<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Outdoors and Recreation</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><description>Outdoors and Recreation</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Tickled Pink by the Pull of Whitewater]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12133-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12133-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  To live in the Washington area and not take a shot at whitewater paddling is like living in Aspen, Colo., and refusing to ski. You're here, it's here, why not give it a try?]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish Lines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6955-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6955-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Fish Lines <br> Hall's Restaurant in Ocean City is again hosting the Ocean City Reef Foundation dinner. It is May 4 from 5 to 8 with an all-you-can-eat dinner. There will be silent and live auctions with a vast assortment of items, the proceeds of which help fund the...]]></description><author> Gary Diamond</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fish Are Back, Fletcher's Is Open and All's Well on the Potomac]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58923-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58923-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Spring came to the Potomac last week. The big river finally dropped to a manageable level and cleared up after nearly a month of roaring, muddy floods. Forsythias and daffodils bloomed bright yellow along the banks, buds popped out on the trees and fish rushed upstream to spawn, with fish-eating birds in hot pursuit.]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish Lines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53141-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53141-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Fish Lines <br> Saturday is opening day of Maryland's striped bass season. The season runs through May 15, during which time anglers may catch and keep a single striper per day measuring 28 inches or longer. During a recent preseason scouting trip, local charter...]]></description><author> Gary Diamond</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battening Down for Spring Squalls]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40128-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40128-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The prettier the weather gets, the more people are drawn to the water. Spring is for boating, but wise boaters also know it's the mid-Atlantic region's most treacherous season, when wild storms pop up unannounced and the water is still cold enough to kill.]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish Lines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34116-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34116-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Fish Lines <br> The onset of April brought a lot more than warm rain showers. Torrential rain besieged the mid-Atlantic region for several days, causing flooding in the Delaware, Susquehanna and Potomac river basins. Most local trout streams were transformed from...]]></description><author> Gary Diamond</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elder Wins Cherry Blossom]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23597-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23597-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author> Dan Steinberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE OUTSIDE LINE]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22067-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22067-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ &#149;   HELPING HAND: When trying new sports, you often get roped into spending more money than you want to before you're sure you're going to stick with it. Scuba diving comes to mind, as does Alpine skiing and climbing, with its harness systems, carabiners, non-slip shoes, helmets, slings, pitons, cams, headlamps, equipment bags and high-tech (and regularly replaced) ropes. That's a lot to carry around, both on your back and on your credit cards.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Make a Good Day Great]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21166-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21166-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[THURMONT, Md.<br>The rule of thumb for spring trout fishing is that you go when buds on the trees are the size of a mouse's ears. But what if the time comes and those buds still haven't popped?]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talel Ready to Run]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19676-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19676-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[25-year-old distance runner Wilberforce Talel is just one of many Kenyans looking to win this year Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish Lines]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15816-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15816-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Fish Lines <br> Trout season opened in Maryland with a bang, but much of the noise was created by thunder claps resulting from torrential rains that plagued the mid-Atlantic region for more than a week. Trout streams had been clear, and clean rivulets were quickly...]]></description><author> Gary Diamond</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE OUTSIDE LINE]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3932-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3932-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     SPRING CLEANING:  If you are one of those who fill their free hours using stuff from what's been called "the closet full of toys"  --  mountain bikes, kayak paddles, life jackets, trail running shoes, bouldering crash pads, helmets, climbing shoes and ropes, etc.  --  chances are you spend a lot of time around the Potomac River, whose rich abundance never ceases to amaze.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something Fishy About Power Plant on Chesapeake Bay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3714-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3714-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay fishing season opens officially on April 16, when Maryland's spring trophy rockfish season comes in, but some of us have a hard time waiting, particularly when the sun pops out as it did briefly last week and word spreads that big fish are already here.]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney to Go 'Round-the-World]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55538-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55538-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The Volvo Ocean Race got a promotional boost yesterday when Disney announced it will back a U.S. entry for the 'round-the-world event, which starts in November in Spain and includes a stop next spring in Baltimore.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off Florida, Sailing Toward the Maqana of Life]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49641-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49641-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[PINE ISLAND SOUND, Fla.  --  We were anchored off Cabbage Key, the Vicar and I, around dusk when we noted a curious coincidence. Only two other sailboats were in the anchorage and both had the same name -- "Maqana" -- which is Spanish for "tomorrow" but is humorously meant when applied to any unpleasant, unfinished task, as "never."]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Urban Planning a Must When Fishing in Florida]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29769-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29769-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.<br>If you want to look at birds and alligators, I can take you to the Everglades and we can ride around in the boat," bass fishing guide Don Marks said last week. "If you want to catch fish, we're better off right here."]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winners on Track]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30252-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30252-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wilson Komen and Susannah Kvasnicka both notch decisive but slower wins as they prepare for the area's first major race of the year.]]></description><author> Sean P. Flynn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wittenberg Takes Reins in New York]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18726-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18726-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[      Mary Wittenberg  will become race director of the ING New York City Marathon and president and CEO of New York Road Runners, succeeding    Allan Steinfeld .]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living Large Amid Baitfish and Gamefish in Mexico]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10413-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10413-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   ISLA MUJERES, Mexico<br>The most exciting fishing on Chesapeake Bay comes in autumn, when rockfish and blues school up and rise to the surface to rampage through clouds of fleeing bait, and seagulls shriek and dive to mark the schools. Now, imagine that scene in the Gulf of Mexico with...]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishing Boat Prop Helps as a Model for Success]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56227-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56227-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_sports/features/outdoorsandrecreation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:17:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  There's never a shortage of unusual craft being built or repaired by students at Alexandria Seaport Foundation's boatbuilding school. But even amid the remarkable collection of old-fashioned wooden vessels there, the latest creation stands out. It's a strip-planked, double-ended, canoe-shaped, primitive thing that looks better suited to a tropical lagoon.]]></description><author> Angus Phillips</author></item></channel></rss>