It's hard to follow a trail embedded under feet of snow when there are not trail markers on trees. GPS, maps, and a compass can be helpful for sure, and I am sure we could have done it. We just did not want to bad enough I guess...and no regrets here....
Why in the world would you want to drive all night and then start a slog into the wilderness on no sleep? Seems like a perfect legitimate question to me in hindsight, but it seemed like the right thing to do then, and I would do it again tomorrow without a second of th...
It's a good thing that my assessment of a quality outdoor experience is not based on catching the biggest fish, climbing the highest mountain, or in this case, killing the biggest deer. You will see that there are exactly zero photos of a dead deer in this blogpost -...
What you will often hear about Crater Lake is that no matter what the pictures look like, you will not believe how blue the water really is. That’s no lie. This is truly a sight you must behold to believe and appreciate.
Jedediah Smith State Park is part of the Redwoods National Park system and is the northernmost of them all, located just south of the Oregon border and near the coastal town of Crescent City, California. There is plenty to do for a trip anywhere from overnight to perh...
When the season ends, some hunters think their work is done until next season. Though if you know and love your deer hunting, you’ll be well aware that the whole deer hunting
process is actually a 12-month activity. If you’re sitting around watching your calendar,
coun...
It's the day after Easter as I write this blogpost. The weather does not look at all Springlike as I look out the windows of our house on a hill in the Eastern Missouri woods. But, I know in two weeks from today, regardless of what surprises the weather sends our way,...
