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Great Sand Dunes National Park September 12th, 2021 After a long day of driving across the 102 degree plains of Kansas and Eastern Colorado, the temperature started to drop as I gained elevation skirting the Spanish Peaks and Sangre de Cristo range. I stayed the night in the town of Alamosa and the next morning,Continue reading “Colorado Loop – Part 1”

“Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium.” Sigurd F. Olsen On August 20th, 2021, I left Oxford for a drive through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin enroute to Danbury, Wisconsin. This small town on the westernContinue reading “Seven Days on the St.Croix National Scenic Riverway”

This Friday, August 20, 2021, I will be heading north through lower Michigan and across the Mackinac Bridge to upper Michigan. I will cross the UP, dropping through the northwest corner of Wisconsin to Danbury. There I will meet friends from Minnesota for the shuttle back to Hayward, Wisconsin to start a 7 day canoeContinue reading “Next Outings”

After 5 days on the west side of Halfmoon Creek, I moved over the the east side and found a site that would fit my friends Mark and Phyllis’s A-Liner camper. The main Halfmoon Road is a little accessible and as it was Friday before the holiday weekend, more sites were already filled. However, IContinue reading “Dispersed Camping Part 2”

For the first trip this summer, I made plans to meet my friends Mark and Phyllis at Lost Park Campground in Colorado. I signed up for PTO the week following the 4th of July. Then I began thinking, “why not head out a week early for some solo dispersed camping”? I could take my workContinue reading “Colorado Dispersed Camping”

As you probably know, there is a semi-conductor chip shortage. This translates to fewer available vehicles making it to dealerships. I need a tow vehicle, and I have a Chevy Cruze that’s lease ends in November. I was concerned that there would not be any trucks available at that time and I would be stuck.Continue reading “First Step Completed”

This title comes from the 1850s in America and refers to chopping wood. Thewoodcutter should concentrate on the target log and not the small chips that flyrandomly. Sometimes the things we do or the plans we have become a matter oftiming and luck. My plan for the next year includes 4 large goals. The firstContinue reading “Let the Chips Fall Where They May”

My friend Sai and I hiked at the nature preserve this morning. It was drizzling but quiet. We did see deer and several species of birds, including a pair of Sandhill Cranes and their colt.

It is the time of year when I begin to think about fishing. The weather is warming, the woods are greening, and sitting at a desk where I work becomes less and less tolerable. When I was young, I longed for my father’s first important question of the spring “do you want to go fishingContinue reading “Gone Fishing”