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Monthly Archives: May 2021
Beautiful Country, Wrong Address
A large truck hauling tires jack-knifed on the country road where I reside. I stopped to assist, and the mildly distraught driver scratched his head and looked at the back end of his rig that had fallen into a serious … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, fly fishing, Genesee River, nature, nymphing, Pine Creek, Seth Green, Spring, sunrise, timber rattlesnake, writing, wrong address
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Quiet Silver Streams
Following a full week of hiking, birding, and visiting such places as the Genesee River Trail (WAG Trail, NY), the Golden Eagle Trail (PA), and the coastal trails of Block Island (RI), it was good to return from these rewarding … Continue reading
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Tagged Block Island, fishing, hiking, Izaak Walton, May, northern PA, psychology, self education, small streams, study, The Compleat Angler, trout, writing
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Climbing
Our muscles tighten and our lungs adjust, whether we seek the headwaters for trout because the lowlands have been flooded, or whether we lift our feet and pull with our arms along a skyline scramble for a special view that … Continue reading
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Tagged challenges, climbing, kettle, Kettle Creek, Native Americans, nature, oxbow, perspectives, poetry, Rapidan, wildness, writing
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Rivertop Rambles 