One Stop Buffalo Book Signing – Buy Local / Give Local – Nov 28

The “One Stop Buffalo Book Signing” will be held at the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society, 25 Nottingham Court, Buffalo, on Saturday November 28 from 12-2pm. Over 20 local authors will be on hand to meet the public and sell and sign their books.
Author Christine A. Smyczynski suggests giving your “difficult to buy for” [...]

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Holiday Shop Early & Get 15% Off Road-ID Safety Gear

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Wearable Gifts for Your Outdoors Person

Show your sense of humor and your passion or honor a loved one with a gift to show theirs:
Canoeing T-shirts
Kayaking T-shirts
Backpacking T-shirts
Hiking T-shirts
Biking T-shirts

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Promotional Items for Hikers, Bikers & Paddlers

Maybe your club or organization is holding an event this summer and needs promotional items to use as sign-up incentives or rewards.  Or, maybe you just need promotional items to help spread awareness of your club or organization. In either case, here are some promotional items from FortePromo.com to consider. You can purchase them in [...]

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Paddle, Relax, Repeat

Here’s a neat T-shirt for the paddler  on your holiday shopping list. It comes in both canoe & kayak versions.

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Homemade Edible Gifts for Paddlers

Click here to learn how to make edible gifts for paddlers.
Why not package your homemade edibles with a paddling guidebook (remember shipping is free in December) such as:
- Take A Paddle – Finger Lakes New York Quiet Water for Canoes & Kayaks
- Take A Paddle – Western New York Quiet Water for Canoes & Kayaks [...]

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A Holiday Present Idea for the Student on Your List

Richel More of Chattanooga, TN, recommends the BookHug as the busy and cramped student’s lifesaver!.

Pros: small, relatively inexpensive, completely sturdy and strong, well-balanced
Cons: may leave slight markings on soft pages, flimsy materials need extra support

As a third year college student, my book stack is pretty monstrous (you know this is the same [...]

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The Roof Rack on Wheels

Here’s what I need to haul all my toys – no lifting involved!

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Trackstick II Personal GPS Tracker

I have no experience with this – but it looks like a handy product for outdoors types: Trackstick II Personal GPS Tracker Tracksticks are tiny GPS location recorders capable of continuously logging their own location histories for extended periods of time. The Trackstick records its own location, time, date, speed, heading and altitude at [...]

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Neat Gizmo of the Day – Hold Your Water

If you ever attended a guided hike at a local park or maybe headed onto a trail with a local trail group, you’ve probably seen it – a person walking along holding onto the small plastic bottle of water. Myself ….  I’m a fanny pack or day pack type of person. Maybe I just take [...]

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