The Best of 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...
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Blog Stew Cooked on the Campfire
¶ This link is supposed to get you a free campfire cookery ebook . It will definitely get you onto The Wilderness Society's email list, ...
Looking for Squirrel Creek Lodge, Part 2
For historical background, read Part 1 Here are the 1947 flood waters one drainage north of Davenport Campground, near Baver Li Lodge. ...
A Cades Cove Childhood
J.C. McCaulley spent part of his childhood growing up in Cades Cove. He and his wife Margaret have collected his stories in their book, A Ca...
Earth Learning Idea
I have recently come across an interesting and easy to understand site that explains earth processes in fun and creative ways. This is a s...
Appalachian Trail Conservancy Launches Community Pathway Project in Damascus, Virginia
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), in cooperation with the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) Community™ of Damascus, VA, has launched the Commu...
Seasonal Drought Outlook, June-September 2014
Click image for larger version. This and more at the federal drought portal website.
Swallowed
On the Road to Now-nowhere The archaeologist hacking his way through the jungle, parting the bushes and glimpsing a Mayan pyramid in the g...
Appalachian Trail Conservancy Seeks Volunteers to Help Remove Invasive Plants
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is seeking volunteers to participate in an invasive exotic plant workday beginning at 9:30 a.m. Satu...
Trail Enthusiasts Celebrate Big Hollow Trail at Mammoth Cave National Park
About 80 people gathered at Maple Springs Trailhead on Saturday, June 7th, National Trails Day, to celebrate the Big Hollow Trail, a new 8-m...
Fawn-Transport Season Starts with a Thud
M. and I were preparing to Pueblo when the telephone rang. On a hot, dry day with the wind blowing, that sound always makes me jump. (Why I ...
Help Friends of the Smokies Win $5000 This Week
Friends of the Smokies needs your help this week! In honor of First Tennessee's 150th Anniversary, the First Tennessee Foundation is gra...
Primroses, Wild Mustard, and Homiletics
Having a sort-of average spring after several dry years means seeing old friends, plus some plants we regard with suspicion. Cutleaf primo...
Car Crash on Blue Ridge Parkway leads to Kidnapping Allegations
According to an NPS Morning Report posted yesterday, an 18-year-old North Carolina man was arrested Thursday evening, June 5th, in connectio...
Exposition Nature Lilliputienne
Une fois n'est pas coutume, et grâce au soutien inconditionnel du Photoclub des Sorinières je fais ici un peu de publicité pour une mani...
I Need This Steam Fire Engine
Apparently the birthday fairy forgot my Wilesco D305 Steam-Driven Fire Engine . (Click link for video). It would appear to be only slightl...
Smokies Hosts "Women's Work" Event
On Saturday, June 21st, Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual Women's Work Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum from ...
Birds, Beer, and Birds
This is not a condor nest. ¶ A California condor chick may have hatched in Zion National Park ; nest still under observation. ¶ SW Colora...
"Won't get Fooled Again" (Oh yeah they will)
Having drunk the kool-aid, and realizing that it doesn't work, Rep. Cantor looks ill. Oh, there were so many choices for titles to a p...
One Time I Knew a Nazi (Who Got the Order of Killing Correct)
So, a couple of people who ambushed and killed some law enforcement officers (using the brave technique of shooting them while they ate lunc...
21 Trails Designated as National Recreation Trails
To promote outdoor recreation and reconnect Americans to nature, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Director of the National Park Se...
Blog Update #5
It has been about a year since my last blog update. I'm pleased with how well the blog is ticking along though I've been a bit slow ...
Smoky Mountains To Close Three Historic Homes This Summer
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the temporary closure of three park historic structures over the course of the ...
North Carolina State Parks join National Trails Day celebration this Saturday
Since 1933, the American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day has celebrated our most basic form of transportation. North Carolina’s state p...
He Digs Caves in New Mexico
One of Ra Paulette's hand-dug caves (courtesy of the artist) I cannot embed the video due to privacy restrictions, but follow this lin...
Blog Stew with Distributed Ticks
¶ It's hard to improve upon this summary: "A problem with northern New Mexico written all over it: Go organic, cause a nuclear was...
