Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Natural Bridge of Arkansas

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Roger

We took a one-day road trip to visit some antique stores and to eat at a restaurant that had bene recommended to us. On the way, we saw signs for Natural Bridge of Arkansas and so, always ready for tourist … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Go Home Again (because other people live there now)

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Roger

On the way home from Wisconsin, we stayed a night in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, close to where we lived for 18 years. We got a surprisingly good rate on a room at a new and fancy Hampton Inn … Continue reading →

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Five Days Up North

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Roger

We rented a cabin in the Oaken Bucket Resort on Thunder Lake in Rhinelander. While it was actually in town, the resort was on a peninsula and felt a lot remoter than it was. We were about five miles from … Continue reading →

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Bird #601 – American Flamingo

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Roger

phoenicopterus (from Greek, red-winged) ruber (Latin, red) Adams County, Wisconsin – Pentenwell Lake Sunday, October 8, 2023 – 1:18 pm In my last post, I reported my failed trip to Alabama to see American Flamingos that were blown there by … Continue reading →

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Lake Michigan from the Indiana Dunes

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Roger

We spent a day with our niece and her husband in Porter County, Indiana. They live about a mile from Lake Michigan, surrounded by sections of Indiana Dunes National Park. During the day we went to the lake shore two … Continue reading →

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