Ironic, or Just Sad
Having clicked somewhere, sometime, I now get emails from Move To Amend, a group trying to "get money out of politics." You can ...
octobre 2013
Park Plans Controlled Burns in Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management officials plan to conduct a series of controlled burns in Cades Cove. Weather permitting...
Do Yosemite In One Epic Hike
Did you know that you can do one hike that encompasses nearly all of Yosemite’s iconic sights? This epic 12.6-mile hike includes a full view...
License Plate Funds Help Celebrate Friends’ 20th Anniversary
Don’t worry about sending a gift of platinum or china, you can celebrate Friends of the Smokies’ 20th Anniversary by putting a Friends speci...
The Mountain: My Time on Everest
You could say there are two books in The Mountain: My Time on Everest . There’s chapter one, and then the rest of the book. I have to say th...
Hunting Season? Your Dog Needs "Isa-tai"
Does your dog go into the woods during hunting season? Does he dart off the trail, refuse to come to the whistle, and then you find him gulp...
National Parks Epic Challenge: Jimmy Chin on Grand Teton
The National Park Foundation is publishing a series of excellent videos they call the "National Parks Epic Challenge". In this v...
Post 400: What Bots Like
Top hits this week. October is when I typically start getting visitors here looking for information about heatilators , the passive convec...
Smokies Plans Prescribed Burn in Cataloochee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management officials are planning two 200-acre prescribed burns in the Canadian Top unit adjacent t...
Discover the West
Regular readers of this blog are likely aware that Kathy and I spent several weeks traveling to various national and state parks across the ...
Kelly McGarry: Insane Downhill Biking POV Video
Okay, this just might be the most hair-raising bike video I've ever seen. Speeding down the narrow sandstone ridge is pretty scary as it...
Blue Ridge Parkway Rangers Remain Busy During Government Shutdown
Today's NPS Morning Report is reporting that Blue Ridge Parkway Rangers had to deal with a number of significant incidents during the ex...
Big South Fork Announces Winter Schedule For Park Facilities
With the onset of winter brings shorter days, colder weather and reduced visitor use. Some facilities within the Big South Fork National Riv...
Some Applause for Victorinox
Some web-surfing in September led me to the Victorinox Swiss Army Knife website, and I discovered that for $5 they would look and and i...
Catopsilia pyranthe (Madagascar)
Toujours dans les environs de Ambatomirahavavy à Madagascar, j'ai fait une rencontre très éphémère avec ce Catopsilia pyranthe, un Papil...
Blog Stew with "Thump Thump Thump"
¶ "Wind-turbine syndrome" — on its way to becoming a diagnosis . ¶ Colorado, where you can't bank your legal marijuana money, ...
Obed Wild and Scenic River to offer climbing clinic for beginers
The Obed Wild and Scenic River has announced two programs that will take place on Saturday, November 2nd. The first will allow you to bring ...
On the Road: Name That River (3)
No one is winning the fabulous invisible prize, so I will try one last time. I wanted to photograph this river on my first traveling day (...
November Classic Hikes of the Smokies: Who was the Boogerman?
On the third Tuesday of each month this year, Friends of the Smokies will be offering guided hikes as part of their Classic Hikes of the...
National Parks Epic Challenge: Rangers Rappel Rushmore
The National Park Foundation is publishing a series of excellent videos they call the "National Parks Epic Challenge". In the la...
Brian Sykes Says The Yeti Is A Bear
From my occasional interest in things Bigfoot-ish: Noted British geneticist Brian Sykes says that purported yeti (abominable snowman) hair s...
South Dakota As You Have Never Seen It
Dakotalapse is a site featuring time-lapse photography videos cr eated by Randy Halverson of Kennebec, S.D. (That is the White River i...
Hike to Celebrate Reopening of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
With the Great Smoky Mountains National Park opening up tomorrow, it's time to show solidarity with park employees and park partners! ...
Raise a Toast for the Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner Program
The next edition of Nantahala Brewing Company's Trail Magic Ale will debut at a release party this Friday, with proceeds of bottle sales...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park to reopen for 5 days
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced an agreement to reopen the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) with all normal operations...
Sen. Alexander Introduces Bill That Would Reimburse Tennessee for Reopening the Smokies
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced legislation in the Senate to reimburse states within 90 days for all state funds use...
Lenticular cloud over Clingmans Dome
Below is a video that was published by the Great Smoky Mountains Association on Sunday. Apparently this lenticular cloud formation over Clin...
It's about Selling Clothes, not Praise for Outdoor Passions
At Clash Daily , Doug Giles likes it that Ralph Lauren is using some pseudo-vintage hunting photographs to promote a clothing line . He wr...
Blog Stew: Only Partly Faked
¶ " Nature-faking" at the BBC . This is nothing new. ¶ Cornell Ornithology Lab has owl sounds for free download . Missing: spotted...
Crabtree Falls, Virginia
Barefoot, mid-stream in cold autumn water....only wish there were more time.
Crabtree Falls, Virginia
Barefoot, mid-stream in cold autumn water....only wish there were more time.
Smoky Mountains Fall Color Update
Although the Federal Government Shutdown has closed hiking in the Smokies, leaf peepers can still get out and enjoy the fall colors along Ne...
Titanic Battle Between Two Bull Elk Caught on Film
Check out this heavyweight bout between two bull elk. Would you say the photographer got just a little too close? Jeff Hiking in the Smokie...
On the Road: Name that RIver (2)
This river is a tributary to this one . Its name would be familiar in sound to anyone in Wyoming or eastern Colorado, but this river's...
Local Calls for Protest of Smoky Mountains Shutdown
"We may not be allowed into the Parks, but that DOES NOT make it right. Those lands are ours, and if the best we can do is spread aware...
On the Road: Name That River
Identify this river and win a fabulous invisible prize. Hint: it is colorado but not in Colorado nor is it the Colorado. For an even bigg...
Yellow Matter Textures
If for no other reason than the last post being a bummer, here's something completely different: a couple of yellowish photos. Since t...
Shut down? Shut up!
We're now more than a week into the government shutdown, and Bryson City would like to make one message clear: 'Shut down? Shut Up!...
Smokies Public Affairs Office Clarifies Hiking During Shutdown
The Great Smoky Mountains Public Affairs Office recently published a press release clarifying the issue of hiking in the park during the gov...
Blog Stew on the River
¶ Legal challenges to zee artiste Christo's "Over the River" continue . ¶ Do vultures take baths? Chris Weems has the video ....
Clingmans Dome: An Island in the Sky
The first in GSMA's Smoky Mountain Explorer Series, "An Island in the Sky" takes viewers on a journey to the "Top of Old ...
Bison, Bears, and Wolves . . . in Europe
That buffalo (bison) in the photo banner up top is part of a private herd at the Wolf Springs Ranch in Huerfano County, Colorado. Where he i...
The Curse of Oh No, or, The Rum Diarrhea
The week took it's time in skulking up behind and bludgeoning me with what I can only assume was a femur unearthed from the San Quenti...
Backcountry Hygiene for Women
Answers to all the difficult questions , from a woman who has backpacked the length of South America — and more. Even if you’re a guy, it’d ...
