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Exploring Devil's Backbone - Charlestown, IN

Thomas and I spent a gorgeous spring Sunday paddling up the Ohio River from the Charlestown State Park boat ramp to Fourteenmile Creek, Rose Island and the mysterious Devil’s Backbone. Legend has it that the Welsh Prince Madoc built a stone fort overlooking the Ohio River at this location. Here’s an old map [...]

Check out the Event Calendar

Just a quick note to remind you to check out the event calendar. I added a number of new programs to January, February, and March the past few days.

If I didn’t have to work that weekend, I’d go to the Winter Adventure Weekend at Carter Caves State Park January 29-31. [...]

A Native Christmas Gift

If you’re looking for an unusual yet native Christmas gift, check out the pens made by my friend Carl Suk. He uses native Kentucky woods for his creations. The one pictured below, however, is sort of a gag pen he made for me out of Tree of Heaven (a notorious invasive tree). [...]