Horny Toad has teamed up with friends over at
Women’s Adventure, a great site and magazine for gals with an adventuresome spirit, to run a contest. We are giving away ten $20 gift certificates every month until December in exchange for a story about a recent adventure – the good and the bad parts. Then 3 lucky winners will be drawn from the monthly winners for the grand prize $500 gift card! We know there are those moments of either the highest highs or the lowest lows from a big trip somewhere exotic or a small trip somewhere domestic.
Below is a great example of a yoga/spa trip to Costa Rica, written by fellow adventurette Angela.
My spa yoga retreat turned into a jungle adventure with riot gear. When I arrived in Costa Rica, the luxurious room online is a cot in a jungle hut. So what, that's romantic, right? I hike to the yoga temple. No class? The yoga teacher is on her day off? (There's only one yoga teacher at the yoga retreat?) I make myself busy until dinner. By 6:00, the jungle is pitch black and my flimsy flashlight is no match to the jungle noises and the warning that my hut is located in "snake alley." It rained so hard that the jungle roads washed out, limiting beach access. On the plus side, I did wake every morning to howler monkeys. And I was in the rainforest! I had an awesome experience sea kayaking, cresting two waves that brought me more than 50 yards into shore. When it was time to leave my rainforest home, the local people had blocked the main road calling for flood relief (rightfully so). I hiked past armed militia to catch my shuttle back to the capital city. It was time to get back to the safety of mountain lions and 14ers in Colorado. Om.
Enter to win here!
Get ready to pound the pavement in style. We're giving away a pack a day every day this month. That's 31 chances to win one of four street-tough packs made from rugged, PVC-free Hardwear tarp and loaded with extras like fleece-lined pockets to give your gear a cushy ride. Plus, there will even be a 2009 pre-release backpack up for grabs.
Here's how it works: Fill out the form and click Gimme that pack! to find out if you've won. You can enter once a day through August 31, so come back often for the most chances to get a pack. Only one winner will be chosen per day, but if you're not today's lucky winner, you can return and enter as many times as you like, until September rolls around.
Enter to win: http://packaday.mountainhardwear.com/
To recognize the best-in-class in specialty outdoor retailing,
SNEWS is teaming with
Backpacker magazine to honor the efforts of retailers across the country with the first of what will be an annual award: the
SNEWS / Backpacker Retailer of the Year.
This is your opportunity as customers of our fine stores across the country to vote on your favorite shops. Please show your support of
Local Retailers in your area and take a moment and tell SNEWS & Backpacker about your favorite (grassroots) store. One retailer will be awarded the title “
Retailer of the Year”, and six others will be honored as best-in-class in each of the following categories:
- Sustainable Business
- Community
- Youth Involvement
- Growth of Outdoor Sports
- Conservation
- Best Online Retailer
In all categories, winning retailers must display exemplary efforts in customer loyalty and service, employee training and retention, and as well as demonstrate excellent merchandising skills. Retailer of the Year winners will be announced at
Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2009 during a special ceremony, and each winner will receive a plaque suitable for public display in a store so winners can promote their accomplishment.
Thank you for shopping with our retailers, and for showing support for all that we do. To vote on the your choice for top-retailers got to
http://www.snewsnet.com/roty
Grassroots Outdoor Alliance
