50-foot diameter, perfect circular shape. Circumference dotted with large granite boulders. Surrounding our circle is a range of the bluest waters imaginable. Deep royals, rich navys, distant cornflowers, and endless azures. Our circle rises with only slight symmetrical convexity from which sprout dozens of fragrant evergreen trees. A padded pine leaf surface provides our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Canoeing’
Our Private Island (For A Few Days)
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Boating, Canoeing, Island, Minnesota, Voyaguers, Water-Based Park on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Conventional Wisdom at Big Thicket National Preserve
Posted in National Preserves, tagged Canoeing, Ecological, Endangered, Lawsuit, Oil, Texas on May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Conventional wisdom doesn’t work at Big Thicket National Preserve. Logic, ecological understandings, park boundaries, National Park Service protection, floral roles; throw these things out the window. Nothing here is as it seems. Everything collides in the thicket.
The land itself is a dark stew of mysterious swampland caused by the convergence of the southeastern swamplands, eastern [...]
Everglades National Park – Main Entrance
Posted in National Parks, tagged Alligators, Beach, Birdwatching, Canoeing, Crocodiles, Endanged Park, endangered species, Everglades, Florida, Kayaking, Manatee, National Park, Osprey on January 21, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Florida City, Fla.
Visited: January 21, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 133 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
At 1.5 million acres, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This review covers the areas of the park accessible through its main entrance located just outside Florida City, Fla. This stretch of road [...]
Everglades National Park – Gulf Coast
Posted in National Parks, tagged Alligator, Backcountry, Bald Eagle, Boating, Camping, Canoeing, Endangered, Everglades, Florida, great campsites, Kayaking, Mangroves, Porpoises, Water-Based Park, Wildnerness on January 4, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Everglades City, Fla.
Visited: January 4, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 133 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
At 1.5 million acres, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This review covers the northwestern portion of the Park; the area serviced by the Gulf Coast Visitor Center.
BEAUTY (8/10)
There are two routes through [...]
Voyageurs National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Bald Eagle, Birdwatching, Boating, Canoeing, Fishing, great campsites, Minnesota, National Park, Private Island, Voyageurs, Water-Based Park on June 4, 2004 | 2 Comments »
near International Falls, Minn.
Visited: June 4, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 51 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
A boreal forest ecosystem carved by Ice Age glacial action consisting of dozens of lakes and hundreds if not thousands of islands. Voyageurs NP is a water-based park. 84,000 acres of water, in fact. Hiking trails exist, but their [...]
Grand Portage National Monument
Posted in National Monument, tagged Canoeing, Costumed Rangers, French-Canadian, Great Rangers, Gunflint Trail, Highway 61, Isle Royale, Kid Friendly, Lake Superior, Minnesota, Moose, Native American, Rendezvous, Voyageurs, Wild Rice on June 2, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Grand Portage, Minn.
Visited: June 2, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 50 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
A reconstructed fort/trading village that includes a great hall, canoe building warehouse, and kitchen. Grand Portage lies at an important geographical place; the site that connected the Great Lakes and cities of the east to the fur trapping lands of [...]
Isle Royale National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Canoeing, great campsites, Hiking, Isle Royale, Isolation, Lake Superior, Michigan, Moose, National Park on May 26, 2004 | 2 Comments »
in Lake Superior
Visited: May 26, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 49 of 353
Local Website
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WHAT IS IT?
The largest Island in the world’s largest freshwater lake. Isle Royale NP is a World Heritage Biosphere. Isle Royale is an incredible 99% wilderness. The 1% includes only the Rangers’ living quarters, a [...]
