Outdoorsman Cory Ramsey

Outside. Way outside. Even in this modern age of instant comforts and knowledge about more than we’ll ever need to remember, there is still something magical, even mythical, about leaving the routine and venturing to some backcountry locale. Everything changes in the woods. No traffic noise. No rushed footsteps back and forth between office cubicles. No telephone beeps and rings and texts. Just you, the wild, and the freedom that waits patiently for a taker.

Our culture plays with the idea of being adventurers. Look at the names of the most popular automobiles sold before the economic crunch of 2008. Explorer, Exhibition, Yukon, Trailblazer. Something at the very core of every soccer mom and soccer dad driving an SUV through a gated subdivision miles from any woods or wild still desired to be out there. It’s part of our American heritage, this need to explore and see. And that’s why it feels so inspiring to see a waterfall or old-growth forest or canyon or river. Something in us knows it’s right. And that’s why I bring this website to you. To remind you that you’re just a short drive away from the outside. An outside that will change you if you’re not careful.