Zoom-Zoom By Kay Barrett
Gas prices got you down? Join the club—where 125 mpg is the rule of the road.

The Mountain Man
Whispering Pines
By Roy Kain
The year has run full circle right back to the best Rendezvous in the East.

Megadifficult By David Kagan
Our writer, at age 60, faces down his fourth Megatransect, an endurance hike to end all endurance hikes.

The Lunker
Lunker Does It Again By Fred Metarko
Lost fish, lost net, bogged down in lily pads, Lunker still reels in the big one.

Reading Nature
Ahhhhh-Chew! By Tom Murphy
Bold goldenrod is nothing to sneeze at, since the lowly ragweed is the real culprit.