By Mary Fairchild (Dungeness ; Cumberland Island.) It was just a year ago that I had first stumbled across some ancient scattered shells by the Carnegie Ruins on Cumberland Island and couldn’t stop thinking about them… Cultural ecology is a map of relationships between living things and their group dynamics over time. The Dungeness Historic District on Cumberland Island(pictured) and the…
Category: Kayak/Hike/Travel
St. Patrick’s Day: Kayaking on the Chicago River
By Mary Fairchild My daughter and I had a bird’s-eye view as we were herded over the bridges along with some 350,000 others who came out for the annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities including the dyeing of the Chicago River this past Saturday. The paddle tour was organized by Paddle & Trail, Geneva Kayak, and CASKA (Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Assoc.). Kayak instructor Mark…
Georgia’s Coast: Tidal Flat Ecosystems, Ancient History, and Stewardship
By Mary Fairchild (Razor sharp clusters of oysters exposed during low tide at Skidaway Narrows across from Skidaway Island State Park.) Once a narrow, shallow tidal creek, Skidaway Narrows is now dredged and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway which stretches from Virginia to Florida and on the Gulf side all the way around…
Climbing Devils Tower in June With Andy Petefish
By Mary Fairchild “Mary Reaching”; picture by Andy Petefish “To me, climbing lifts my spirits more than any other activity… When I climb the tower and I get up on top there, I’m fully engaged with nature, and I’m actually feeling it and touching it and wedging my body into it.” Andy Petefish, Devils Tower, Wyoming…
While Vacationing in the Dells
By Mary Fairchild DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFLER MAN? LAKELESS LAKE DELTON HOLIDAY SHORES KAYAKING WISCONSIN’S INDIAN MOUNDS WITH ROSS M. CURRY Do you know the Muffler Man? Roadside statues came to be in the latter half of the 20th century when the West opened up to the middle class as a vacation destination. These large statues where…