It thrilled me to receive an invitation to the Brazil in the Garden exhibition at the Chicago Botanic Garden for two reasons. First of all, I have only visited the Garden on their Father’s Day Canoe Paddle adventure. I have guided this paddle with the Friend’s of the Chicago River for three years. Other than […]
In October of this year I will be going on an Allagash River trip in Maine with Bull Moose Patrol. Since I am spending a week with a new group in the wilderness, I thought it would be a good idea to go on a smaller trip to see how I fit in with the […]
Over Mother’s Day weekend in May, I enjoyed two days of paddling the Sugar River in southern Wisconsin with Sugar River Outfitters. On day one I paddled from Paoli, Wisconsin to Belleville in a canoe. On day two, I enjoyed a Sugar River kayaking adventure. I began near the source of the river in Verona, Wisconsin […]
For the second year in a row, I attended a college reunion in East Tennessee. The reunion revolved around rainbow trout fishing along the South Holston River. Last year we stayed at a friend’s cabin overlooking South Holston Lake, but this year we decided to gather at a cabin on Boone Lake in Bluff City, […]
It had been over two decades since I last paddled the Sugar River. After meeting Kelly from Sugar River Outfitters at Canoecopia this past year, I was determined to end this streak. I could not have picked a more perfect weekend for paddling. The forecast called for a low 70 degree weather and sunny weekend. […]
Once again the season has been a bust for cross-country skiing in the Chicago area. In fact, the same can be said for southern Wisconsin. It has not been so great for northern Wisconsin either, but early in January they received over a foot of fresh snow on top of perhaps another foot of base. […]
I am not sure what the proper name of these ski trails are called. They could be called a myriad of names. They are located in the Sylvania Wilderness area in the Ottawa National Forest. The trail system begins at the Sylvania Outfitters located in Watersmeet, Michigan. Skinny Ski calls it the Watersmeet Ski Trails, so […]
I had been in Florida and Georgia for only a week and already I had seen a bobcat during an incredible two day adventure in the Okefenokee Swamp, saw manatees in Blue Springs State Park, went to my first NFL game in Tampa, and been brought down to earth at Devil’s Den where I was given […]
In 2013, the travel blogging world lost Anita Mac, and many of us lost a friend. Anita inspired each of us in different ways with her huge, welcoming smile, eagerness to help, colorful fashion sense, as well as a shoulder to cry on and a willingness to comfort and listen. For many of us, Anita […]
Several years ago, my dad sent me a beautiful picture of manatees frolicking in a clear blue Florida spring. This picture struck a chord with me, and I even shared it on this blog. Since then, I always wanted to visit and go on my own Weeki Wachee Springs canoe adventure. Weeki Wachee Springs canoe […]
