Traveling

Tips for Packing Your Travel Trailer

There are considerations to make as you plan for your first trip and stock your camper trailer for the season. To help you plan, we've gathered some tips on how to pack your travel trailer.

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Traveling Camping

Tips for Travel Trailer Camping

Many memories are made camping, and a lot of those might include being in a tent or even a camper. Travel trailer camping is popular for good reasons such as space, towability and accessibility.

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Traveling Heat and Beach

How to Stay Cool in the Heat

According to the CDC, high temperatures kill hundreds of people in the U.S. each year, and forecasters are predicting a hot month in August this year. Follow our tips to beat the heat!

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Traveling Camping

Camping Checklist: Bring These Items With You

The summer is not over yet, so what better time to head out with family or friends for a weekend in the great outdoors.

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Traveling Camping

RV Camping Tips for Beginners

If you're new to RV camping, you may not know what to expect or what to pack. It can seem overwhelming if you've never done it before, but if you're ready to take on the experience - you're in the right place!

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Traveling Camping

Campfire Safety Tips

Creating a campfire comes with a lot of responsibility. So the next time you get ready to light that match, keep these safety tips in mind.

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Traveling Camping

Preventing wildfires and staying safe from the risk

According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 2010 brought more than 64,000 human-made fires to the wild, burning more than 1.3 million acres of land. To put this into perspective, think about New York City. At 92,781 acres, New York City could have burned 14 times over with that amount of acreage! That's 1.3 million acres that didn't have to burn if the 'you' part of the wildfire equation had followed proper burning protocol.

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Traveling Camping

10 must-haves for summer camping

Though it's tempting to simply drop everything and dive head first into your camping adventure, it's important to carefully plan, pack and prepare before indulging in all that Mother Nature has to offer.

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Traveling Heat-and-Beach

It's hot. Don't leave your kids in the car!

I wish I were kidding. As an on-the-go-mom, I have sympathy for parents trying to multi-task, but there are certain things that we MUST pay attention to.

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Traveling Heat-and-Beach

Protect that skin you're in — Year-round uv safety

July may be UV Safety Month, but that doesn't mean I'm going to not care about UV safety the other 11 months of the year. Sun safety needs to be considered every day — even if it is cloudy outside.

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Traveling Home-Security

Protect your apartment from break-ins

I can only imagine a few things worse than waking up in the morning and discovering the unexpected - you've been robbed! You may feel violated, and then angry… and then confused.

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Traveling Home-Security

Keeping your home safe from break-ins

As one of the most common crimes, burglary is nothing to be taken lightly. Did you know that a burglary takes place every 18.2 seconds in the United States? That adds up to nearly 200 per hour, 4,800 per day, and 1,752,000 every year!

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Traveling Heat-and-Beach

Summer beach safety tips

The first rule for having a fun, carefree day at the beach? Always check the weather before you head out! Follow these beach safety tips to get your summer off to a good start.

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Traveling Heat-and-Beach

Ten ways to protect yourself from the sun's rays

When my teenage daughter arrived home the other day with a sunburned face, I asked her why she didn't use her sunscreen. She answered with, "I did Mom! I put it on this morning." But since she was out all day and never re-applied it, she still got a sunburn.

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Traveling Camping

Adventure awaits — Exploring the national parks

Once you're bitten by the travel bug, it's difficult to shake the insatiable desire for adventure.

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A warning flag on beach to alert swimmers of rip currents

Traveling Heat-and-Beach

Rip Current Awareness Week — What you need to know

When I saw Rip Current awareness week (this week) come up on our editorial calendar, I thought, how important could this really be? The answer — very important. Whether an ocean or a great lake, rip currents are powerful and can be deadly.

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Traveling Heat-and-Beach

It's hot out there. Are you staying cool?

All you have to do is turn on the news, or leave air conditioning, to know that it's hot outside all over our country. I learned firsthand because I spent six hours outside yesterday when the Foremost Chopper visited our office park in Michigan.

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