Category: hiking, outdoors, photography. pictures, nature, mountains

  • Americana- July 4th Fireworks, Family and Friends

    Americana- July 4th Fireworks, Family and Friends

    My family has been celebrating the fourth of July for many years at a pool party with friends, family and lots of fireworks. My dad loved fireworks and would always drive down to South Carolina or have someone bring some back from the beach to shoot off at the party. He would sit on the…

  • Americana: Saturday Night Skating

    Americana: Saturday Night Skating

    There are not many things that have remined the same since I grew up back in the 1970’s and early 80’s. Most of the classic Americana things I remember have slowly went away as the world had evolved and technology has changed. Sunday afternoon I attended my great nieces birthday party and as I sat…

  • Spirit Chronicles: The Escaped Murderer

    Many years ago when I was in college my roommate and I were back in the mountains doing some Saturday morning trout fishing. We were down this long dirt road about seven miles off the main highway back in the woods working this little creek that had small but numerous brown and rainbow trout in…

  • Spirit Chronicles: Mom, Aunt Beona, Grandmother and The Old Camping Cabin

    Last night I dreamed that I was at a camping ground staying in an old wooden structure and my mom and aunt were with me sitting around a camp fire relaxing. There was another older spirit there which is one of my spirit guides. This lady has long silver hair, is very pretty and in…

  • Spirit Chronicles: The Dancing Man, The Rock Cross and Feeding People

    Spirit Chronicles: The Dancing Man, The Rock Cross and Feeding People

    I was walking along a beautiful mountain road looking at all the wonderful sites. The trees were full of wonderful colored leaves which signified to me it was late fall because that is when the leaves change and is one of my favorite times of the year to visit. I came around a bend on…

  • Spirit Chronicles: The Old Haunted Mansion

    Spirit Chronicles: The Old Haunted Mansion

    When I was 16 years old a group of friends and I decided we would go and check out an old mansion that no one lived in since the early 1900’s. This old mansion at one time was on the main wagon trail and was an overnight stop for people traveling on the wagon trails.…

  • Spirit Chronicles: The Hairy Men and the Dog

    Spirit Chronicles: The Hairy Men and the Dog

    When I was nine years old some friends and I were playing down on a small creek riding our bikes, looking for a shallow swimming hole and just being boys. We got deep into the woods and one of my friends had a huge dog named Cowboy. He was so big you could ride him…

  • Americana: Fishing The Local Creek

    Americana: Fishing The Local Creek

    Growing up my brothers and I fished in small creeks around our house. We never found that huge fish much bigger than a small mouth bass but seen lots of them swimming in the creeks. We would gather our poles and tackle box and ride our bikes down to the creek a mile or so…

  • Dreams and Goals: Five Years From Now

    Dreams and Goals: Five Years From Now

    I often imagine where my wife and I will be five years from now. Will we be fully retired, working, traveling, living at the beach or in the mountains? These are just a few of the thoughts I have when I think about that question. To see where we may be five years from now…

  • Health: Eight Ways To Avoid Getting Sick Post Covid

    Health: Eight Ways To Avoid Getting Sick Post Covid

    Like millions of people I had the Covid-19 virus and was in the hospital in pretty bad shape. It took a toll on my overall health and made me really consider how I would go forward protecting myself from viruses like Covid, the Flu bug and other communicable diseases. I have always been a daily…

  • Health: 10 Things To Do At Home To Have Fun and Relax

    Health: 10 Things To Do At Home To Have Fun and Relax

    Today we are talking about things to do at home to chill, relax and enjoy family time. At the end of a long work week or day we often need to just chill out, rest and relax. Finding things that make your life more relaxing and fun is important to good mental, physical and spiritual…

  • Americana: Why Carry A Pocket Knife

    Americana: Why Carry A Pocket Knife

    Rarely do I leave my house without a pocket knife. I have a large collection of them that have accumulated through the years from collecting and buying them. My daughters buy them for me on my birthday and at Christmas time. I see them in stores and shops and snag them up for a few…