Category: Trip report
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Keeping Current – The Wild Things
Rivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of the natural world. ~Ted Turner My only regret from our canoe camping trip last month was that I did not bring my usual camera gear to record some of the wonderful wildlife we… Read more…
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Keeping Current – The River
The rivers flow not past, but through us… ~John Muir it has been a little over a month since our paddling adventure. I’m finally getting around to sharing some of the incredible memories from that trip. My knee has been causing some real problems these past few months so we agreed to try a paddling… Read more…
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On The Road Again, Halloween Style
Shadows mutter, mist replies; darkness purrs as midnight sighs. ~ Rusty Fischer The pause in posts was necessitated by another truck road trip and much less cell phone service than usual. This time, carrying our ancient (and heavy) black canoe (who has a black canoe anyway?) atop the truck to paddle some rivers in far-away… Read more…
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Pungo Heat
…the light of July and August is the day’s dazzle, hot light, with the season’s dust slowly accumulating and making the sky we see a giant silvered reflector. ~Hal Borland Last Friday was probably the hottest day of this summer thus far. So, naturally, I decided to head to the Pungo Unit of Pocosin Lakes… Read more…
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Homeward Bound
We should come home from adventures, and perils and discoveries every day with new experience and character. ~Henry David Thoreau NOTE – This is the final post from our 7200 mile truck camping trip in May. Leaving Yellowstone was the start of our long journey home. Time on the road passes so quickly and we… Read more…
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All Roads Lead To…
To those who know it and love it, Yellowstone is not so much a place as it is a concept—it is a bastion of wilderness and a beautiful,… reminder of all that once was pristine, bold, and untamed. ~Bob Sihler This is the next to last in the series of reports on our truck camping… Read more…
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Bear River
For me, it always come back to the land, respecting the land, the wildlife, the plants, the rivers, mountains, and deserts, the absolute essential bedrock of our lives. This is the source of where my power lies, the source of where all our power lies. ~Terry Tempest Williams It was hard to leave Boulder Mountain,… Read more…
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New Parks and More
If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it. ~President Lyndon B. Johnson Just a reminder, these latest… Read more…
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Desert Seclusion
I will fill myself with the desert and the sky. I will be stone and stars, unchanging and strong and safe. The desert is complete; it is spare and alone, but perfect in its solitude. I will be the desert. ~Kiersten White Much of our time in the Southwest was spent under red flag warnings… Read more…
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Onward to New Mexico
Travel is still the most intense mode of learning. ~Kevin Kelly After leaving Arkansas, we headed toward Palo Duro State Park in the panhandle of Texas. We had learned of this canyon from a couple camped near us at Natchez Trace State Park in TN (they were moving from TX to KY and had brought… Read more…
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