State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • CRNT #5: Wonders of Nature

    Well, I’ve been back to my favorite spot; by hike and by bike, alone and with family, not with the dogs since the last time I wrote about it but maybe sometime this week. These are some of the things we’ve seen along the way.  Above, a Loggerhead Shrike looks over his kingdom.  Cottontails show…

  • Michigan moments

    I had been in Texas in the morning, Georgia midday, Illinois early afternoon, then driven through Indiana to here, near Kalamazoo, Michigan. I was on a mission; I have been trying to fill in my calendar on gc.com of days I have found a cache, and this was a day I needed.  Finally I had…

  • Katy Park Fly-Over

    It’s become a Tuesday night ritual for the dogs and I – bringing their boy to the park for soccer practice, then walking the perimeter. I watch the sky, they sniff the ground. We are the guardians of earth and air. These places don’t belong to us, though. The sky is ruled by the birds,…

  • South Shore Park, Bastrop

    It was twilight, and my little son and I stood at the water’s edge.  He was so excited to get to the swimming area of the park, but excitement turned to trepidation when he realized this was a lake, and not a pool.  It had inhabitants.  He could hear the occasional splash as a fish…