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 [...]
Posts under ‘fishing’
Verde River LightHawk Article
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
Hoosier National Forest/Monroe Lake
This post is a little tardy because of the new addition to our family: Mater, our new AussieDoodle. (post coming soon) Memorial Day weekend was definitely a great adventure. We spent 3 nights on the shores of Monroe Resevoir/Lake, which is just south of Bloomington, Indiana in the Hoosier National Forest. I’d been pumped up [...]
Eco-living or eco-hobby
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 [...]
Mallard Lake Paddle
In preparation for our Hoosier National Forest paddling/camping trip, Mike wanted to load down his kayak with all of his gear to get a feel for how it would perform. I have been on a couple of multi-day trip, so I had a pretty good handle on how much crap I load my boat up [...]
