The Bug That Terrifies Me
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There is this one particular creepy crawler that just terrifies me. In fact I get the willies just thinking about them. Here’s a few words about the creepiest crawler of them all. Continue reading
Category Archives: Great Outdoors
Tall Grass Prairie Preserve
Tall Grass Prairie Preserve
After she graduated college at OSU, my daughter Kristi got a job working on a team studying the Greater Prairie Chicken at the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve north of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. One Saturday morning, I got up at 4 AM and met her at her office near the entrance of the Preserve. This story documents my recollection of that day. Continue reading
The Collared Lizard
The Collared Lizard
As with any young boys, my cousins and I often roamed the canyons around our homes in Phillips, Texas, to see what we could find. This story touches on one of the lizards native to the area around our homes. Continue reading
More Quiet Time
More Quiet Time
Often times when I was about 10 years old, I would feel the need to get away and do something by myself that was both mind soothing and fun. This is one of the things I enjoyed doing by myself.
Feeling rested, revitalized, and ready to go for a while longer.
Monument Lake
Monument Lake
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I stayed in Boy Scouts until our troop fizzled out when I was a softmore in high school. Here is the story of one of our trips. Continue reading
South Fork Area Wild Life
South Fork Area Wild Life
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My daughter Kristi and her family recently visited South Fork. Colorado, for a week. She kept us right there on the trip with her by sending us daily pictures on the iCloud. We had a wonderful time. I was surprised at the wild life she was able to catch on camera on their short trip. Here is the wild life we saw on their trip. Continue reading
Roaring River State Park
Roaring River State Park
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Along about 1955 when I was 12, my sister JerrylDine was 13, and my brother Craig was 5, our Dad got a wild hair and bought a camping trailer and he decided to pull it to Sulphur Springs that year. On the way, we camped for 2 days at the Roaring River State Park in Missouri. Here’s the story. Continue reading
South Fork Summers
South Fork Summers
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My daughter Kristi and her family are spending a week up at South Fork, Colorado, this week, and she has been sending pictures on the cloud this week. This reminded me that we did a lot of things up there that I never mentioned in previous blogs. I will use some of her recent pictures to describe some of the other things we did up there in the summers. Continue reading
Beavers Bend 2
Beavers Bend 2
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And we start another day of our great 2015 summer adventure with the family after a late night recap of a few items Continue reading
Beavers Bend 1
Beavers Bend 1
This morning we’re heading south to meet the rest of our family for an annual get together for fun in the sun. This story will develop as I tell it. Continue reading