Tag: hiking
group name: getoutdoors
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June 08, 2008 04:01 PM EDT --
Okay... after my business trip to Springfield, MO this week I'll fly home on Thursday and we are driving down to the Smoky Mountains on Friday for the weekend.
So here is my question...
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August 18, 2008 08:53 AM EDT --
On Saturday I had the pleasure of joining two visiting Mississippi cachers on a cache run. Their goal was 130 caches in 24-hours. They had 63 finds when I left them around 9:30 p.m.
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August 25, 2008 04:11 PM EDT --
It was time for a road trip. My best friend Noreen and I took off, headed for the border and a play day in Western New York.
At the border we handed the guard our passports and she asked where we . . . more
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August 08, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
If you think you know yourself and what’s more you think you like yourself even, try spending a few nights camping on an island alone. This is where you find you have nowhere to hide from yourself, . . . more
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March 23, 2008 01:24 AM EDT --
I was ready to go caching pretty early today, but my caching partner for the day decided to sleep in until noon. As a result, I got a late start and didn't find my first cache till nearly 2:30 this . . . more
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January 08, 2008 07:58 PM EST --
The text to this article appeared at AC. You can see that version here if you wish
Natural Bridge has a beauty all of it's own, and if you start out early enough, you can add this park to . . . more
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August 05, 2008 05:24 PM EDT --
While in West Virginia, my only request to my parents was that we do some of the things my sister and I enjoyed when we were kids. When we were children, our family regularly went camping (in a . . . more
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August 27, 2007 09:22 PM EDT --
In the Adirondack Park of Upstate NY, there are many mountains, lake and streams. Of these mountains there are 46 "High Peaks" which are all over the height of 4000 feet (there are a few . . . more
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June 15, 2008 08:44 AM EDT --
Marta Stephens (author of Silenced Cry) inspired me yesterday to play a bit with flash fiction through inspiration, after I'd written yesterday's Saturday Writing Essential piece on haiku and . . . more
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May 10, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
Every second Saturday in May, birds and their journeys between summer and winter grounds are the center of attention. This Saturday, birders across the continent will celebrate International Migratory . . . more
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May 18, 2007 08:39 PM EDT --
Eschewing the marked trail that winds through my local park, this morning, I made my own path.
My boots dug into a moist blanket of leaves. I felt a certain excitement, leaving the . . . more
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April 13, 2008 11:36 AM EDT --
The Georgia Geocachers April meeting was being held in a park shelter within Unicoi State Park. It's been over a year since I have hiked and cached in this area of the state and I was eager to revisit . . . more
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June 14, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
Please join me in congratulating Barb W. for winning a copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest. Barb won the book in the random drawing held this afternoon.
I only . . . more
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March 20, 2007 05:44 PM EDT --
Hello to all,
Annual set-up for the Whitewater Kayak Races was on St. Pat's day and there we were. An unexpected snowstorm made the trip more exciting than usual. It also made it impossible to get . . . more
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August 25, 2008 11:41 AM EDT --
I suppose we're a little weird, but we've always wanted to go on a llama hike since we first heard about them on our honeymoon 11 years ago in Ashville, North Carolina. We were rained out . . . more
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November 30, 2006 12:46 PM EST --
I have always held a deep respect for Americans who lived through the Great Depression. Although their generation is slowly fading into history, their ethics and determination remain a valuable symbol . . . more
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May 11, 2007 10:28 PM EDT --
To finally place my hiking boots onto the Knobstone Trail here in southern Indiana was no small thrill. We had been talking about it for months.
Even though my partner, David, and I were . . . more
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April 06, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
Hello to all,
More photos from our 2006 trip to Skeleton Gulch, Never Summer Range, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. These pics (except one, were taken at 11,000ft near Mt. Richtofen and Teepee. . . . more
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February 27, 2007 05:59 PM EST --
Hello to all,
It led us away from the western edge of the meadow at Skeleton Gulch. It was new to us, our first morning at Skeleton Gulch, Never Summer Range, Rocky Mountain National Park. We had put . . . more
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September 05, 2007 03:09 PM EDT --
On the evening of July 12th, 2007 a lightning storm passed over Ball Point Mountain in the Badger Creek Wilderness. At 6:49 p.m. a bolt of lightning struck an oak tree on the Southeast side of . . . more
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