Orienteering

"OK, start!" calls the man with the clipboard, nodding toward a portable clock. That's my cue. Compass in hand, I dash out of the starting gate and up a grassy slope to the west of Lake Balboa, on a race toward … well, I'm not sure. Somewhere...

Check out festivals and events in November across the state. View events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below: Coming up this week Through Dec. 23. The Cannonball Christmas Express. Tavares. On select dates, the...

Check out festivals and events in September across the state. Check out statewide events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below: Coming up this week Through Nov. 2 (Select Nights): Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party,...

Oregon Ridge is better known for its concerts by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, July 4th fireworks and other festivities outside its wooded periphery, but that will change Sunday when most of the action will be at the park's Nature Center — and...

If sending your kid to camp then heading to the spa is your thing, read no further. But if you would rather join the kids for fishing, hiking and other traditional camping activities, read on. Family camps welcome grown-ups too. "It's a great way for...

A 13-year-old boy who went missing overnight in a Walker County forest is safe at home tonight. "I look until I find the guy, and I found him," said Steve Degner of Montgomery County's Search and Rescue Team. Degner said Cody Moore got lost on Sunday...

BMX Saturday -- The Daytona BMX track is holding a summer series. The next races are scheduled for Friday, and then Oct. 14 and Nov. 4, and all will begin at 7:30 p.m. Practice will be from 6-7 p.m. The fee is $10 per race. The championship race is set...

LIKE tourists just off the bus, we stare intently at our maps, hunting for a direction. We're not the only ones. Around us, in a brushy meadow in Topanga State Park lit golden by the early morning sun, assorted map readers are fanning out across the...