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Recreation is important for dogs too!

Woof Woof! Bark Bark! Man's best friend they call them. I had a great dog for 13 and a half years and I miss…

While engaging in aquatic recreation in Florida watch out for Nile Crocodiles

Never smile at a crocodile! So goes the saying, and that is very true, because to them you may look like a meal. I…

Tanker Surfing!

How gnarly is this? Sufers in Galveston Bay in Texas have found a way to take advantage of the wake created by oil tankers…

Whale Watching in Kenai Fjords National Park

This is from my father. Yesterday (Thursday) we went to Seward, and took a boat tour of Kenai Fjords, a national park which you…

First Hike to Blue Hole Falls in 5 years

Yesterday I woke up in the North Georgia mountains and decided to do something I had not done in about half a decade, go…

Altitude, over 1075 feet above Fourth Ward Park

It sure has been a while since I last made a post. I used to have two kites, sadly The Spirit of Saint George…

Summer Hike at Constitution Lakes Park

Just the other day I took my first hike at Constitution Lakes in a long time. It is a place I have long liked…

Why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

It's cramped. Five grown men inside a space that looks to be made for three. The roaring of the engine is deafening. A slight…

Sledding at Candler Park

During last weeks snow storm I went to my favorite place in Atlanta on snowy days, Candler Park. I first came here back in…

Night Skiing

Night skiing deserves a quiet night. Although I take liberties with the original R.E.M. lyric, night skiing does, in fact, deserve a quiet night.…