What's this???  Where did it come from, and why was it being launched now??? One minute we were merrily sitting there, scouting Belf...

 Here's an interesting tidbit for an icy day...did you know that the hippocampus of a black capped chickadee grows over 30% as winter ...

     As I rummaged through the collection of clutter which makes up our estate, (looking for a decent calculator) I happened to glance up at...

Winter nights are perfect for reviewing old photos.  These pictures come from my grandfather's collection.  In the early 40's he sig...

Ever put your hand in ice water?    It can be painful, enough so that Mythbusters used keeping a hand in ice water as their test for abili...

A few other folks who wrote in about places to paddle in Florida: Baffinpaddler noted that she too had tried a mangrove trail and found i...

Heavy rain and above freezing temperatures cleared the ice from the Penobscot so we could sneak in one more paddle. And look, the river ha...

    When we decided to drive north to Crystal River, my first thought was, this time we're going to have a real adventure, this time w...