“Camping float trip, that is where I want you to take me before I go to school.” Katie, my 18 year-old college bound oldest child, made a request that I could not refuse. Down to one of the last few weekends before she goes, we scheduled an overnight float and camping trip on the Meramec…
After a crazy busy month and a half of travel and overloaded work schedules, the McCaslin crew finally found a Sunday basically freed up from any other responsibilities and decided to hit the trail. The target was the Scour Trail at Johnson Shut-ins State Park. HISTORY: In 2005, the Upper Taum Sauk Reservoir collapsed, suddenly…
I really didn’t know anything about Zion National Park or the Narrows. I knew it was in Utah, and have seen some pretty amazing photos from there, but that is about the extent of it. Dan Klein (www.mythreefiftynine.com), had been there and insisted that we spend at least a day there as part of our…
It was a chore walking into the woods to retrieve SD cards this go around. I had not been on the property for a month, and boy did the vegetation fill in! A few large trees had fallen over the “path” in, and clearly every spider in the county set up shop along the same…
June was in fact in interesting month as far as birds go for me. I spent time in the Ozarks, as well as in the Grand Canyon and the gulf coast of Florida. All these destinations led to some extraordinary birds, even if I did dip on the California Condor and somehow still can’t seem…
I always like the brisk mountain mornings in the middle of the hot summer. Knowing that the sun will heat it up by noon but still be humidity free makes it ideal to spend the day outside in the beauty that God created. We started at the trailhead in long sleeves and jackets and…
