Tag: outdoors
group name: natureessays
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May 30, 2007 10:57 PM EDT --
Louisiana: Sportsman's Paradise
We were all in agreement we wanted to “do something” the following day. After all, there are not many days in the year when my wife, son, . . .
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June 09, 2007 06:42 PM EDT --
HI ALL:
I received this e-mail alert this morning. I was out and about in the heat yesterday and I drank plenty of water, but still ended up feeling a bit dizzy and sick. Just think......It . . .
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April 16, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
Saturday Morning
While I have often enjoyed the anticipation and planning of a road trip, whether a half-day spent close to home or a two-month cross-country jaunt, there are other times I prefer . . .
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June 05, 2007 06:07 PM EDT --
Last year I had a surprise visit from a very special bird - an albino robin. I never knew such a thing existed until I satisfied my curiosity about him and looked it up on the . . .
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December 07, 2007 12:12 AM EST --
Today, a medical appointment for Deb took us to Little Rock. On the drive home we decided to take a break and explore a Wildlife Preserve that was just off the highway. It is a 2,000 acre area that is . . .
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June 09, 2008 07:41 PM EDT --
Glacier Point offers spectacular views, including great views of Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, and several waterfalls. One thing that I love about Glacier Point is that it is a fantastic opportunity for . . .
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June 18, 2008 07:48 PM EDT --
July 2007 my husband and I went camping at Vermillion Campground at Edison Lake up in the Sierra Nevada in California. The camp host recommended this hike to us. The elevation of Devil's Bathtub . . .
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August 03, 2007 10:55 AM EDT --
The sunflowers in my garden are starting to go to seed. The goldfinch population really picks up when this happens. These yellow beauties love sunflower seeds.
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September 17, 2007 08:30 AM EDT --
My idea of a vacation does not include hanging off the back of a flashy blue speedboat zipping in and out of traffic on an oversized inner tube. So when my extended family fell fast asleep at Deep Creek . . .
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May 20, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
Photo Essay Contest
During my visit home last weekend, after the Betty's Neck walking tour, we stopped . . .
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June 20, 2008 05:26 AM EDT --
La Paloma Road is a dirt road in Merced and Mariposa Counties (in California). The road is about 13 miles long and runs from Snelling Road outside of Merced to Honitos Road near Hornitos. My husband and . . .
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July 14, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
Have a run-in with a raccoon? Forget your camp stove at home? Wake up to find your tent pitched in the middle of a trail and piss off a lot of hikers . . . wait, that happened to me.
Calling campers, . . .
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August 12, 2008 10:01 AM EDT --
I've always felt grounded by Sedona's ancient red rocks, but I never dreamed of sleeping on them. At least not until our friends Keith and Beth Lane arranged a three-day ca mping trip to Oak Creek . . .
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July 19, 2007 02:20 PM EDT --
While leaving a comment on a lovely image of a moth by Angela M. recently, I had occasion to revisit a great online resource for biologists, nature enthusiasts, nature photographers, homeschoolers and . . .
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June 12, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
... to win a signed copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest. Tell us about your favorite forest in 300 words or less and you'll be entered in a random drawing for . . .
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June 24, 2008 07:39 PM EDT --
We all know what urban myths are but there are rural myths that are also apocryphal in origin. One in particular I have heard . . .
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July 06, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
Last week I posed a question to the audience and today I will ask you to entertain a similar one. There is another "rural . . .
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April 27, 2008 03:11 PM EDT --
All pictures taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8.
Saturday we got together with our friends again to go for a quad ride. This is the day that I wanted to save my energy for since there were . . .
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October 21, 2007 10:45 AM EDT --
Woodcrafting is one of mankind's oldest practices. In its most rudimentary form it predates even agriculture. It has been a tradition in America since Colonial times and even before. . . .
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October 21, 2007 10:37 AM EDT --
Far too often we get to our destination only to find . . .
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