BruceAMayo  Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Diving off the western shore of the Big Island Hawaii, we came across a remarkable underwater scene.  A sea urchin was trying to escape a large conch. At 45 feet the water was crystal clear and warm. Visibility was unlimited. Whales could be heard calling in the distance. As the group surrounded the conch, the [...]

Love Denver Colorado  Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains of North America, at 14,443 feet. It is also the highest of the fourteeners in the State of Colorado. It is located in Lake County, approximately 10 miles southwest of Leadville. It lies within the San Isabel National Forest.
The mountain is named for Colorado statesman [...]

Love Denver Colorado  Monday, August 30, 2010

On Friday, April 30, 2010, I set out to Arapahoe Basin, CO with my skis, boots, poles and Apple iPhone. The slope-side edge of the parking lot at Arapahoe Basin (A-Basin) is referred to as “The Beach”. Folks come out with their grills and dogs and have a blast. I originally brought my iPhone to [...]

Neilson  Saturday, August 28, 2010

If you love elk hunting, you will love red stag hunting.  Take an animal that is a kissing cousin of our Rocky Mountain elk, add a south of the Equator touch and add a boat-load of points on top, and you’ve got a great outdoor eXperience.  I did this hunt during my spring break from [...]

DJ  Saturday, August 28, 2010

In September of 2006 we headed to Deer Lodge, Mt. for an archery Elk/Deer hunt.  Nonresident Archery Elk hunts in Montana are selected via a draw system and we were blessed to get tags on our first ever try.  We hunted in Unit 202.  We had 4 hunters in our group and we stayed in [...]

Neilson  Friday, August 27, 2010

After arrowing my first wild boar of my spring break, I climbed back into my stand and got ready for the rest of the evening.  The first boar lay dead to the right of my stand about 15 yards away.  The wind was in my face from the south and I still had about an [...]

DJ  Thursday, August 26, 2010

The four of us went for a day hike in April 2010 to Brown County State Park.  We chose trail #10 called the Fire Tower Trail which is a 2.2 mile loop trail.  This trail is listed as rugged and the trail head is located directly behind the fire tower.
The trail take you up and down [...]

DJ  Monday, August 23, 2010

Picking a Hunting Outfitter
By Mike E. Neilson
How do you wade through the thousands of outfitters across the country and around the world to find one that fits your needs?  Well, you could simply pick one out of a hunting magazine and be done with it or you can spend a little time and help ensure [...]

Neilson  Sunday, August 22, 2010

While most folks think about heading toward the beach and exotics places, I headed down to southern Oklahoma to reload my freezer with some fresh wild pork.  I was fortunate to catch in invitation from a buddy of mine who had booked the camp with some fellow archers from Colorado.  I picked a stand opposite [...]

Shawn  Saturday, August 21, 2010

Every year I go Elk hunting in Colorado.  This particular year was slow on the Elk side, so my friend and I took our quads and rode the logging roads through the mountains.  We started at our campground, the North Park KOA , which sits at the entrance to Colorado State Forrest.   These roads take [...]

Shawn  Saturday, August 21, 2010

Every year I take a trip to Gould, Colorado for Elk hunting.  We don’t use a guide.  We stay at the KOA Kampground right at the entrance to the Colorado State Forrest.  This will be my 20th year to go.  We see sign Elk every year, but have not been very successful at actually getting [...]

Roger Lucas  Monday, August 16, 2010

Group of 16 went to Holiday Valley Ski Area in western New York(about an hour south of Buffalo).   This is a great family ski area.  There are three lodges at the base of the hill. Although the vertical drop is only 750′ (much less than areas out west), it is larger than anything in the [...]

Gatormom  Monday, August 2, 2010

We were in Charlotte North Carolina for NSA Softball Nationals the end of July 2010.  Charlotte is home to more than just NASCAR as we were surprised to find the U.S National Whitewater Center.  This is a man-made facility created to train Olympic athletes in rafting, kayaking and other water sports.  Very cool place in [...]