Mapp Blogs About Rafting on Recent Camping Trip
Rue Mapp, founder of OutdoorAfro.com, writes about the white water rafting adventure she and her son, Seth, experienced on their recent weekend camping trip in Northern California made possible by...
View ArticleOutdoorAfro.com Founder Plans Trip to Big Sur
Rue Mapp knew it wouldn’t be too hard to develop a following when she launched OutdoorAfro.com, the social media website that connects African Americans with the Great Outdoors and with each other....
View ArticleRue Mapp is Taking Diversity to the Outdoors
A University of Wyoming survey finds that 78% of visitors to America's national parks and forests are white, compared to 9% Hispanic and 7% black. Rue Mapp of Oakland, Calif., is trying to change that....
View ArticleCalARVC and Partners Promoting Diversity
Editor's Note: The following story appears in the Feb. 1 issue of the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC's) "Wednesday Morning Coffee Talk & Updates." CalARVC and...
View ArticleRue Mapp on Camping: Best Way to Connect with Her Kids
Rue Mapp of Oakland, Calif., knows from personal experience that camping can be the most affordable way to spend a week or even a weekend away from home. But that’s not why she does it, according to a...
View ArticleMapp Expounds on Getting Started in Camping
When it comes to childhood memories, people often talk about the special times they had camping with family and friends, of sleeping under the stars, of roasting marshmallows on a campfire and enjoying...
View ArticleRue Mapp to Camp in Park Model This Weekend
Rue Mapp has spent many nights camping in tents and sleeping bags with her three children. But when the Oakland, Calif., family visits the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay KOA in La Selva Beach this weekend,...
View ArticleRue Mapp Blogs About KOA Kamping Experience
Editor's Note: Oakland, Calif., resident Rue Mapp founded OutdoorAfro.com to promote camping among African-Americans. She maintains a website and posts stories about her camping adventures. Here is the...
View ArticleRue Mapp Sold on KOA's Park Model Accommodations
Rue Mapp has spent many nights camping in tents and sleeping bags with her three children. So when she learned that the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay KOA had park model cabins for rent, she was eager to try...
View ArticleMapp Secures Volunteers to Promote Getting Outdoors
Some see Rue Mapp as a 21st century John Muir of the African-American community. A vocal outdoor enthusiast whose ideas are frequently sought by the White House, Mapp understands how nature can nurture...
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