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Paddler West Hansen set to start Great Alabama 650
When Austin paddler West Hansen scrapped plans to kayak the Northwest Passage this summer, he subbed in another daunting adventure - a paddle race that winds 650 miles through Alabama. This Saturday, Hansen will line up at Weiss Lake in northeastern Alabama for the...

Try this water-resistant wallet for wet adventures
I spend a lot of time getting splashed with water in my line of work, and it turns out that I need a water-resistant wallet in my life. Don’t get me wrong. I love my leather kitty wallet so much that when I had it stolen while I was in New Orleans 12 years ago, I...

If you love to swim, explore the kettle ponds of Cape Cod
You can keep your chlorine-infused swimming pools and crowded ocean beaches. When in Cape Cod, I head for the kettle ponds, shimmering pools of water formed when huge blocks of ice melted at the end of the last Ice Age, leaving behind depressions that eventually...

Castle Hill Fitness launches free Weekly Workouts at Waterloo series
The lawn outside Moody Amphitheater will host free fitness classes. Photo courtesy Waterloo Greenway Conservancy[/caption] Add this series of classes at Waterloo Park to the free fitness file… Castle Hill Fitness will offer a series of free community fitness classes...