We recently went to the Grand Canyon on vacation at the end of May – beginning of June of 2009 and thought it would be helpful to recommend the places/services that we thought had great “bang for your buck” and/or wonderful customer service. We went to and stayed at the North Rim as we have [...]
Continue Reading...The state of Florida has finally allowed open season on pythons. In case you don’t know, the large snake species in invading the state from the south up. Originating as escaped or freed pets in South Florida, the snake has populated the everglades and is expanding north into areas of Central Florida. The python threatens [...]
Continue Reading...As this video shows, Mexican jumping beans are real. Hope this isn’t what refried beans are made of.
Continue Reading...Amongst today’s headlines was an article about a boy surviving overnight by himself in the Utah woods and crediting the TV show “Man vs. Wild” for giving him the knowledge to make it through his ordeal. While I am happy that the child survived and was found, I can’t help to think that he was [...]
Continue Reading...This should come as not surprise, but very sad none the less. The ISRIC-World Soil Information, a soil research and education organization, has released a global land degradation study that says 25% of the world’s land and soil quantity is in bad shape and getting worse. I don’t doubt what this study has to say. [...]
Continue Reading...File this under “I did not know that”… Oracas, commonly known as Killer Whales, live in the Gulf of Mexico. While their populations are not large, they live miles offshore and feed off of Tuna and Dolphin. “Scientists believe the whales have been in the Gulf for years, Mullin said, and that their presence — [...]
Continue Reading...Discovery news is reporting on a fascinating new study that has been conducted on photos of trophy fish photographs from Key West. When viewing the photos over time, you can see the dramatic results over fishing has on both fish population and overall size. This goes to show that the most significant conservation efforts can [...]
Continue Reading...Discovery news has announced that the global warming theory is on hold. And by “on hold” they really mean that they can’t admit that they might be wrong. The article says “a cold winter, or a few strung together doesn’t mean the planet is cooling”. Well, that doesn’t exactly say it’s warming either, now does [...]
Continue Reading...I really like this guy! He has the gumption to speak the truth no matter what everyone else is trying to shove down our throats. Since he founded the Weather Channel, he probably knows what he’s talking about when it comes to weather. Go John Coleman!!! Which seems odd, because in the past few years, [...]
Continue Reading...Finally, another human being who has not “drank the kool-aid” when it comes to the whole “global warming” debate. I think there really are more people who don’t agree with the theory, but they don’t feel they can speak up due to being “smacked down” by the MANY that has been brain-washed by the media [...]
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