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National Park News: 'Blitz' to test water at hundreds of locations in Rocky Mountain National Park

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Blitz' to test water at hundreds of locations in Rocky Mountain National Park. Bears will puzzle over what's going on in their park Tuesday when dozens of researchers and trained volunteers dip flasks into streams, lakes and wetlands on both sides of the Continental Divide. The great Water Blitz isn't the latest ride at Water World, but an ambitious one-day odyssey to test water at hundreds of different locations at Rocky Mountain National Park. Scientists want to learn more abo...

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Arizona Trail: March 2008

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Friday, March 7, 2008. With coming of flowery spring, it's time to plan outings. The Amazon Outdoor Store. It is a beautiful area year-round and has great hiking trails for all skill levels. In this area we have seen quite a bit of rainfall, so it should be a pretty good year."Elliott says to set the alarm early for the best show. "Some wildflowers close at night and will open up in the morning once the sunshine wakes them up," she says. "Midmorning is the best time to see them.". View my complete profile.

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RV Lifestyle: FAMILY AND FRIENDS

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. 8220;Treat your family like friends and your friends like family.” - Proverb. Pat manufactures booster pump systems. Dick went to work with him one day. I don’t think he helped much or made them any money. He played with the plasma cutter and came home with his name tag cut out of steel. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Hairy Houdini Store. Let's Make a Squirrel Deal. GLACIER = CROWN OF THE CONTINENT. GAILA IS SOOOOO BAD! FART IN A WHIRLWIND. BROKEN DOWN IN THE BADLANDS.

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RV Lifestyle: GLACIER = CROWN OF THE CONTINENT

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. GLACIER = CROWN OF THE CONTINENT. While on the West side of the park, Dick went on a solo backpacking trip for six days and covered nearly 80 miles. PICTURES OF DICK'S HIKE. He always hikes alone. I’m used to that, but in this wilderness it concerns me. In the 16 days we were at Glacier, we heard of several grizzly bluff charges, including Jack Hanna - the zoo man JACK HANNA STORY. Last year when Dick hiked I went to Pat Hagan’s Ranger Program. It was so good. We...Tribe share...

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RV Lifestyle: THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. 8220;You can get so used to certain luxuries that you start to thinking they’re necessities, but when you have to forgo them, you come to see that you don’t need them after all. There is a big difference between needing things and wanting things - though many people have trouble telling the two apart.” -. Our last stop, before crossing the four mile bridge across the Columbia River into Washington, was Lewis and Clark National Park Fort Clatsop. Days before the showing of.

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RV Lifestyle: BEAUTIFUL YOSEMITE

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. 8220;For me and for thousands with similar inclinations, the most important passion of life is the. Overpowering desire to escape periodically from the clutches of a mechanistic civilization. To us the enjoyment of solitude, complete independence, and the beauty of undefiled panoramas is absolutely essential to happiness.” - Bob Marshall. Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Http:/ etext.virginia.edu/railton/projects/price/frog.htm. I’m happy to hear you’re enjoying the p...BROKEN DO...

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Arizona Trail: With coming of flowery spring, it's time to plan outings

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Friday, March 7, 2008. With coming of flowery spring, it's time to plan outings. The Amazon Outdoor Store. It is a beautiful area year-round and has great hiking trails for all skill levels. In this area we have seen quite a bit of rainfall, so it should be a pretty good year."Elliott says to set the alarm early for the best show. "Some wildflowers close at night and will open up in the morning once the sunshine wakes them up," she says. "Midmorning is the best time to see them.". View my complete profile.

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BACKPACKER ONLINEZINE: January 2008

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Thursday, January 10, 2008. Big Agnes on the scene. The Amazon Outdoor Store. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Backpacker News and Comment. Canadian Great Divide Trail News. CDT, Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Continental Divide Trail News. Buy @ MALLERYBOOKS.COM. The Dick E. Bird News. Buy @ MALLERYBOOKS.COM. The Dick E. Bird News. The Newspaper That Walks. Buy @ MALLERYBOOKS.COM. Continental Divide Trail News. CDT&GDT News and Information. The Dick E. Bird News Blog.

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BACKPACKER ONLINEZINE

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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Winter hikes an exercise in contrasts. You can make the 10 essentials list an even dozen by adding rain gear and hiking poles. If you are a fair-weather hiker, you are missing half the fun. While you stay inside where it's warm all winter, your favorite summer trails are taking on new personalities. Plus, winter hikes keep you from getting depressed," said Jonathan Guzzo of the Washington Trails Association. "You are less likely to feel the burden of winter.". In the winter, ...

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BACKPACKER ONLINEZINE: March 2007

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Friday, March 9, 2007. Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park. I found not only the wolf study interesting but also their personal life, raising a family on the island during the summers. Hikers are lucky to see a wolf, or hear them for that matter. They blend extremely efficiently into the island’s surroundings. At night it is more common to hear the haunting sound of the loon and the waves lapping on shore seeping through the tent walls. Another plus for late August is the fact that the weather can still...