LIVING THE OUTDOOR LIFE
LIVING THE OUTDOOR LIFE
Wild Trails Outdoors is a focused continuation of a long-running outdoor lifestyle journal originally written as The Outdoor Life blog. Same voice. Same field experience. A clearer trail forward.
This space is where hiking boots, bike tires, paddles, and campfires tell the story of a life spent outside. It is shaped by years of firsthand exploration and grounded in a simple outdoor lifestyle built around hiking, biking, paddling, and camping.
Here you will find articles, photos, and videos drawn from real time on trails, rivers, and backroads. Practical guidance, honest observations, and lessons learned the slow way. From winding bike routes and quiet coves to backcountry trails and remote campsites, this work is meant to help you explore with confidence and intention.
Wild Trails Outdoors exists to focus that original outdoor lifestyle into what I live and share most. Human-powered adventure. Quiet places. Time outside that clears the noise. Everything here is about passing along what works, what lasts, and what matters when you choose life beyond the pavement.
Now is your time to live the outdoor life!
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The Best Miles Are the Shared Ones
The outdoors has a way of changing when you share it with someone else. The pace softens, the moments stretch, and what you remember most is never the miles or the gear. It is the people you meet along the way.
The Inspiration to Breathe
A reminder to step away from screens, breathe again, and rediscover the wild places that awaken your soul. The trail is where clarity returns and life feels real once more.
Kayaking with Gators: Florida’s Wild Beauty
Paddling through Florida’s wild waters, I came face to face with gators, spoonbills, and turtles, each reminding me that real adventure begins with respect.
Oil Well Flats, A Winter Wounderland
Oil Well Flats near Cañon City, Colorado, offers 20 miles of scenic desert-style singletrack with slickrock, climbs, and flowy descents. Great views, nearby camping, and year-round rideability make it one of southern Colorado’s favorite mountain biking spots.
Paddling the Saline River Ina Oru Kayak
Paddling 10 miles down the Saline River in Benton, AR with my Oru folding kayak, great weather, easy shuttle, fun company, and plenty of adventure.
Kayaking with Dogs
Kayaking / Paddleboarding with Dogs Taking your best friend with you on the water.Some may think these two can't be combined, but yes, it is absolutely possible to kayak or paddleboard with your dog. Not all dogs are going to want to go kayaking or paddleboard. Some...
Paddle Boarding, wait, what?
Ideas, Examples, Lists and Considerations for your first overnight kayaking camping trip. There’s enough information to get your head wrapped around what you’ll need.
Kayak Camping on the Peace River
Five guys, twenty-three miles, a little Captain and many stores! Not a bad way to spend a December weekend out and away from the city!
Video: Kayaking Shell Key Florida
Shell Key has been designated as one of the state’s most important areas for shorebird nesting and wintering and it serves as an important study area for these species.
Camping by Kayak, Bike, Paddle Board or Backpack
Ideas, Examples, Lists and Considerations for your first overnight kayaking camping trip. There’s enough information to get your head wrapped around what you’ll need.
Mountain Biking Colorado’s Fall Season
Winter mountain biking in Colorado is just something that every MTBer has to have on their bucket list… however, one must not forget the Fall season either!
Elk’s Breath
His breath plumed in heavy clouds as he chuckled, the sound deep and wild.
Most Resent Posts
The Best Miles Are the Shared Ones
The outdoors has a way of changing when you share it with someone else. The pace softens, the moments stretch, and what you remember most is never the miles or the gear. It is the people you meet along the way.
The Inspiration to Breathe
A reminder to step away from screens, breathe again, and rediscover the wild places that awaken your soul. The trail is where clarity returns and life feels real once more.
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🌲 Trail Prayer – Proverbs 3:5–6 🌲
“Lord, I trust You with all my heart as I step onto this trail.
I will not lean only on my own strength or understanding,
but in every path, river, and mountain road, I submit the journey to You.
Guide my steps, straighten my path,
and keep me safe beneath Your watchful eye.
Wherever this trail leads, may I walk it with courage,
knowing You go before me, beside me, and behind me. Amen.”
Proverbs 3:5–6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
For the adventurer like you, it reads almost like a trail guide:
- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart.” Don’t just rely on maps, gear, or your own strength—rely on Him.
- “Lean not on your own understanding.” Trails twist and turn, life throws surprises, but God sees the whole path.
- “In all your ways submit to him.” Every trail, trip, or decision, big or small, acknowledges His hand in it.
- “He will make your paths straight.” He clears the obstacles, points the direction, and gets you safely where you need to be.
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