Outdoors

About my interests in the outdoors: nature, hiking, cycling, kayaking, etc.

Meeting of Great Minds

This important meeting started yesterday evening. Things didn’t start to break up until noon today. UPDATE 8/17 – they went back to their huddle for most of today and late this evening spread out again although tonight I could only find five of them. Friend Sue sent this link about the harvestmen – kind of […]

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Birds!

I always wondered if birds sought out places that made their singing sound better like musicians do. The first one is a wren perched just outside the Bryan Center parking deck on Duke West Campus. The song reverberates through the entire parking deck. The second one is singing just above the courtyard of the nursing

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Haw River Paddling

The Haw River Canoe and Kayak Co. provide rental and guided trips and shuttle service on the Haw River, NC. This map shows the paddle access points and dams on the Haw River. For trip information or reservations call 336-260-6465 or go to www.hawrivercanoe.com View Haw River Canoe and Kayak Co. trips in a larger

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MS Society Historic New Bern Bike Tour Ride Report 2011

My 5th year riding to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This year I rode a total of 180 miles in 2 days and 27 donors gave over $1100 to support my effort. Overall there were over 2400 riders in this event raising about 1.6 million dollars (total figures not in yet) to help find a cure for and to directly support the over 5200 people in our part of the state who are living with MS. Some of these people are close friends and many we have come to know from doing these yearly rides.

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