Trip Report: Bull Shoals – White River State Park
This past weekend we took a trip to one of our favorite Arkansas State Parks, Bull Shoals – White River State Park. This park is a wonderful warm or hot […]
She’s Back!!!
(I noticed that the last couple of posts were about weather. How boring. So I’ll now move on to important things, GEAR!) My mountain bike is out of the shop. […]
Cool!
Well, if you think of 94 degrees as being cool. Yes, the temp is finally dropping a bit. The sky is threatening rain, a bit. Labor Day is past and […]
Hot! Hot! Hot!
The Dog Days are here with a vengence. I don’t think it would bother me so much but we have had little or no rain in the past month. The […]
No Child Left Inside!
I just recently participated in a round table discussion with Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, along with representatives from several […]
Toxicodendron radicans
That’s Poison Ivy to you and me! The devil plant has us again! We don’t even know where it’s coming from. We know what it looks like and try to […]
Braggin’ Rights!
You know, when I met my wife she hadn’t been properly introduced to the outdoors. In our third month of dating I took her on her first backpacking trip. Since […]
How does it get so busy?
The last week has been pretty intense! On Wednesday Lisa traveled with me to Fayetteville. I had meetings on Thursday and then would be attending the groundbreaking ceremony for a […]
Weekends are tough on the food issues….
I go all week, carefully keeping track of my fuel intake using fitday.com. My goal is to keep the total calorie intake below 2000 and the burn rate around 3000. […]
Back in the saddle again…come on, sing along….
I guess I’ve laid off this blog for long enough. Over the past few months, I’ve had real problems with motivation. Best intentions and no follow through. Just in the […]