Nature

INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE – HOW CHEMICALS AND GMOS ARE KILLING YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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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Bandera TX 50K Race

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 …

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Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Utah

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. …

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Hoover Dam, Nevada/Arizona Border

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 …

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Geysers at Yellowstone National Park

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 …

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