Enjoy Your Spring Outdoors
I suspect and hope that I am not the only one that is tired of being locked up inside my home. Warm weather promises to provide a chance to be outdoors again, breathe fresh air, have plenty of room to follow current recommended social distancing, and just enjoy being free to enjoy the world around us. Closing health clubs during the pandemic has taken away our customary routines of staying physically fit and healthy. Warmer temperatures encourage being active outdoors. I can’t wait to start and convert a few extra pounds to better muscle tone in the process.
Being able to go outdoors again creates some indecision however. With so many things available to do, what should be tried first?
Fortunately, I spent some time during our quarantine planning my escape outside, even creating my own web page with a U-Tube link in the process. I wanted to share my years of outdoor experience and encourage others to try new activities. ROGERSOUTDOORCHANNEL.ORG was designed to provide the basic information that someone would need to venture out their front door, expecting to have fun, enjoy new activities, and begin learning hobbies that could be enjoyed for a lifetime.
My web page formally started March 8, 2021, featuring a choice of 4 initial activities for the reader to begin their commitment to spending more time outdoors into their lifestyle. The initial video topics include Freshwater Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Making up your own outdoor calendar, and Outdoor Safety. Our intent is to offer at least one new activity each week to our channel for at least the next six months. A free weekly tentative calendar identifying the dates a specific new activity will be offered is included on our web page menu. Each new weekly activity will provide a video and written companion information with basic information such as equipment needed, licenses required, if any, links to detailed regulations, if appropriate, when and/or where to enjoy the activities, plus tips developed from my own experiences of how to be effective as you enjoy your new hobby. Subscribers will be notified of new activities as they are added to the web page. We also included a book store on our web page that features 3 books that I have written over my many years of enjoying the outdoors.
One new exciting feature of rogersoutdoorchannel.org web page is a section set aside for outdoor storytelling. In this part of our web page, roughly 5-minute videos recall a variety of personal outdoor adventures that I have enjoyed over the years. My storytelling videos are intended to follow the tradition of campfire stories and include outdoor events both real and imagined. Storyteller videos are offered free to people who subscribe to rogersoutdoorchannel.com on U-Tube. A storyteller video is tentatively scheduled to be released roughly once a week for at least six months following initial web page opening. Details of how to submit your story are included on our web page. It is a fun web page. I hope that you give it a try.
I keep my own outdoor calendar to remind me of what activities are available at various times of the year. Spring is my favorite time to venture out and watch the outdoors being reborn after its winter hibernation. There are so many fun outdoor things to see and do, I can hardly wait to get started.
If I can convince you to get started on a few new proposed outdoor activities yourself, and you happen to see me wondering out there smiling and having fun, don’t forget to wave.
