2009 Holiday Gift Guide for Outdoors Women
5 Affordable Items Ranging from Pink Binoculars to a Fishing Seminar
Oct 18, 2009
The 2009 holiday season is here and outdoors women will appreciate the gift of functionality in the field. The following gift guide includes five affordable and practical items any outdoors woman will appreciate.
2009 Holiday Gift Guide for Outdoors Women, Giver Her Relief on the Go
Outdoors women will appreciate the reusable and pink funnel-like female urinary device (FEM) called GoGirl. It’s easy to store in a backpack, car glove box, or purse and makes finding relief easier. Made of medical-grade silicone it arrives rolled up in a plastic tube about the size of a toilet paper roll with a plastic baggy and sheets of toilet tissue. When a woman has to go where bathroom facilities do not exist, she can use GoGirl to avoid getting her footwear wet or sitting on a non-hygienic toilet seat. A single GoGirl is $6.99 U.S., three for $18.99.
2009 Holiday Gift Guide for Outdoors Women, Give Her Hair Control
Practical can be fashionable with the double comb hair accessory called HairZing. Outdoors women can create an easy glamorous look with the functional and pretty bead-adorned accessory. HairZing keeps hair pulled back which many women playing and working in the outdoors need. These hair accessories are handmade by family-owned businesses in Africa and China which provide work opportunities for women. The average cost of a HairZing is $14.95 U.S.
2009 Holiday Gift Guide for Outdoors Women, Let Her Fish
Why don’t more women fish? Is it because they do not know how to bait a hook? Or is it because they do not know how to operate a boat? Whatever the reason, Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing in Florida has the solution with the no yelling school of fishing. An outdoors woman will appreciate the gift of learning with a gift certificate for a Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing seminar. There are four saltwater fishing seminars offered throughout the year in Fort Lauderdale, Islamorada (Florida Keys), Naples, and Stuart (near West Palm Beach). The two-day seminar costs $99 U.S. when purchased more than 30 days in advance and $125 within 30 days ($145 for the Islamorada seminar).
2009 Holiday Gift Guide for Outdoors Women, Give Her National Parks on DVD or Blu-ray
Six years in the making with filming in 53 national parks PBS aired the much anticipated Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, Sept. 27 through Oct. 2. Viewers were led on a historical journey beginning with the idea of preservation in the 1800s through the 1980s and the modern day National Park Service. Triumphs and struggles of those who fought to preserve the country’s jewels are documented in a personable manner with references to journals, newspaper clippings, and photographs along with commentary by historians, writers, journalists, conservationists, and National Park Service personnel. Dramatic cinematography showing mountains, valleys, waterways, and wildlife engages viewers and will most likely entice them to visit a national park soon.
The six-part series is available on DVD ($99.99 U.S./$109.99 Canada) and Blu-ray ($129.99 U.S./$144.99 Canada) and contains three hours of bonus material including the filmmaking process with Ken Burns and crew at the Grand Canyon and other national parks. Additional bonus material includes a mini-documentary about the national parks narrated by Ken Burns, five short films about various national parks, a historical time line, and six music videos with national parks footage and music from the documentary.
2009 Holiday Gift Guide for Outdoors Women, Give Her Pink Optics
Say goodbye to standard black binoculars, Alpen Optics introduced a pink pair in 2009 to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The limited edition Alpen Pink 393P features 10 times magnification, 42mm lens, waterproof, fog proof, fully coated rubber body, and each pair is uniquely numbered. The pink binoculars even come with an instructional DVD with tips on how to properly focus. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price for Alpen Pink 393P is $230 U.S. The smaller Alpen Pink 263P retails for $80.
This holiday season give the outdoors women something pretty yet functional, a gift to create unforgettable memories, or to serve as a source of inspiration.
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