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The Kammok field blanket – a quilt, ground cover, poncho and sleeping bag all in one?
I thought Kammok just made hammocks, but it recently added something called a field blanket to its product lineup. The company sent one over for me to check out. I’d rather lay in a pool of cool water than cover myself with a blanket right now, but I did take the...

The Texas Water Safari is a month away, and I’m officially freaking out
Time for a Texas Water Safari reality check. We’re a month out, and honestly, I’m freaking out. After racing the 35-mile Texas River Marathon on Saturday (finished middle of the pack), teammate Debbie Richardson and I explored the cuts and sloughs around Alligator...

Watch bats emerge from Bracken Cave tonight
If you can’t get to Bracken Cave near San Antonio to watch the emergence of millions of bats in person, you can do the next best thing - watch them swirl out of the ground by a live streaming event. Bat Conservation International and Texas Parks and Wildlife...

Nothing goes as planned when you’re training for the Texas Water Safari
When you’re training for the Texas Water Safari, stuff goes wrong. And it did this week. I’m racing on a five-human boat, and two of our five humans live in Colorado, not Texas. That’s OK. Both Steve Daniel and John Murphy have finished the 260-mile paddling race...