Posting History for Kamp Kos
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| How Trump Wrecked Our Vacation We don’t often travel, but like every Minnesotan, we had a dream of enjoying some warm weather in the middle of an unusually early, cold winter. We made plans to take our camper and motorcycles out to Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas. They have a... |
RuralLiberal | 12/30/2018 | 50 | 123 | - | - |
| NM-Sen: Martin Heinrich (D) Fights Back Against Trump & GOP's National Parks Entrance Fees Hikes Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D. NM) re-election campaign:
In New Mexico, we are blessed with some of the most beautiful national parks and monuments anywhere in the United States. They are sites to which... |
poopdogcomedy | 11/14/2017 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| Trump's shutdown enabled vandals to take a chainsaw to the Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park Due to the government shut down, the namesake trees at Joshua Tree National Park near Palm Springs, CA, have fallen to vandals wielding chainsaws. Just for fun, I can only guess.
Jeanna Bryner at Live Science writes.
Joshua trees are... |
Pakalolo | 01/11/2019 | 253 | 376 | - | - |
| Deer (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. We spend a lot of time in Glacier National Park. This means that we get ... |
Ojibwa | 11/25/2017 | 9 | 15 | - | - |
| California Sea Lions in Newport, Oregon (Photo Diary) From late August until early June, California Sea Lions ( Zalophus californianus ) spend time hanging out and barking in the Newport, Oregon, Bayfront area. Male sea lions can grow up to eight feet ... |
Ojibwa | 11/25/2017 | 15 | 24 | - | - |
| Public Lands: The Boardwalk at South Beach State Park (Photo Diary) South Beach State Park is situated next to the Yaquina Bay Bridge at the south edge of Newport, Oregon. The park stretches for several miles down the Oregon coast. The park has a fairly extensive ... |
Ojibwa | 12/02/2017 | 4 | 18 | - | - |
| Public Lands: The Beach at South Beach State Park (Photo Diary) South Beach State Park is situated next to the Yaquina Bay Bridge at the south edge of Newport, Oregon. The park stretches for several miles down the Oregon coast. The park has a fairly extensive ... |
Ojibwa | 12/16/2017 | 8 | 23 | - | - |
| Public Lands: South Beach State Park Trails (Photo Diary) South Beach State Park is situated next to the Yaquina Bay Bridge at the south edge of Newport, Oregon. The park stretches for several miles down the Oregon coast. The park has a fairly extensive ... |
Ojibwa | 12/23/2017 | 6 | 13 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Simpson Beach (Photo Diary) Shore Acres State Park was once the estate of Oregon pioneer lumberman and shipbuilder Louis J. Simpson. It is located south of Coos Bay, Oregon. This is a day use park located on 745 acres ... |
Ojibwa | 01/06/2018 | 6 | 24 | - | - |
| Public Lands: The Trail to Norton Gulch (Photo Diary) Located near Coos Bay, Oregon, the Norton Gulch Group Use Area can be reached by a trail from the Sunset Bay State Park or by road for those less inclined to walk. The trail starts at Sunset Bay and ... |
Ojibwa | 01/13/2018 | 6 | 17 | - | - |
| History 101: Shore Acres State Park Shore Acres State Park was once the estate of Oregon pioneer lumberman and shipbuilder Louis J. Simpson. It is located south of Coos Bay, Oregon. |
Ojibwa | 01/20/2018 | 6 | 24 | - | - |
| Elk (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. Let’s start today’s discussion by looking at some elk. |
Ojibwa | 01/31/2018 | 9 | 21 | - | - |
| Driftwood (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, an open thread conveniently located at the intersection of Religion and Politics. I thought we’d start off by looking at some driftwood. |
Ojibwa | 02/14/2018 | 27 | 20 | - | - |
| Public Lands: An Oriental Garden (Photo Diary) Shore Acres State Park , near Coos Bay, Oregon, was once the estate of Oregon pioneer lumberman and shipbuilder Louis J. Simpson. The day-use park includes a magnificent five-acre garden overlooking ... |
Ojibwa | 02/10/2018 | 8 | 21 | - | - |
| Elk and Lawn Maintenance (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, an open thread conveniently located at the intersection of Religion and Politics. Lawn maintenance in in the town of Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park ... |
Ojibwa | 02/11/2018 | 22 | 16 | - | - |
| Trail of the Cedars (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, an open thread conveniently located at the intersection of Religion and Politics. Let’s start off today by doing a walking meditation along Glacier ... |
Ojibwa | 02/24/2018 | 10 | 14 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Devil's Lake State Park (Photo Diary) Devils Lake in Lincoln City, Oregon was formed about 14,000 BCE when sand dunes and beach blocked the lower end of the valley drained by the D River. The lake is 1/3 of a mile wide and 3 miles long. ... |
Ojibwa | 02/17/2018 | 10 | 27 | - | - |
| Public Lands: The Views from Norton Gulch (Photo Diary) Located near Coos Bay, Oregon, the Norton Gulch Group Use Area can be reached by a trail from the Sunset Bay State Park or by road for those less inclined to walk. The trail starts at Sunset Bay and ... |
Ojibwa | 03/10/2018 | 18 | 24 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Cape Arago State Park (Photo Diary) In 1778, Captain James Cook sighted a promontory which just out about half a mile into the Pacific Ocean and named it St. Gregory. There is also some speculation that Sir Francis Drake landed here ... |
Ojibwa | 03/24/2018 | 7 | 25 | - | - |
| Museums 101: Automobile Tourism on the Oregon Coast (Photo Diary) The North Lincoln County Historical Museum in Lincoln City, Oregon has two floors of displays relating to local history. One of the displays on the second floor focuses on the impact of the ... |
Ojibwa | 04/30/2018 | 9 | 26 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Apgar Campground in Glacier Park (Photo Diary) Glacier National Park in Montana has 13 campgrounds. Apgar campground, located near the west entrance to the park, is the park’s largest campground. It has 194 sites which are available only on a first-come basis. During the peak season—July and... |
Ojibwa | 05/12/2018 | 10 | 22 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Paddlefest (Photo Diary) Wayfarers State Park is located on Flathead Lake near the village of Bigfork, Montana. The 67-acre park includes a boat launch and beach area, a campground with 30 sites, nature trails, and lots of ... |
Ojibwa | 05/26/2018 | 15 | 22 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Sunset Bay State Park (Photo Diary) Located near Coos Bay, Oregon, Sunset Bay State Park has an overnight campground as well as day use areas. It is situated in a secluded cove where the beach is sheltered from the ocean winds and ... |
Ojibwa | 06/02/2018 | 8 | 23 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Glacier's Mountains (Photo Diary) The most iconic part of Glacier National Park in Montana is not the scenery which was carved by glaciers, but the magnificent road that runs through it: Going-to-the-Sun Road. While the Road is an ... |
Ojibwa | 06/09/2018 | 8 | 25 | - | - |
| A Glacier Park Trail (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. I thought we could start out the day with some photos of a short walk ... |
Ojibwa | 07/03/2018 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| Flowers in the Campground: Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. We recently camped in a commercial RV park—Jim and Mary’s—near ... |
Ojibwa | 07/10/2018 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
| More Flowers in the Campground: Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. We recently camped in a commercial RV park—Jim and Mary’s—near ... |
Ojibwa | 07/31/2018 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
| Glacier Park: Some Waterfalls (Photo Diary) The most iconic part of Glacier National Park in Montana is not the scenery which was carved by glaciers, but the magnificent road that runs through it: Going-to-the-Sun Road. While the Road is an ... |
Ojibwa | 08/14/2018 | 5 | 22 | - | - |
| Glacier Park: The Wheeler Camp (Photo Diary)
Note: Fires in Glacier National Park have destroyed or damaged a number of historic structures, including the Wheeler Camp. The fire started started Saturday and is still endangering structures. |
Ojibwa | 08/14/2018 | 7 | 20 | - | - |
| Glacier Park: The Lake McDonald Ranger Station (Photo Diary)
Note: The Howe Ridge Fire started in Glacier National Park started on Saturday and has now destroyed a number of historic structures. The roof of the historic Lake McDonald Ranger Station, ... |
Ojibwa | 08/14/2018 | 4 | 32 | - | - |
| Glacier National Park: The Glacier Park Hotel (Photo Diary) Louis Hill, son of James J. Hill, the owner of the Great Northern Railway, opened the Glacier Park Hotel near the newly established Glacier National Park in 1913. The hotel was intended to increase ... |
Ojibwa | 10/21/2018 | 10 | 27 | - | - |
| Glacier National Park: The Two Medicine Area (Photo Diary) The present-day general store at Two Medicine was built in 1913, before there were roads into the interior of Glacier National Park. Originally, it was part of the network of hotels and chalets ... |
Ojibwa | 11/04/2018 | 8 | 25 | - | - |
| Glacier National Park: The Many Glacier Hotel (Photo Diary) On May 11, 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana became the tenth national park in the United States. Glacier National Park was created in part because of the commercial interests of the Great ... |
Ojibwa | 11/24/2018 | 10 | 23 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Alongside the Creek (Photo Diary) The most iconic part of Glacier National Park in Montana is not the scenery which was carved by glaciers, but the magnificent road that runs through it: Going-to-the-Sun Road. While the Road is an ... |
Ojibwa | 12/29/2018 | 8 | 27 | - | - |
| Lake McDonald Lodge Area (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly located at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. During ... |
Ojibwa | 01/01/2019 | 13 | 12 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Glacier Park, Apgar 12/31/18 December 31, 2018. Clear blue skies with the snowclad mountains of Western Montana shining and calling people to enjoy the winter grandeur of Glacier National Park. Heeding this call, we set out to ... |
Ojibwa | 01/02/2019 | 10 | 14 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Along the Lake (Photo Diary) December 31, 2018. Clear blue skies with the snowclad mountains of Western Montana shining and calling people to enjoy the winter grandeur of Glacier National Park. Heeding this call, we set out to ... |
Ojibwa | 01/19/2019 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| Public Lands: The Lincoln City Beach (Photo Diary) The ocean beaches in Oregon are public lands thanks in part to some far-sighted politicians a little more than a century ago. In 1913, Oregon Governor Oswald West wrote a concise sixty-word bill ... |
Ojibwa | 01/26/2019 | 14 | 18 | - | - |
| Buffalo (Photos): Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly located at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. Today we ... |
Ojibwa | 03/16/2019 | 11 | 13 | - | - |
| Driftwood: Street Prophets Coffee Hour Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly located at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. Let’s ... |
Ojibwa | 04/27/2019 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Deer and Bear Grass in Glacier Park (Photo Diary) Bear grass ( Xerophyllum tenax ) is a part of the corn lily family. Bear grass blooms only once every five to seven years. Much to the delight of the deer, bear grass bloomed this year in the Apgar ... |
Ojibwa | 06/26/2019 | 9 | 21 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Flowers in Glacier Park (Photo Diary) Shown below are some of the flowers encountered in the Apgar area of Glacier National Park in June 2019. |
Ojibwa | 06/27/2019 | 6 | 23 | - | - |
| Public Lands: Some Glacier Park Photos (Photo Diary) Glacier National Park, an area carved out by ancient glaciers, is known for its spectacular scenery which includes snowcapped mountains, clean lakes, waterfalls, and an occasional glacier. These are ... |
Ojibwa | 07/24/2019 | 9 | 19 | - | - |
| Silver Falls State Park: The South Falls Overlook (Photo Diary) Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon,is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state park, |
Ojibwa | 09/18/2019 | 7 | 26 | - | - |
| Silver Falls State Park: North Falls (Photo Diary) Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon, is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state ... |
Ojibwa | 09/25/2019 | 8 | 19 | - | - |
| Silver Falls State Park: The Upper North Falls (Photo Diary) Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon, is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state park, covering 9,200 acres. The Park includes 10... |
Ojibwa | 10/02/2019 | 11 | 34 | - | - |
| Silver Falls State Park: Walking behind South Falls (photo diary) Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon, is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state ... |
Ojibwa | 10/12/2019 | 17 | 38 | - | - |
| Silver Falls State Park: The campground (photo diary) Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon, is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state ... |
Ojibwa | 11/16/2019 | 14 | 37 | - | - |
| Expanding The National Parks System- # 42- Tennessee This is the forty-second diary in my ' Expanding the National Parks” . Prior diaries are located at the bottom of the diary. This time, I'm in Tennessee, last time I was in South Dakota. 3.2% of the state is federally owned, 31st in the nation,... |
MorrellWI1983 | 12/06/2017 | 20 | 10 | - | - |
| Expanding the National Parks System - #43 Texas This is the forty-third diary in my expanding the National Parks series. I apologize for the delay, as dealing with the day-to-day assaults on basic norms by Trump and his cronies has pushed my diaries to the back burner, but now I’ve decided to... |
MorrellWI1983 | 11/01/2018 | 10 | 5 | - | - |
| Final 7.1 Earthquake Update: Farewell Ridgecrest and THANK YOU ALL Quick update to let you all know what’s going on while we still have Internet:
So we weren’t able to get a travel trailer at Camping World and if we’re going to get aid from Red Cross and Tzu Chi we need to leave the shelter today, but a Kossack has... |
Moody Loner | 07/21/2019 | 15 | 67 | - | - |
| Yellowstone 2016, getting there is half the fun? Not working out like I planned. It wasn’t that complicated a plan, take the travel trailer to work, leave Seattle around 2 Friday afternoon, travel 180 east to Moses Lake, spend the night there. Leave Saturday morning and head for Butte, MT a 6+ hour... |
markdd | 12/10/2017 | 46 | 44 | - | - |
| America's National Parks could be one week away from handing campgrounds over to private companies A reminder—if the hundreds of thousands of people now fleeing for their lives in Syria had not already made it clear—that even as he slides toward the gulf of impeachment, Donald Trump is still doing his best to destroy everything good on his way down.... |
Mark Sumner | 10/12/2019 | 165 | 289 | - | - |
| Photo Diary: Osceola National Forest, FL Some photos from a walk in Osceola National Forest, near Jacksonville FL.
One of the many hiking trails crisscrossing the ... |
Lenny Flank | 12/02/2017 | 18 | 13 | - | - |
| Photo Diary: Florida Everglades, Anhinga Trail OK, I confess—despite living in Florida for almost 20 years, I never visited the Everglades. So now that I am in Miami, I had to fix that.
The Everglades is in effect three separate parks, each ... |
Lenny Flank | 01/20/2018 | 14 | 14 | - | - |
| Vanlife: Cooking
As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ... |
Lenny Flank | 01/22/2019 | 21 | 28 | - | - |
| Vanlife: Electricity
As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ... |
Lenny Flank | 12/27/2018 | 49 | 61 | - | - |
| Vanlife: Entertainment
As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ... |
Lenny Flank | 02/19/2019 | 15 | 28 | - | - |
| Vanlife: Internet
As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ... |
Lenny Flank | 02/05/2019 | 19 | 29 | - | - |
| Vanlife: Laundry
As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ... |
Lenny Flank | 02/12/2019 | 11 | 24 | - | - |
| Vanlife: What's It All Cost?
As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ... |
Lenny Flank | 02/26/2019 | 22 | 26 | - | - |
| Vanlife: So What's My "Hashtag Vanlife!" REALLY Like?
As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ... |
Lenny Flank | 03/05/2019 | 21 | 38 | - | - |
| Photo Diary: Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, NH The Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, just outside Portsmouth NH, began as a municipal airport in the 1930s. In 1951 it was turned into the Pease Air Force Base run by the Strategic Air Command. ... |
Lenny Flank | 08/17/2019 | 12 | 15 | - | - |
| Mississippi Headwaters: Itasca State Park Photo Diary Minnesota’s Itasca State Park is one of the crown jewels of a state with an abundance of magnificent parks and wilderness areas. With its old-growth red and white pine forest, the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi and many other things to see and... |
idlemoments | 03/17/2018 | 7 | 16 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos: A new community for those who love camping liberally Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This community is envisioned as a place to share photos, favorite spots, general... |
idlemoments | 11/11/2017 | 43 | 31 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Creature Feature: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This community is envisioned as a place to share photos, favorite spots, general... |
idlemoments | 11/18/2017 | 13 | 10 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Open Thread: Giving thanks for public lands Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This community is envisioned as a place to share photos, favorite spots, general... |
idlemoments | 11/25/2017 | 15 | 7 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Open Thread: Where are you going next? Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This community is envisioned as a place to share photos, favorite spots, general... |
idlemoments | 12/02/2017 | 8 | 5 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Open Thread: No vacancy? Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This community is envisioned as a place to share photos, favorite spots, general... |
idlemoments | 12/10/2017 | 12 | 10 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Open Thread: What's Cooking? Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This community is a place to share photos, favorite spots, general tips on camping... |
idlemoments | 12/16/2017 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Open Thread: What's your Old Faithful? Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This is a place to share photos, favorite spots, general camping tips and to... |
idlemoments | 12/23/2017 | 21 | 4 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Weekend Open Thread Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This is a place to share photos, favorite spots, general camping tips and to... |
idlemoments | 12/30/2017 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos: Lake Superior's North Shore (Photo Diary) From Gooseberry Falls in the south, north to Grand Portage at the Canadian Border, Minnesota offers eight state parks sparkling like diamonds along 111 miles of the the North Shore of Lake Superior.
The parks provide beautiful views, easy access to... |
idlemoments | 01/06/2018 | 32 | 17 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Open Thread: Weather Report Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community group for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. It’s a place to share photos, favorite spots, general camping tips and to... |
idlemoments | 01/13/2018 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Photo Diary: Rocky Mountain National Park The National Park Services reports 4.5 million people visited Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) in 2017, making it the fourth-most visited park in the United States. That’s more visitors per year than Yellowstone, Glacier, Zion or Olympic national... |
idlemoments | 02/03/2018 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| Kamp Kos Open Thread: Where are you going camping next? A inch of new snow on the ground and temps in the 20s this morning makes the thought of going camping anytime soon seem ridiculous. But a few days of warm temps can turn that around quickly… and our popup tent trailer is coming out of storage in less... |
idlemoments | 03/31/2018 | 10 | 3 | - | - |
| Northwoods escape: Jay Cooke State Park (Photo Diary) With 9,000 acres of forests and streams, steep valleys and rock formations, and dramatic views of the St. Louis River as it churns its way to Lake Superior, Jay Cooke State Park is a great destination for camping or day tripping The park, established... |
idlemoments | 07/03/2018 | 19 | 11 | - | - |
| Photo Diary: Minnesota's Lake Vermillion - Soudan Underground Mine State Park A trip to Lake Vermillion — Soudan Underground Mine State Park offers a two-for-one deal: camping at Minnesota’s newest campground in old growth pine forests on a lake on the southern edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and an underground adventure... |
idlemoments | 10/20/2018 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| Photo Diary: Split Rock Lighthouse Split Rock Lighthouse is a museum operated by the Minnesota State Historical Society adjacent to a state park operated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. It’s located on the North Shore of Lake Superior, 20 miles north of Two Harbors,... |
idlemoments | 07/07/2019 | 16 | 25 | - | - |
| Minneopa State Park Photo Diary: Little bison on the prairie If you are looking for a camping home where the buffalo roam, then Minneopa State Park should be your Home on the Range. Seldom was heard a discouraging word about the State Park located near Mankato, in southern Minnesota, and the skies were not... |
idlemoments | 12/28/2019 | 13 | 28 | - | - |
| As Team Trump caters to big business and big profits, more national monuments are in the crosshairs The threat to our national monuments is not over. As Donald Trump gleefully shriveled the size of two national monuments previously designated by better and less stubby-fingered presidents, Team ... |
Hunter | 12/06/2017 | 13 | 61 | - | - |
| The Wilderness Experience: A Song to Sycamore Canyon and the Borderlands. I have made several trips to one of my favorite haunts, after the Chiricahua Mountains, Sycamore Canyon in the Pajarito Mountains of Arizona. I mentioned one of my trips there in an earlier diary (www.dailykos.com/...), but I went back several times... |
Desert Scientist | 07/01/2018 | 21 | 63 | - | - |
| Tongass National Forest: A Great National Treasure I stepped onto the small ferry that would take me from the cruise ship to Sitka. There I would meet our bird watching excursion leader. My wife and I had taken our younger daughter’s advice and took a cruise up to Alaska while we could still get around... |
Desert Scientist | 09/07/2019 | 7 | 29 | - | - |
| Ryan Zinke caused permanent damage to our country. We shouldn't forget that. When Donald Trump appointed Ryan Zinke to head the United States Department of the Interior, there was undoubtedly a meeting between the two men. Trump (who from all appearances has never visited a national park in his lifetime) would likely have... |
Dartagnan | 12/16/2018 | 86 | 158 | - | - |
| KosAbility: Beachin wheelchairs and adaptive camping sites Before jumping into a discussion on accessible summer action, here’s a reminder of our meeting coming up in two weeks on Sunday June 30th at 4pm PT. I’d also preview the topic for that meeting but haven’t decided yet. So check back next Sunday for the... |
Besame | 06/16/2019 | 48 | 27 | - | - |