Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE When Connie and I interviewed for our volunteer positions at Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge we made it clear that we intended to spend the last week of April in Big Bend birding and having fun with a subset of the Loons and Larks. The problem was …
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Wow, I am really behind! The next several paragraphs were written within a week of our arrival at Balcones. I had held up publishing this article while trying to get permission to use photos of a volunteer family with minor children. By the time I got the …
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge – The Adventure Begins Read More »
Now that I have gotten the Marine Corps Marathon behind me, it is time to summarize our activities post marathon to present. There will be no further mention of my physical condition issues. I promise. Our annual trip to Southeast Georgia, Kings Bay Submarine Base specifically has been for the purposes of catching up with …
Well, here it is February 2011 and I never completed the blog post for the Marine Corps Marathon. There are many reasons for the delay in reporting how it went, but I will try to not bore you with much detail. The next several paragraphs were written over a few hours on a couple of …
As I write this we are camped at Andrews Air Force Base, now known as Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington, DC to the Southeast. We are here so I can complete my training for the Marine Corps Marathon. We chose Andrews for a variety of reasons. Some of the more important ones include: 1. …
The Tale of the Long Hot Summer’s End in Under 10,000 Words Read More »
We had a great stay in the Niagara area, but there are thousands more places to see and we are in the travel mode. So, off to the east we have headed to visit another friend and a cousin of Connie’s. Our next stop was in the Finger Lake region of northern New York. We …
I have a correction to make to my last post. I put Put-In-Bay on the wrong island, it is on South Bass Island. The winery we ate at on our first night in the area was on Catawba Island. I thank Jan for correcting me. Connie and I spent ten days in Pittsburgh that seemed …
Back on the Road Following Our Independence Day Break Read More »
Somehow we have found ourselves in Pittsburgh and therefore very far behind on this blog. I had been doing so well, too. The first several paragraphs below were written within a few days of the actual experience. I will continue to the present day with a little less detail in order to catch up. From …
Locks and Boats and Horse Drawn Wagons and a Whole Lot More Read More »
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE From Superior we made the relatively short drive east on US 2 to the small iron mining town of Iron Mountain. Our intention was a rest stop where we could sleep in and just take it easy for a few days. If you are a long time …
Our next stop on our northern United States adventure found us in Superior, Wisconsin, on the southwest corner of Lake Superior. We had scheduled three nights in Superior with the intention of driving up the west coast of Lake Superior which is locally known as the North Shore Drive. I suspect it got that designation …