Way back in February we received a gift certificate to The Natural Gait, a set of cabins, camp spots and trails in NE Iowa. Howard and Donna Bright own this and The Ion Exchange, a native seed producing business. We arranged to meet Sharon and Mark Norlander from the Twin Cities there. City cousins and [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Anniversary Weekend – The Natural Gait
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anniversary weekend, NE Iowa, The Natural Gait on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sky Rangers and Hikers
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had great intentions of blogging each day. Ha! We have a.m. “off” and most of us did take short hikes and then returned to the motel to get ready. From 11 a.m. on, through a working lunch until 5 p.m. we were engaged and our brains feel like they are seeping out of our [...]
Sky Rangers – Bryce Canyon
Posted in Astronomy, Geology, tagged Astronomy, Bryce Canyon, Geology, Sky Rangers on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sun is rising in the East as the moon and morning planets retire. Red rock glows and pine sillouettes frame the sky. This is the beginning of adventures in Bryce Canyon, UT. We already have had quite the first day. Some “Sky Rangers” from the East Coast were up at two a.m. – in [...]
Astronomy From the Ground Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Astronomy on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monday early I am off to Bryce Canyon via Dallas, TX, and Las Vegas, NV then by van to the Canyon and dark night viewing. The participants seem really interesting as per their short bio-notes that each posted. So, I am packed and ready to go. Caught up on iGISST class and reading for the [...]
Autumn Fell On Us
Posted in Autumn, bunnies, tagged Animals on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wayne has it right – October has felt like November, so we skipped from August weather (in September) to November weather in October. Very mixed up! Snow on the ground for a few hours and then some really nice sun and a touch of warmth. Rich and I did the Sky Watch last night and [...]
Coastal Environmental Conference
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Coastal Environmental, Iowa, Mississippi River Museum on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Coastal in Iowa? Yes! Think about it. What river starts inland and feeds to the sea? How do goods get down from the Heartland and up from the Gulf? The Mississippi! Four high school home school students and I traveled to Dubuque, IA, for a Coastal Environmental conference September 24 and 25th. The Mississippi River [...]
Autumn in Iowa
Posted in Autumn, Iowa, rain, tagged Autumn, Cantril, Iowa, shopping on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our plans to camp flexed to a day trip to SE Iowa. On small roads circumnavigating Iowa City’s Football mania, we wound our way south. Bands of rain rolled through driving the temperatures down to 50 degrees and sometimes 48. It’s been this way almost since autumn began in September. A radical change from the [...]
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