<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Outdoors</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/subject/outdoors?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><description>Outdoors</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[A Celebration With Strings Attached]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1008-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1008-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>April is the month of tulips, spring showers, fools, filing your taxes  --  and flying your kite. Indeed, the American Kitefliers Association and the Kite Trade Association International have declared April National Kite Month, and the groups hope to assemble 1,000 kite-related events worldwide throughout the month (to date, 162 exist). So, go ahead and unfurl that kite into the bright blue sky and let the breeze take it  --  and you  --  wherever it may. </em>    --  Andrea Sachs]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Your Mother's Spa]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56535-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56535-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Who wouldn't want to go to a spa?<br>Well, me. <br>Perhaps you, too, cringe at all the girlie-girl stuff. Maybe New Age music makes your skin crawl, and you're skeptical about the alleged health benefits of anti-aging rebalancing aromatherapy seaweed wraps, and you find the whole concept...]]></description><author> K.C. Summers</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventure Land]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38853-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38853-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Northern California is home to huge, awe-inspiring tracts of public land that offer a blur of biking, hiking, fishing and more.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Fence Them In]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9466-2004Jul23.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9466-2004Jul23.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Awild black stallion with about 20 mares at his side rears his head and stares intently, his body stiff and alert, ears perked.]]></description><author> Cindy Loose</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inline Skating in The Netherlands: Keep On Rolling]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8307-2004Mar19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8307-2004Mar19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When inline skating through Friesland, beware of rogue potatoes. Hit a wayward spud and you're eating Dutch dirt.]]></description><author> Andrea Sachs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hiking in Slovenia:  Bled Buddies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8309-2004Mar19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8309-2004Mar19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I saw Zlatorog.<br>This may not come as earth-shaking news in the heart of the American empire, but in the Julian Alps, the mythical animal god still holds sway. From his kingdom on the slopes of Mount Triglav to the labels of Lasko beer bottles, the golden-horned chamois is ubiquitous...]]></description><author> Frank Kuznik</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn Left at the Ring-Billed Gull. . .]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44693-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44693-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Virginia has wildlife galore, and two new (and free) trail guides make it more accessible.]]></description><author> Carol Sottili</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FALL FOLIAGE 101]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35834-2003Sep19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35834-2003Sep19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For fall foliage that can make a rainbow look blah, it's all about the weather: Wet is bad, sunny days and frosty nights are good. With all the recent rain along the East Coast, Western Carolina University biology professor and foliage forecaster J. Dan Pittillo predicts spotty coverage and washed-out colors -- if the deluge continues. But fear not, peepers: We've spoken to experts from Maine to North Carolina to get the latest word on peak times. (For updated reports, check www.foliagenetwork.com.)]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Alaska, a City Girl Goes Wild]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31319-2003Sep5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31319-2003Sep5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I had been in Alaska less than 24 hours and nature's wrath had come upon me in full force. Tucked into a single-person kayak, I was trying -- in vain -- to make headway against 15-knot winds as waves crashed against my boat, about a mile off the west coast of the Kenai Peninsula.]]></description><author> Juliet Eilperin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Own Private Idaho]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32470-2003Aug22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32470-2003Aug22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[National parks have their charms, but solitude is not one of them. I've walked in Wyoming's Tetons, where trails can feel like a Starbucks queue, and I've trudged up paths in Montana's Glacier with a gaggle of tourists, all of us yelling "Hey bear!" in case Mama Grizzly should be lurking around the next bend.]]></description><author> Alice Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mama's Boys]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21969-2003Aug5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21969-2003Aug5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A couple of road-tripping guys get a big hug from Virginia's Hungry Mother State Park.]]></description><author> Linton Weeks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia, Take a Bow]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12656-2003Aug1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12656-2003Aug1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A first-time kayaker finds a wealth of outdoor pleasurs in Canada's westernmost province.]]></description><author> Gary Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[California's Dead Sea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6156-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6156-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The late afternoon sun skimmed across the Salton Sea, turning it bluer than the cornflower sky and shadowing the rows of date palms surrounding it. From the highway, the glistening water looked like a mirage. After hours of driving past parched desert landscape and urban sprawl from our Los Angeles starting point, we followed the signs to the sea's north entrance, eager to get a closer look.]]></description><author> Laura Randall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In New Zealand, a Soaring Success]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6163-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6163-2003Mar21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Step, step, run. <br>And with those three little motions off I went, over a rutted cliff, floating 2,500 feet above New Zealand, without an engine, safety net or evacuation plan. And why not? I was in the capital of dangerous sports, where tandem hang-gliding is deemed as safe and easy as...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cast Aways]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2540-2002Oct22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2540-2002Oct22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Get lost in the serene fly-fishing settings of West Virginia's Elk River.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plain Janes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34969-2002Jun11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34969-2002Jun11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With six miles of beaches, miles of navigable waterways and three isolated campsites, Janes Island could very well be the Chesapeake's best-kept secret.]]></description><author> Don Beaulieu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Go (Out), Girl]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11946-2002Apr30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11946-2002Apr30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Becoming an Outdoor Woman is a program designed to put women at ease in activities often dominated by men.]]></description><author> Martha Hamilton</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driving the Appalachian Trail]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27077-2001Aug3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27077-2001Aug3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unwilling to hike from Georgia to Maine, a traveler drives the legendary AT.]]></description><author> Peter Mandel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go With the Flow]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22709-2001Aug2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22709-2001Aug2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/outdoors</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:21:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Whatever your preference in falling water -- loud or lulling -- this sampling of some of the best in our region should provide an outing for a summer day, a water-cooled retreat for beating the heat.]]></description><author> M.J. 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