Wildlife – Page 6 – Make Like An Ape Man

Splendid Isolation

Posted by Duwan Posted on April 9, 2020 4 Comments

Posted in Arizona, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged Arizona, birding, Birds, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, gila monster, National Wildlife Refuge, Sunset, Wildflowers, Wildlife

March 23 – 26, 2020. We had to go. We had been spending a good bit of time since arriving in Tucson at the beginning of February camped out on our friends’, Julie and Jason, vacant lot catching up on…

It’s A Wild Wild Life 2

Posted by Duwan Posted on March 31, 2020 10 Comments

Posted in Arizona, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged Birds, desert, museum, Tucson, Wildlife, Wildlife Refuge, zoo

February 24 & March 9 – 11, 2019. I believe that I have mentioned that Greg (and subsequently I) has taken up the hobby of birding. It is a quite timely hobby in this era of COVID-19. A friend recently…

Borderlands

Posted by Duwan Posted on March 9, 2020 10 Comments

Posted in Coahuila, Mexico, National Park Service, Texas, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged American Indians, Birds, Cave Paintings, dam, Fossils, Goats, hiking, Hot spring, Kayak, Kayaking, Old West, reservoir, Rio Grande, texas state park, Wildlife

January 25 – February 1, 2020. Here is a tale… Illegal activity was being conducted in the middle of the Rio Grande south of Langtry, TX in 1896. A sand bar had been converted into a small arena and Ruby…

Birds & Wildlife on the Coast of Texas

Posted by Duwan Posted on February 21, 2020 8 Comments

Posted in National Park Service, Texas, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged Birds, Kayaking, Nature, Nature Hike, Wildlife

January 5 – 23, 2020. I believe I have mentioned before that Greg has decided to become a birder. We did a little birder intro talk/walk when we were at Davis Bayou in Mississippi this past December. Later that month…

On to New Orleans

Posted by Duwan Posted on February 12, 2020 1 Comment

Posted in Louisiana, Mississippi, National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged black history, Hike, Holiday Celebration, Louisianna Tradition, National Park, new orleans, NPS, Plantation, Science Center, Wildlife

December 18 – 24, 2019. I may have mentioned before that I have a niece, Ariadne, who lives in New Orleans. Whenever we pass by her way we stop to visit. We always do something fun and completely different from…

It’s A Wild Wild Life

Posted by Duwan Posted on January 20, 2020 6 Comments

Posted in Mississippi, National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged Alligators, Birds, Kayaking, National Park Service, Turtles, van life, vanlife, Wildlife

December 14 – December 16, 2019. I may have mentioned before that I have started planning where we go by just looking at Google Maps. I find that the green blobs on the map are usually interesting – being national…

The Apalachicola National Forest

Posted by Duwan Posted on January 8, 2020 10 Comments

Posted in Florida, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged boondocking, Free Camping, Geological Area, hiking, Kayaking, National Forest, Trees, Wildlife

November 19 – December 8, 2019. We spent almost 3 weeks wandering around the Apalachicola National Forest area. It is a beautiful forest of tall pines, palmetto bushes, cypress swamps, rivers, wildlife, and interesting geological phenomena. There are opportunities to…

Into the Sierra Gorda

Posted by Greg Posted on March 18, 2019 4 Comments

Posted in Mexico, Querétaro, Travel On The Dirt Tagged Jalpan, Kayaking, Missions, Overlanding, Overlanding Mexico, Presa, Sierra Gorda, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wildlife

February 26 – 28, 2019. Sierra Gorda is a 95 square mile biosphere reserve spreading into four Mexican states. The terrain here is rugged. There are many waterfalls. And there are caves from which thousands of birds leave in the…