun and multi-gun competitions aren’t just for the pros anymore. With the introduction of a lot of new and more affordable competition-style guns, more and more “normal” people like myself are getting into the shooting sports scene. Mossberg understands this too and wants to provide its customers with ready-to-go firearm offerings that will get them out of their houses and onto the flat range. As part of this effort, Mossberg has added the new 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Mocro Dot combo to its lineup which gives customers an optic-ready competition shotgun option that doesn’t require searching for a suitable optic.

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The new Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Micro Dot Combo

NORTH HAVEN, CT – Joining the 940 Pro Tactical Optic-Ready autoloading shotgun family is a micro dot-equipped version. The 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Micro Dot Combo features a

After Chuck Grado made the shot on a nearly 200-inch whitetail last month, his mind went straight to his wife, Ruth Macke. Sitting alone in a treestand in the fading light, he typed out a cryptic, nerve-rattled text: “30+her Byckr Hera. <omE now. 4 Bucks here.”

Ruth, who was back at their home in Cedar Rapids, saw the text and figured he was still shaking in the stand. She wouldn’t see the buck herself until the following morning, but she already knew that whatever her husband had killed was special.

“I think your typos answered my question about shaking,” she replied.

The Hunt for the 20-Point Buck

It was the day after Thanksgiving, and Grado had been in the stand all afternoon by the time the 20-point buck stepped into view. Perched in an oak tree over a well-worn game trail between the river bottom and a wheat field, he’d

Nobody likes to be hot and sweaty on the trail. But when things turn from being uncomfortable to becoming downright dangerous, it’s time for quick, on-the-spot emergency action. 

Heat illness is a range of medical conditions that result from the body’s inability to cope with an elevated heat load. When that occurs, it is more commonly referred to as “heat strain.” And whether you’re inactive in a warm, humid environment or participating in strenuous physical activity in the fall or winter, you are at an increased risk of heat illness.

For people who engage in backcountry adventures, heat illness and heat strain are among the many potential health and safety risks. That’s why our instructors at The National Center for Outdoor Adventure Education (NCOAE) include it in our Wilderness Medicine courses. In this post, we bring you up to speed on the basics, including the symptoms to watch for, preventive

Landscaping your pool is a great investment that will allow you to get the most out of your pool’s potential usage and pleasure. Landscaping around a swimming pool has several advantages. Here are a few ways pool landscaping may be beneficial for those who are not sure if pool landscaping is the correct choice.

Enhancement of Functionality

The numerous ways you will want to utilize your pool and the surrounding area are taken into account in a well-designed pool-landscaping plan. As a result, you will have a perfect place to host gatherings of friends and family while still having convenient access to the pool for swimming and relaxing. When we start on a project, we make sure to consider all of the relevant practical considerations.

Enhances Pool Users’ Privacy

Enhancing the visual appeal of a pool and providing additional privacy for its users may be achieved by adding landscape around