May 3, 2017 | Great Outdoors, What's Happening, Wildlife
I’ve been playing around with the motion detection setting on my DBPower EX5000 camera (what I call my Faux Pro). On Saturday afternoon I used my handy-dandy flexible tripod to mount the camera to the bird feeder shepard’s hook. That day I got some decent...
Mar 22, 2016 | Kayaking, What's Happening
In February Jason and I took a wonderfully relaxing two-week vacation. We got to do many exciting things between our week in South Carolina and our week in Florida, but kayaking with the manatees was one of the highlights of the trip. (I’ll post more about the...
Nov 5, 2015 | Kayaking, What's Happening
Tuesday late afternoon I took my first solo kayak outing at Lake Jericho. There was only one other kayaker on the lake and he was fishing. I think it was the most peaceful trip I’ve ever taken out there. It was nice to paddle around leisurely and watch the...
Oct 5, 2015 | Kayaking, What's Happening
Yesterday was a gorgeous fall day in the mid 70’s with the sun shining bright and a nice breeze blowing all day. Christina and I decided to try out a new kayaking spot in Shelbyville, Ky called Shelby Lake. It’s a small 20 acre fishing lake in a Clear...
Aug 10, 2015 | Kayaking, What's Happening
This past weekend we tried some moving water kayaking at The Parklands of Floyds Fork. We put in at Creekside and paddled to the Fisherville takeout. The water, running at 94 CFS, was up just enough for us to do a four mile run without having to walk the kayaks over...
Jul 13, 2015 | Kayaking, What's Happening
Yesterday we decided to try out a new kayaking location with the McDowell’s in Shelbyville, Ky called Guist Creek Lake. It is a 317 acre lake primarily used for fishing, but it also has a water skiing area to the left of the marina and a great kayaking area to...
