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‘Chez’ Chesak is an award-winning travel writer, tourism consultant and 25-year veteran of the outdoor and travel industries. He is Executive Director of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and formerly was the Vice President for Business Development for the Adventure Travel Trade Association and Executive Director of the Family Travel Association. He has been serious about his writing since about age eight. He also runs the Central States Chapter of the Society of American Travel Writers. He’s lived all over the U.S. and traveled to some 36 countries but has the most fun when he’s exploring with his wife and two daughters. An avid outdoors person, he’s happiest on a trail, on skis, or nestled into a sleeping bag. He deployed to Iraq with a U.S. Army line unit in 2005. His works have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Fodors.com, Good Housekeeping, Rachel Ray Every Day, Fatherly, Yahoo Travel, Family Vacation Critic, and many others. He also does periodic travel segments for the morning show of his local FOX affiliate and on American Forces Radio.
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The Latest from SHOT Show 2023

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

There’s often a din as you walk around The Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) show; the constant sound of firearms being charged and dry-fired as

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Gear I Revere

The latest from the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show 2023

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

If you attended the Outdoor Retailer (OR) show in its heyday, seeing it now can be rather disheartening. Gone are the days where virtually every

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Gear I Revere

Outdoor gear gift guide: OWAA staff picks for your holiday giving

March 19, 2023By chezconnects

As the old saying goes, “In the fall an outdoorsperson’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of gear.” Okay, so that’s not actually a saying, old

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Travel

Can’t Help Falling In Love… With Memphis

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

Elvis’s career took a turn on Beale Street. The Memphis road is called the home of the blues. It now includes 25 bars and restaurants.

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Travel

Camping World’s Guide to RVing White Sands National Park

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

The rolling, snow-like dunes of White Sands National Park offer a stark but truly unique landscape – a brilliant minimalist canvas worthy of quiet contemplation, reflection, and

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Travel

Camping World’s Guide to RVing Mammoth Cave National Park

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

RVing in Mammoth Cave National Park is truly unique, as the park’s marquee feature is unlike anything else in the national park system. As its name implies,

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Travel

How a 1992 road trip spurred a lifetime of chasing experiences over comforts

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

The desire to just “go” was always there in me, buried—yet in motion, building, like magma under the earth’s crust. It just needed an outlet,

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Travel

New Hampshire Fall Foliage – 10 Amazing Leaf Peeping Spots

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

Perhaps too often playing third fiddle in popularity to its neighbors to the east and west (Maine and Vermont, respectively), New Hampshire fall foliage is

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Travel

Maine Fall Foliage – 11 Magical Spots to Enjoy Maine in Fall

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

There’s a reason why Maine’s license plates say ‘Vacationland.’ The rolling, lush topography, the craggy coastline, and ranges of beautiful, old mountains make for a

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Travel

Vermont Fall Foliage – 10 Great Ways to Enjoy Fall in Vermont

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023By chezconnects

It’s hard not to love Vermont. Winding roads, ancient rolling hills and mountains, clapboard town squares, more than 100 covered bridges, and plenty of wild

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