Travel, Explore, and Capture--Activities
United States Locations
Quick Visit to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, KS
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is 22,135 acres of rare inland salt marsh and sand prairie located in Southwest Kansas near the small town of Stafford. Quivira was established in 1955 to protect vital habitat along the Central Flyway for migratory wildfowl. Quivira's...
Mountain Bike Ride at Smithville Lake Missouri
I visited Smithville Lake today for a really fun ride on some great Missouri singletrack (yes, that's a thing!). Smithville Lake is a state park that surrounds a 7200 acre lake with over 175 miles of shoreline. It features a huge campground with almost 800 campsites...
Hike on Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell (elevation 6,684 feet) is the highest point east of the Mississippi River. Because of the altitude, many of the plants and animals are like those native to alpine environments of Canada. Because of it's height and location, Mount Mitchell makes a great...
Winter Visit to America’s First National Park
Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park, established by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. Also one of the countries largest National Parks, it covers nearly 3500 acres in Wyoming (96%), Montana (3%), and Idaho (1%). We've visited the park several...
Quick stop in nice campground
We spent one night in Okefenokee Pastimes Cabins & Campground, a really nice smaller family run campground. It features 12 pull through RV sites a bunch of tent camping sites, a dump station, and a small store with the nicest and cleanest bathrooms and showers...
Hike and nature viewing at Circle B Bar Reserve
Circle B Bar Reserve is an interesting nature reserve of almost 1400 acres, located in Central Florida near Lakeland FL. This makes it an easy day trip from either Orlando or Tampa. Circle B Bar is called that because it was formerly a working cattle ranch, but now...
Nature Walk at Honeymoon Island, Dunedin, FL
Honeymoon Island is a great place to see lots of Florida wildlife, and offers a lot of great outdoor activities. Honeymoon Island has a very interesting beach, which features some of the best shelling in the Tampa Bay area. It's also a good place for swimming,...
Bird Photography at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
This place was a huge surprise on a freezing December day. Riverlands is located on the Mississippi River, just outside of St Louis on the Missouri side of the river. We visited to check on a report in the newspaper that a young Snowy Owl was spending some time on...
Visit to Butterfly World, Coconut Beach FL
During our Fort Lauderdale FL trip, we spent a few hours checking out Butterfly World in Coconut Beach. It was a less than 30 minute drive from our hotel, and close to the beach where we planned to spend the afternoon. Butterfly World looked like a typical Florida...
Great Hike in Harper’s Ferry, WV — Overlook Cliffs
This hike climbed more than 1,000 feet through the forest of Elk Ridge, to a rock outcropping overlooking Harper's Ferry, WV. Overlook Cliffs are a part of the Maryland Heights Loop trail in Maryland, and the view includes the wilds of Virginia across the river. I...
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