State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • Gryes of the World, and Great Pacific Garbage Patch

    I have been obsessing about the “garbage patches” in the gyres of the world since reading some information about them I hadn’t previously heard. In the book “The World Without Us”, by Alan Weisman, he tells the story about Captain Charles Moore, who in 1997 inadvertently steered himself into the largest collection of garbage in…

  • Grandfather Caches of Massachusetts

    I found myself in Massachusetts over the weekend, and I had some time on my hands to go exploring. What else would I rather do than go find grandfather caches in the woods? In case you have missed the definition of the term, a “grandfather” cache is one of the active original caches hidden within…

  • Future Plans May Include…

    So, I am mostly improved from my injury and basically walking again.  I am still having a little problem with negotiating grade changes; yesterday I was unable to make it up a very small hill to get into the woods to go caching, and J told me I was pushing myself too hard and needed…

  • CITO: The Plastic Bag Conundrum

    This weekend, our family participated in a CITO event, which is basically a “clean up the Earth” party, or a “trash bash”.  We also plan to attend a few more of these in the upcoming weeks, and also are planning one for the Cub Scout Den we are working with.  This was my ninth time…