Charles W. Moore

Indiana State Parks

With 25 state parks to chose from in Indiana it can be hard to decide which one you want to visit. Many offer unique features and if you and your family enjoy exploring outdoors you’re probably looking for which ones to add to your bucket list. Whether you’re camping for a week, planning a day trip to hike, or searching for a weekend getaway, this list of Indiana State Parks for families will make sure you’re headed towards your next adventure.

“The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves” – John Muir

Not a state park but still an area to investigate is The Limberlost Swamp in the eastern part of the present-day U.S. state of Indiana was a large, nationally known wetlands region with streams that flowed into the Wabash River. It originally covered 13,000 acres (53 km²) of present-day Adams and Jay counties. Parts of it were known as the Loblolly Marsh, based on a word by local Native Americans for the sulphur smell of the marsh gas. The wetlands had mixed vegetation and supported a rich biodiversity, significant for local and migrating birds and insects, as well as other animals and life.

Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Best of Indiana State Parks

This Land is your Land – NOT

Brad Wilson is following a forest trail and scanning the dusky spaces between the fir trees for signs of movement. The black handle of a .44 Magnum juts prominently from his pack. If he stumbles on a startled bear at close range, the retired sheriff’s deputy wants to know the gun is within quick reach, in case something stronger than pepper spray is needed. Wilson isn’t the type who likes to take chances; he’s the type who plans ahead.

Before setting foot on this path, he unfolded a huge U.S. Forest Service map and reviewed the route, Trail 267. He put a finger at the trailhead, which was next to a ranger’s station, then traced its meandering path into the Crazy Mountains, a chain in south-central Montana that’s part of the northern Rockies. Like many of the trails and roads that lead into U.S. Forest Service land, Trail 267 twists in and out of private properties. These sorts of paths have been used as access points for decades, but “No Trespassing” signs are popping up on them with increasing frequency, along with visitors’ logs in which hikers, hunters, and Forest Service workers are instructed to sign their names, tacitly acknowledging that the trail is private and that permission for its use was granted at the private landowners’ discretion.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/this-land-is-no-longer-your-land

Death on the High Seas

A ruling Monday by a Los Angeles federal judge, if followed by others, it could offer the cruise line something of a safe harbor under the Death on the High Seas Act. The century-old federal law limits payouts for survivors to “pecuniary” damages.
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Here is a another view: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_on_the_High_Seas_Ac

You can do your own search but here is another: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/46/subtitle-III/chapter-303

On the way south

Here resides a few places we just have to see on trips south to Alabama in future whatever Fall/Winter:

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Method: Deconstructing Racism

A TED Talks: That 16 minutes that went by in a flash. Also, not too aggressive, humorous in a dark and light sort of way, carried a message, easily understood and simple and I will remember it. Thank you RL & Baratunde.

Baratunde Thurston explores the phenomenon of white Americans calling the police on black Americans who have committed the crimes of … eating, walking or generally “living while black.” In this profound, thought-provoking and often hilarious talk, he reveals the power of language to change stories of trauma into stories of healing — while challenging us all to level up.

Baiting Deer

Michigan Campsite Helper

We loved to boat on Lake Michigan and now we love camping there.  However, it is not always easy to find a camp site and even harder to find an open spot.  If you use the link below this will assist you tremendously.

CONTACT INFO

PHONE

phone1-800-447-2757 (1-800-44PARKS)

MAIL

mail Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation DivisionP.O. Box 30257, Lansing, Michigan, USA 48909

This website does it all.

For the RV’er

How to use a portable waste water “Tote” tank. If you want to stay at your primitive campsite more than 3 days± then you need one of these pesky, somewhat smelly things.

Remember the cardinal rule – do not overfill. They hold about 25 gallons of blackwater. Chose one with big, wide wheels of convert yours to big wide wheels. They hold about 25 gallons US.

https://banbrv.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-to-use-portable-waste-water-tote.html?fbclid=IwAR3vrzsrKE5kHxYfBcByHWNLCDE4zRnbDF1l3imktijLzhMktsvAB3xTFqk

The New Yorker

“Donald Trump is trying to transform the election from a referendum on his own abject performance to a contest centered on radical Democrats and unrest in the streets.”

Professional writers are so much better than myself at expressing themselves and saying what I would like to say much more succinct. The first paragraph says exactly what I think. It always amazes me these days that his cult of trump does not see this and abandon him.

A guy I know came up to me they other day and said “I do not know how the USA would survive if Joe Biden is elected”. While giving him a non-committal, placating sort of an answer that I was not that sure. However, all the time I was thinking that the exact opposite was true – If Trump gets elected I do not see how the USA will survive fully intact.

This post will do nothing change minds or results but I have recorded my thoughts just to remind me that this is my thought for the moment.

Michigan Camping Sites

I came across this really nifty camping site finder for northern Michigan and I thought I would pass it on and bookmark it here:

Midweek camping is a just a click away

With the click of a button, you can find midweek camping destinations still available Aug. 30-Sept. 3. This is perfect for last-minute planners or anyone wanting to add more adventure to their already-planned trip.

As the busy holiday weekend approaches, there are still plenty of camping opportunities at many state parks and recreation areas! These are links for central Michigan and southern Michigan.

I find the Twitter DNR site to be informative and within the tweet there are many other Michigan links.