MANCHESTER, Iowa — Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa's Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in the water to swing the front of her boat into the air. She loves to spend her days performing whitewater kayaking acrobatics that dunk her body ...
“May is the month of promise and the sweet beginnings of summer.” — Unknown Some of the promises of May are still being delivered, but a quick look around finds green leaves on trees, hummingbirds, baby bunnies, packed beach parking lots and other clear signs that summer is at hand. ...
“You belong among the wildflowers, you belong somewhere close to me, far away from trouble and worry, you belong somewhere you feel free.” — Tom Petty Once the door of my Jeep shuts behind me, I can sense the pulse of this place. There’s almost a heartbeat that I can feel or ...
Here is the weekly bulletin sent out by the Michigan DRN on Wednesday afternoon: • Marquette — Brown trout continued to be consistent with both boat anglers and river anglers in the Chocolay River. In the lower harbor, the coho salmon bite remained hit or miss, but there were a good ...
“I want to fly like an eagle to the sea, fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me,” – Steve Miller My roughouts hit the dirt and I started to walk. Almost immediately, I could sense that the rhythm of everything around me had changed, shifted. From the urgency and immediacy of ...
“Warm summer sun, shine kindly here.” – Mark Twain Every once in a while, the sun does come out, and it does make an incredible difference in the entire “feel” of the day. Spring has continued to fashion many of its days around clouds – lots of clouds, but the occasional days of ...
