Alberta, Canada is a huge producer of beef. Farms stretch mile upon mile in great green expanses with an occasional fence dividing properties containing the herds. The rolling plains that are the farms are dotted with little pump houses that very quietly make Alberta...
Bill Ahearn
Kathryn Wood Joins Remarkable Journeys
I am pleased to introduce Kathryn Louise Wood as a full-time member of the Remarkable Journeys team. (In June of 2010, Kate became Remarkable Journeys’ long distance content editor, based in Virginia Beach, VA.) She is an award-winning photographer and long-time...
Mystery odor from your trailer bathroom?
Look before you pour...A wasp nest became a perfectly positioned cap for our trailer bathroom vent pipe. After trying gallons of different smell preventers: I tried a practical solution, logical thinking, and a ladder. Carefully I pushed a bent wire down the pipe and...
Lakota Sioux Culture: Sacred Buffalo Symbol of the Divine and the Medicine Wheel
Since being a small boy (Cub Scout,) I have enjoyed Native American legends and stories. Our Cub Pack was once visited by a “real” Indian Chief in full Indian dress. This chief demonstrated dances and words; then told a story of Indian boys struggling to become strong...
The Corn Palace, a town tradition in the spirit of county fairs, not so corny as one might think.
One might imagine that the Corn Palace is “corny”—but in reality its magic gathers the townspeople of Mitchell together in a most unique way. Mitchell, South Dakota is the farm country home of the original Corn Palace. The people of the town are enthusiastic, as well...
Johnny Finsher
My Pal, Johnny Finsher is a cancer survivor I met at St. George Island in Florida. Several years ago he was given only months to live. He walks 3-5 miles a day, watches diet: healthy as a horse!
Frank Horton
Frank Horton is retired. He is a woodworker I met in Alabama at Talladaga National Forest. He was asked to create a miniature grand piano to contain the ashes of the personal Pianist of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain. Frank is some guy.
Pebble Mountain Campground Tornado
April 28, 2011, Chuckey, TN - Down the road from Pebble Mountain Campground, I watched the owners of this tornado-tipped mobile home walk on the ceiling trying to salvage their property the morning after.
Tennessee Tornadoes: Whence cometh the wind?
At 10:30 p.m. Larry approaches my camper door saying, “We are moving into the pavilion for safety. The weather reports a tornado warning for towns of Chuckey and Greeneville in a path that could easily lead to us.” My experience with tornadoes is nil, while Larry...
The Storm of a Lifetime—April 4, 2011 Talladega National Forest, Alabama
"Batten down the hatches, Matey!" as the old saying goes. All the signs and predictions called for a sodbuster of a lightning-thunder storm, slated to begin its performance about 9 p.m. central time on Monday, April 4, 2011. In the Talladega National Forest, the only...
