Thanks to Toyota, I was invited to Stagecoach Music Festival as a guest to experience the country music festival and the Toyota 2014 4Runner Reveal. I was flown to Los Angeles Airport and greeted with a 2013 version of the Toyota 4Runner and given the keys to drive it into the desert to Palm Springs. [...]
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Haunted Windchimes prove Stagecoach is about the music
Saying Stagecoach Music Festival is all about the music sounds like the most obvious statement ever. The only pronouncement more clear is question one of a geometry problem: it is a given. For me the Haunted Windchimes proved the self evident. There are many reasons to come to a music festival. The main motivation can [...]
Stagecoach four wheeling with Toyota
Stagecoach Music Festival offers more than just great country music. Thanks to Toyota’s world of wonders tent, you can find a unique adventure with the Toyota drive center. They have a mock off road course set up, and you can test out your choice of Toyota four wheeled trucks. Sometimes on the way to [...]
A peaceful easy feeling with Toyota and Stagecoach
I am very excited to announce that thanks to Toyota I have been invited to next week’s Stagecoach Music Festival in Palm Springs, California. You can see the awesome list of musicians below. I for one am really excited to see the dude himself, Jeff Bridges. #spon: Content and/or other value provided by our partner, [...]
Shoreline American Alligator at St. Mark’s
At St. Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge in the panhandle of Florida, it is a great place to observe alligators and birds in their natural habitat. You are guaranteed to see many alligators in the canals at St. Mark’s as well as herons, egrets, and even whooping cranes if you are lucky. Part of the reintroduced [...]
Grand Canyon backpacking descent
While backpacking down to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon National Park, hikers go through ten different geologic strata. A good way of remembering these ten layers is by this phrase formed by the first letter in the acronym of the ten different strata: “Know The Canyon’s History, Study Rocks Made By Time”: Kaibab, [...]
Yellow lady’s slipper Orchid in Matthiessen State Park
Pretty soon we should be seeing a bunch of wildflowers in our local state parks and outdoor areas like the above yellow lady’s slipper orchid. This one was taken from the forest inside Matthiessen State Park, which is the sister state parks of the more famous Stand Rock State Park in central Illinois. Thanks to [...]
April showers bring green hiking trails
The weather sure has been interesting this spring in Illinois. On Thursday morning it looked more like a monsoon in Asia than a spring storm in Illinois. The Edens Expressway was closed as were a lot of other main arteries as rivers and creeks flooded. If April showers bring May flowers then what will the [...]
Walleye Days fishing week snowed out in Wisconsin
The annual Walleye Days fishing week in Nekoosa, Wisconsin ended a with snow storm and cold temperatures. Those that did brave the frigid temperatures faced long periods with little action except from tugs from their flask or swigs from their beer. We talked to the employee at Sunrise bait shop in Nekoosa, and he said [...]
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie surprising beauty
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is a surprisingly beautiful place. When one thinks of picturesque environments, prairies are pretty low on the list. Lakes, rivers, mountains, hills, forests are all natural settings that trump a prairie for those who love outdoor scenic settings. When I visited Midewin for the first time in 2010 I was impressed [...]
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