Due to increased contamination of drinking water, good quality bottled water is in high demand -- almost 8.5 billion gallons of water were bottled in the United States in 2009, according to data from ...

Forget freeze-dried backpacking meals. For a 40-mile trip over Christmas, my friends and I used a remote hot spring to sous-vide this 10 lbs elk round. Not only was it the best meal any of us had ...

There’s something almost magical about sinking into naturally heated mineral water while surrounded by mountains, forests, or desert landscapes. Natural hot springs have been drawing people for ...

Is there anything more magical and inviting than a misty, secluded hot spring on a cold winter day? Maybe, but I haven’t discovered it yet. The Western United States is teeming with natural hot ...

The air had turned frigid thanks to an arctic front that had muscled its way down to San Antonio, but steaming hot water beckoned. My wife and I carefully climbed three icy wooden steps and then ...