Your Very Next Step newsletter for July / August 2018
By Ned Lundquist
www.yourverynextstep.com
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”
– Ibn Battuta
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
– Lao Tzu
This edition of YVNS comes to you from Corpus Christ, Texas.
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*** In this issue:
*** Travel News:
*** Ned’s upcoming travel, maybe, perhaps:
*** The Worst Cities for an Airport Connection, If You Want to Make Your Flight
*** 7 Expert Airplane Seat Hacks to Boost Comfort on Long Flights
*** This Sunny Island Is Denmark’s Best-Kept Secret
*** My 30 Best Travel Tips After 7 Years Traveling The World
*** Famous expeditions throughout history
*** What You Need to Know About Traveling to Indonesia After the Earthquake
*** 5 Things to Do When Your Flight Is Delayed, Canceled, or Overbooked
*** The TSA’s New Scanners Could Mean the End of Removing Your Laptop and Liquids
*** Crooked Trails Educates Travelers, Supports Initiatives Related to Sex Trafficking
*** WHY ROMANIA IS THE NEXT ADVENTURE TRAVEL CAPITAL
*** Best West Coast Road Trips
*** These Are the 10 Best Amusement Parks in America
*** 11 Must-pack Items, According to Full-time Travel Writers
*** 8 Attainable Peaks for Novice Climbers
*** The best mountaineering expeditions for a beginner
*** 20 Tips From Air-Travel Insiders
*** Interactive map shows tribal territory
*** 10 Packing Mistakes to Avoid
*** Driving Massachusetts’s New ‘Whale Trail’
*** Backpacking for Beginners
*** 42 Ultralight Backpacking Tips: How to Shave Pack Weight
*** Top 12 Beginner Backpacking Blunders
*** Make your own outdoor gear.
*** Everything I Bring to Go Camping (Except the Tent)
*** How to Build a Soda Can Stove
*** Trail Etiquette
*** VIP Volunteers-In-Parks
*** 16 Airport Mistakes to Stop Making Before Your Next Flight
*** Rail Trail of the month:
*** Travel/Adventure/Outdoors/Conservation volunteer opportunities:
1.) Teaching Volunteers, ABOUTASIA SCHOOLS, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
2.) Volunteers to support the development initiatives of local communities in Uganda, AFRICA SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CARE FOUNDATION, FORT PORTAL, UGANDA
3.) Conservation Programs Research Apprentice Intern, (OPEN FOR 2019 APPLICATIONS)
1 year commitment, stipend, housing, Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington, DE
4.) Volunteer/Intern, Thorne Nature Experience, Boulder, CO
5.) Conservation Programs Research Apprentice Intern, (OPEN FOR 2019 APPLICATIONS)
1 year commitment, stipend, housing, Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington, DE
6.) Environmental Educator – Americorps, Cascadia Conservation District, Wenatchee, WA
7.) Volunteer Opportunities, Los Padres ForestWatch, Santa Barbara, CA,
8.) Dive Instructor, Seasonal Field Role (paid), GVI, Caqalai, Fiji
9.) Humpback Research Program, Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
10.) Quandary Peak Collaborative Volunteer Event, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Friends of the Dillon Ranger District, Colorado Fourteeners Initaitive and the NFF, Summit County, Colorado
*** Adventure/Outdoor/Conservation career opportunities:
1.) Waterkeeper, Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper, SANDPOINT, IDAHO
2.) Public Relations & Communications Manager, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, FL
3.) COMMUNICATIONS – MARKETING INTERNSHIP, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, FL
4.) VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, FL
5.) Sporting Services Associate, Orvis, Sylacauga, AL
6.) Retail Sales Associate – Fishing Dept, Orvis, Woodbridge, VA,
7.) Retail Fishing Manager, Orvis, Carmel, IN
8.) Staying Together on Your Flight
9.) Trail Crew Members – Camping and Local Crews- SECC, Southeast Conservation Corps, Chattanooga, TN
10.) Fire Effects and Communications Specialist, The Nature Conservancy, Durham, North Carolina
11.) Editorial Fellow, National Audubon Society, NY, NY
12.) Center Manager- Francis Beidler Forest, The Audubon Center and Sanctuary at the Francis Beidler Forest (Beidler), Audubon South Carolina, Harleyville, South Carolina
13.) Snowshoe – Adventure Guide, Snowshoe Mountain, Snowshoe, WV
14.) Big Sky Watershed Corps Member, Location: Varies based on host site placement, Big Sky Watershed Corps, Bozeman, MT
15.) Manager Global Communication, Johnson Outdoors Inc., Racine, WI
…and much more…and it’s all FREE!!!
*** Do you have a travel adventure, conservation or outdoor update to share?
Send me your stories and I’ll post in the “Your Very Next Step” and on the YVNS website (http://www.yourverynextstep.com/).
*** Ned’s upcoming travel, maybe, perhaps:
August 22-30 San Diego, CA
Sept 8-14 Lerici – Cinque Terre, Italy
Oct 9-10 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Oct 16-18 Halifax, NS, Canada
Oct 24-26 Norfolk, VA
Nov 5-8 Orlando, FL
Nov. 26-30 Orlando, FL
*** The Worst Cities for an Airport Connection, If You Want to Make Your Flight
ED PERKINS
https://www.smartertravel.com/2018/07/27/airport-connections-airports-to-avoid/
*** 7 Expert Airplane Seat Hacks to Boost Comfort on Long Flights
*** This Sunny Island Is Denmark’s Best-Kept Secret
By Veronica Meewes
https://www.afar.com/magazine/this-dreamy-island-is-denmarks-best-kept-secret
*** My 30 Best Travel Tips After 7 Years Traveling The World
By Matthew Karsten
https://expertvagabond.com/best-travel-tips/
*** Famous expeditions throughout history
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/famous-expeditions-throughout-history/ss-AAwgwAx?li=BBnb7Kz
*** What You Need to Know About Traveling to Indonesia After the Earthquake
By Lyndsey Matthews
*** 5 Things to Do When Your Flight Is Delayed, Canceled, or Overbooked
By Ramsey Qubein
https://www.afar.com/magazine/5-things-to-do-when-your-flight-is-delayed-canceled-or-overbooked
*** The TSA’s New Scanners Could Mean the End of Removing Your Laptop and Liquids
By CAILEY RIZZO
https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/15-airports-getting-new-tsa-scanners
*** Crooked Trails Educates Travelers, Supports Initiatives Related to Sex Trafficking
*** WHY ROMANIA IS THE NEXT ADVENTURE TRAVEL CAPITAL
By JOE MINIHANE
*** Best West Coast Road Trips
by PAUL RUBIO
https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-west-coast-road-trips
*** These Are the 10 Best Amusement Parks in America
By ALLANA AKHTAR
http://time.com/money/5325493/best-amusement-parks-best-rides/
*** 11 Must-pack Items, According to Full-time Travel Writers
By LINDSAY TIGAR
https://www.travelandleisure.com/style/travel-accessories/travel-blogger-packing-list
*** 8 Attainable Peaks for Novice Climbers
By Brendan Leonard
https://www.redbull.com/us-en/eight-great-peaks-to-start-your-climbing-career
*** The best mountaineering expeditions for a beginner
By Greg Melville
https://www.outsideonline.com/1959566/what-are-best-mountaineering-expeditions-beginner
*** 20 Tips From Air-Travel Insiders
By KATIE MCELVEEN
https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/travel/tips-air-travel-insiders
*** From Steve at NatureOutside.com:
Here’s an interactive map that you can use to learn the tribes that originally inhabited your area. The tool works for North America, South and Central America, Africa, Greenland, Australia and islands in the Pacific. You can search by address, language, territory, and treaties.
The map is far from complete, and the authors say as much. Also, I notice that my area uses the generic term, “Ohlone,” when in truth there were actually many politically independent tribal bands that inhabited the area before the Spanish arrived.
*** 10 Packing Mistakes to Avoid
By Siobhan Reid
https://www.jetsetter.com/magazine/fashion-mistakes-to-avoid/
*** Driving Massachusetts’s New ‘Whale Trail’
by MIKE MACEACHERAN
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/driving-massachusetts-new-whale-trail
*** Backpacking for Beginners
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/backpacking-beginners.html
*** 42 Ultralight Backpacking Tips: How to Shave Pack Weight
https://www.greenbelly.co/pages/ultralight-backpacking-tips
*** Top 12 Beginner Backpacking Blunders
http://www.cleverhiker.com/blog/top-12-beginner-backpacking-blunders
*** Make your own outdoor gear.
https://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html
*** Everything I Bring to Go Camping (Except the Tent)
By Steven John
http://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-camping-gear-gadgets.html
*** How to Build a Soda Can Stove
https://www.thesodacanstove.com/alcohol-stove/how-to-build/index.php
*** Trail Etiquette
Oregon State University Research Forests
http://cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu/trail-etiquette
*** VIP Volunteers-In-Parks
How can you serve our National Parks? Check out our new video about the Volunteers In Parks (VIP) program and how we’re partnering with American Express to get 1 million community members volunteering in our National Parks and public lands.
https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=62147905-1DD8-B71B-0B01D39DAB6AF540
*** 16 Airport Mistakes to Stop Making Before Your Next Flight
By Juliana LaBianca
https://www.rd.com/advice/travel/air-travel-tips/
*** Rail Trail of the month:
Rail Trail of the month for August 2018
Georgia’s Augusta Canal Trail
by Laura Stark
Rail Trail of the month for July 2018
*** Wyoming’s North Pathway
by Laura Stark
https://www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2018/july/12/wyoming-s-north-pathway/
*** Four Friends, Five Days, and 372 Miles: A Journey on the Ohio to Erie Trail
by Laura Stark
*** Trail/Outdoor/Conservation volunteer opportunities:
1.) Teaching Volunteers, ABOUTASIA SCHOOLS, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
http://grassrootsvolunteering.org/volunteer_opportunities/aboutasia-schools
2.) Volunteers to support the development initiatives of local communities in Uganda, AFRICA SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CARE FOUNDATION, FORT PORTAL, UGANDA
http://grassrootsvolunteering.org/volunteer_opportunities/africa-sustainable-tourism-care-foundation
3.) Conservation Programs Research Apprentice Intern, (OPEN FOR 2019 APPLICATIONS)
1 year commitment, stipend, housing, Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington, DE
https://brandywinezoo.org/support/volunteer/conservationresearchapprentice/
4.) Volunteer/Intern, Thorne Nature Experience, Boulder, CO
http://thornenature.org/get-involved/volunteer-intern/
5.) Conservation Programs Research Apprentice Intern, (OPEN FOR 2019 APPLICATIONS)
1 year commitment, stipend, housing, Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington, DE
https://brandywinezoo.org/support/volunteer/conservationresearchapprentice/
6.) Environmental Educator – Americorps, Cascadia Conservation District, Wenatchee, WA
https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=72409
7.) Volunteer Opportunities, Los Padres ForestWatch, Santa Barbara, CA,
https://lpfw.org/get-involved/volunteer/
8.) Dive Instructor, Seasonal Field Role (paid), GVI, Caqalai, Fiji
http://www.careersabroad.co.uk/current-vacancies/
9.) Humpback Research Program, Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
http://coastalstudies.org/about/volunteers/
10.) Quandary Peak Collaborative Volunteer Event, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Friends of the Dillon Ranger District, Colorado Fourteeners Initaitive and the NFF, Summit County, Colorado
https://www.nationalforests.org/get-involved/volunteer-opportunities
*** Trail/Outdoor/Conservation job opportunities:
1.) Waterkeeper, Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper, SANDPOINT, IDAHO
http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/jobs/41354-waterkeeper
2.) Public Relations & Communications Manager, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, FL
https://www.marinelife.org/about/careers/prmanager/
3.) COMMUNICATIONS – MARKETING INTERNSHIP, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, FL
https://www.marinelife.org/about/careers/comm-intern/
4.) VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, FL
https://www.marinelife.org/about/careers/volcoord/
5.) Sporting Services Associate, Orvis, Sylacauga, AL
https://usr54.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/orvis/Posting/View/451
6.) Retail Sales Associate – Fishing Dept, Orvis, Woodbridge, VA,
https://usr54.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/orvis/Posting/View/36
7.) Retail Fishing Manager, Orvis, Carmel, IN
https://usr54.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/orvis/Posting/View/356
8.) Staying Together on Your Flight
https://www.seatguru.com/traveltips/sitting-together-on-your-flight
9.) Trail Crew Members – Camping and Local Crews- SECC, Southeast Conservation Corps, Chattanooga, TN
10.) Fire Effects and Communications Specialist, The Nature Conservancy, Durham, North Carolina
11.) Editorial Fellow, National Audubon Society, NY, NY
https://careers-audubon.icims.com/jobs/3174/editorial-fellow/job
12.) Center Manager- Francis Beidler Forest, The Audubon Center and Sanctuary at the Francis Beidler Forest (Beidler), Audubon South Carolina, Harleyville, South Carolina
https://careers-audubon.icims.com/jobs/3707/center-manager–francis-beidler-forest/job
13.) Snowshoe – Adventure Guide, Snowshoe Mountain, Snowshoe, WV
14.) Big Sky Watershed Corps Member, Location: Varies based on host site placement, Big Sky Watershed Corps, Bozeman, MT
Big Sky Watershed Corps (BSWC) is an AmeriCorps program that assists Montana’s watershed communities to make a measurable difference in local conservation efforts while strengthening the experience of young professionals. Participants focus on watershed research, planning and project implementation, watershed education and outreach, and community engagement. Big Sky Watershed Corps is offered through a partnership of Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Montana, the Montana Watershed Coordination Council, and Montana Conservation Corps.
Please contact Bryan Wilson at bryan@mtcorps.org or 406.587.4475 with questions.
Interested in becoming a BSWC Host Site? Click here for more info.
For more information about Big Sky Watershed Corps, check out our 2017 List of Host Sites and our Big Sky Watershed Corps FAQs.
Program Dates: January 7 through November 15, 2019
Living Allowance: $597 biweekly
AmeriCorps Education Award: $5,920.00 upon completion of the program
BSWC members develop projects to protect local water resources, such as watershed inventories, stream and riparian restoration, re-vegetation projects, drought planning, water quality/quantity monitoring, riparian fencing, river clean-ups, abandoned mine reclamation, and irrigation improvements. BSWC members also promote watershed health and natural resource conservation through outreach and educatio
http://mtcorps.org/join/big-sky-watershed-corps-conservation-internships/big-sky-watershed-corps/
15.) Manager Global Communication, Johnson Outdoors Inc., Racine, WI
https://www.johnsonoutdoors.com/careers/racine/manager-global-communication
*** Send your job opportunities to share with the YVNS network to lundquist989@cs.com.
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Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka’puana
(And So The Story Is Told)
-Traditional ending to Hawaiian songs
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