When planning on how to reduce the environmental impact that petro chemicals have on the environment it is not always easy to see the big picture. Fertilizers overall environmental impact is one of those issues where there are other factors to consider.
The Homestead Act of 1862 was an attempt to incentivize the migration of people to the western parts of the United States by offering settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for them heading west and becoming farmers and ranchers. Most of these people had little experience in these vocations but nonetheless jumped at the …
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Running and hiking at altitudes above 5,000 feet brings in another dimension to the challenge which we cannot replicate in our “Hill Country” as the tallest peaks are about 2,500 feet. But our trails and scenery are still great, at least in my opinion, and offer us many chances to explore the outdoors. The new …
Ok, shoot me. I got a little carried away with the color editing on this photo. Kind of looks like the ground is covered in some type of lemon sauce. If possible, put that aside as this part of Northeast Utah was pretty cool and a wonderful place to camp and see an amazing night sky. …
Ansel Adams was able to climb down the cliff side to get his photo above but it is not too dissimilar to the one we snapped from the road bridge spanning the river. (Photo attributed to: Ansel Adams – U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) After making a wrong turn….. literally… Meredith and I decided …
I could publish this post and not say anything and the photos would speak for themselves. The geysers that are found in Yellowstone are like nothing I had ever seen before and are truly amazing and beautiful. To explain how these work I took this excerpt from the National Park Service website: Sprinkled amid the …
This post, surprisingly, is not as much about cowboy boots as it is about chasing your dreams and doing the things you are really passionate about. I have known Mark Candela, founder of The Candela Boot Company, since 1982 when the two of us met at The University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. Mark grew up …
Erik and three of the cousins tackled the Tough Mudder 13 mile obstacle course race this past summer which was held north of Minneapolis in Hugo. The race features over 20 obstacles the runners need to complete like this serious ramp which stopped numerous contestants. To complete the race each team is forced to work …
Erik and I made a 6 day trek from Fort Worth, Texas all the way to Portland, Oregon and hiked and tent camped at each stop through Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho before hitting the Oregon border. We stopped for a few hours to see Jackson Hole before we got to the Grand Tetons and …
