Archive for May, 2008
Utah’s First National Park, Zion
Massive canyon walls ascend toward a brilliant blue sky. To experience Zion, you need to walk among the towering cliffs, or challenge your courage in a small narrow canyon. These unique sandstone cliffs range in color from cream, to pink, to red. They could be described as sand castles crowning desert canyons.
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Daily Quote by Maria Mitchell
Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.
-Maria Mitchell
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Memorial Day BBQ
What’s better then a Memorial Day BBQ
Following are some American favorites for the opening of the summer BBQ season. Enjoy!
Main Menu
Cheeseburgers With Grilled Onion
Beef Burger with a Twist
BBQ Hot Dogs
BBQ Beef Kabobs
Memphis Style Bbq Ribs
Simple BBQ Chicken
Easy barbecue sauce
Side Dishes
Boston Baked Beans
Bacon Wrapped Corn-on-the-Cob
Grilled Vegetable Platter
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Daily Quote by Lee Greenwood
MEMORIAL DAY 2008
And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free, and I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me and [...]
Daily Quote by William O. Douglas
A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness.
-William O. Douglas
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CAMPING OUT…..by Charles Dudley Warner
…..In the Wilderness
By Charles Dudley Warner 1829-1900
It seems to be agreed that civilization is kept up only by a constant
effort: Nature claims its own speedily when the effort is relaxed.
If you clear a patch of fertile ground in the forest, uproot the
stumps, and plant it, year after year, in potatoes and maize, you [...]
Daily Quote by Finis Mitchell
“We don’t stop hiking because we grow old, we grow old because we stop hiking.” — Finis Mitchell,
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The Big Open that’s hard to get to but easy to get lost in.
BLM PUBLIC LANDS
Multiple-Use
The public lands are not dedicated only to recreation, rather their historical value involved mostly commodity production – products like livestock grazing, mineral production, and utility rights-of-way. National legislation directs the BLM to manage these lands for multiple uses. These are not parklands, but many areas instead provide the chance to [...]
What is GeoCacheing?
Do you remember such games as hide and seek or perhaps Easter egg hunting as a kid? Well, think of GeoCacheing as an all grown up adult version of them. Someone hides some economical items in a container; this is the Cache, and then posts its GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) coordinates on [...]
Team of specially trained meteorologists positioned in Florida to support wildfire operations
The National Weather Service (NWS) has positioned a team of specially trained meteorologists in Florida to provide on-site microscale weather forecasts for firefighters. This unique NWS group is comprised of experienced fire weather forecasters, known [...]
