Arriving at a shoreline where the water barely ripples, and the only thing calling for attention is the soft sound of waves is calming. Beaches feel like built-in stress relief, and they’re scattered ...

Photographer’s description: “Saturday morning, Oct. 12, 2024, in the early morning at Bench Lake near Paradise and in view of Mount Rainier. My Nikon D5100, ISO 100, f/8, 1/125 sec.” Critique: ...

As I stroked my kayak toward the short, sun-baked dune, a deer jogged up between the trees and grasses. Farther down the shore, I climbed out and glimpsed a harmless lizard. Both zipped out of sight ...

Introduction It's one thing to build a boat that can stay afloat in calm water—but what about one that can survive large waves in a storm? In this activity you'll put a new spin on a classic activity.

MORNING AT 430. ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU THINK OF A WATER PARK, YOU PROBABLY PICTURE TOWERING SLIDES, MASSIVE POOLS, AND PERHAPS THE SMELL OF CHEMICALS LIKE CHLORINE. BUT ONE PARK IN THE WISCONSIN DELLS IS ...