Scott Schechtel

Find out about the seldom-used strategy of buying a home without draining your savings account with a huge down payment. The bottom line is, buying a home is not as hard as you might think.

When one travels to or through public lands, how will the visitor know if there in a park, forest, wilderness area or recreation area. Learn about the various federal land agencies and their management practices and history.

One of my favorite pastimes is being able to get off the beaten path and discover new stomping grounds where I am one of the first visitors to ever-set foot in such places.

Traditionally, it is still in many ways, the thought of graduating high school, going to college, the military or jumping right into a job is still part of the American Dream.

The unpredictable April rains had temporarily stopped long enough to allow me to snap a few frames without getting my camera gear wet. I decided to fern-hop through centuries'-old fir and cedars cross-country in similar fashion that a Sasquatch would.

It was around 2 AM and a faint orange glow glimmered through the thin fabric of my sleeping bag. I had slept pretty well up until then but knew I needed to wake up soon because it wasn't the sun glowing through my bag.