With all of their outdoor activities, the onset of COVID-19 and the worldwide pandemic over the past year didn’t disrupt the Young’s lives as much as it may have others. They still did what they have done in terms of enjoying nature and outdoor interests.
That, Lisa said, won’t change.
“As the seasons rotate, we are outside with a different activity. We, as a family, value our outdoors time together,” she said.
While she never intended to be an example of an outdoors woman, she does hope that other women read about what she has done, then find it within themselves to try new things. Things that may be male dominated, at least right now, but don’t have to be in the future.
All some women need, she believes, is perhaps a little nudge.
“You have to get over the hump of learning. (Mountain biking), the first few times it may not seem fun and you may want to give it up as, especially for women, it can be intimidating,” Lisa Young said. “You see more men out there and you don’t want to be judged. When you are out of shape, it is hard, but you want to learn a few of those (new) skills. Then it’s like you turn this corner and it just becomes fun.”
Living in La Crosse, Lisa Young says, has been a lot of fun.
“I’m not sure what our future holds, but we definitely have been blessed to be living here,” she said.
Jeff Brown, a former longtime sports editor for the Tribune, is a freelance outdoors writer. Send him story ideas at outdoorstrib@gmail.com
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