Outdoor Adventures
After a very nice day hiking some miles in Starved Rock State Park, it was really saddening to receive this news in my email.
The following Illinois State Parks will close effective Nov. 1:
Castle Rock State Park, Oregon
Lowden State Park, Oregon
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park, Sheffield
Illini State Park, Marseilles
Channahon Parkway State Park, Channahon
Gebhard Woods State Park, [...]
I’m published (sort of). While in Arizona last winter, I was asked to photo/video the Upper Verde River from the air. This is the article published by the organization who makes the flights happen.
waypoint-august-2008.pdf
I “Stumbled Upon” (literally) this Les Stroud video, whom I have admired ever since I started watching Survivorman. Now to further reinforce Les’ idol-ship in my esteem, he has done what I have deep in my heart to do.
This video is an hour long, but worth watching every minute. No matter what your nature-living tolerance [...]
Rachael “forced” me out today. She had a place in mind but didn’t want to tell me. I don’t like surprises or not knowing, so I bugged her until she told me where she planned to take me. We ended up at Dick’s Sporting Goods, where they were holding a large sale event in the [...]
I haven’t lived in the southwest for nearly 15 years. When I had lived in Southern California, the drought conditions were not nearly as bad as they are now. Rachael and I learned quite a lot about the struggle the southwest is having with water when we spent our first winter in Prescott, AZ this [...]
