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Great Outdoors Week -- Biking

Biking is a Great Way to Get Around Quickly

Whether you’re a mountain biker or a road biker, biking is a great way to enjoy the outdoors.  Both types of biking have their advantages, road bikers enjoy being able to zip around quickly, while mountain bikes have access to more trails.  Either way there are plenty of opportunities to experience the freedom of biking.

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Great Outdoors Week -- Hiking

The Great Thing About Hiking is Everyone Can Do it!

No matter your skill level, fitness, or budget, hiking is an activity everyone can enjoy.  No matter where you live there are hundreds of local, regional, and interstate trails across the country.  Depending on your goals and level of ambition, trails vary from less than an hour to weeks long.  Check resources such as American Trails or theAll…

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The Great Outdoors Week

In the spirit of spring and the warm weather it brings, we will be highlighting some of the best outdoor activities all week long.  From hiking, biking, and many other activities American Rambler is bringing you the best of the outdoors and where to find them.

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History Channel's Vikings Season 3 Climax is Drawing Near!

The Historical Drama Based on Ragnar Lothbrok is Heating Up

Season 3 of the hit historical drama has been full of betrayal, murder, and madness.  While there is a feeling that punches are being held in regards to the actual brutality of the age, the series has ramped up the intensity.  The last episode dealt with the aftermath of several cold-blooded murders (one of them by the protagonist) as…

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Are India Pale Ales (IPA) Overdone?

IPAs Have Been all the Rage in Craft Beer Market, but is it Too Much?.

When I first started drinking (legally) IPAs were fairly unique, many craft brews seemed to be preoccupied with more traditional American beers such as amber ales (fat tire) or wheat beers (Sunshine Wheat).  The intense hop flavor really made these ales stand out from the rest.  Flash forward a few years, IPA has become a…

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Game of Thrones Season 5, are you Ready?

The HBO Epic Starts April 12

Words cannot express the excitement felt by fans of the popular series based on the books by George R.R. Martin.  The show known for gratuitous sex, unrestrained violence, and memorable characters has brought some of TV’s most stunning scenes, literally.  The ending to season one proves that this show is willing to take risks, smashing the audience’s expectations,…

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A Short History of Everything --a Book that Explains it All

Popular Science Books are a Double-Edged Sword

While they make complex subjects easily accessible to the laymen, the whole story may not be told.  This often times leads to readers who know half truths…leading to the old adage that a little bit of information can be dangerous.  Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything paints a complete picture of natural science in an easy to read…

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Are Horse-Owners Ruining the Great Outdoors?

Are Horse-Owners Ruining the Great Outdoors?

Spring is Here in the Rockies

Sunny skies and warm weather bring the denizens of Denver outside to enjoy the many trails within and around the city.  It is an outdoor enthusiast’s playground hiking, biking, and yes, horseback riding is a common activity.  As the weather warms up, the number of people enjoying the fresh increases causing a jockeying for space on Denver’s crowded trails.  This…

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Genre-Bending-- Gramatik

Music Genres are a Tricky Thing

Musical acts such as Gramatik make me question why bother labeling music at all?  It might have been a reasonable request in the days of homogenized music circulating the top 10 on the radio, don’t even attempt it these days.  The amount of music being put out these days is astounding, to complicate matters crossovers have become a staple of modern music.  Gramatik…

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5 Podcasts for your Commute

5 Podcasts for your Commute

Podcasts are making a comeback

Listening to the radio is lame, chances are your local stations play the same bland music on repeat, sometimes it’s the same song on multiple channels at the same time.  Luckily, most people have a smartphone and the ability the listen to music from your phone through your car.  Applications such as I-tunes for Iphone and Podcast Republicfor Android make it easy to…

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How the U.S. Can Get Better Voters

We don’t need more voters, we need better voters

Voter turnout in the United States gets brought up every election.  During the last presidential election voter turnout was barely above 50%, the midterm turnout was so abysmal its not even worth mentioning.  There are plenty of reasons why voter turnout is so low from questionable voter registration laws to public apathy, not to mention most…

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