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 about [...]
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Hoosier National Forest/Monroe Lake
Saving the Verde River
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 [...]
Midwest (Indiana) Multiday Kayak/Camping
I’m getting stoked about our Memorial weekend kayak/camping trip with Mike & Caryn down to Hoosier National Forest. I spent the day calling the various agencies - and there are at least THREE that have jurisdiction for that whole area. Army Corps of Engineers, Indiana Department of Natural Resources or US Forest Service need to [...]


