Exploring and Wandering
The Christmas Season
The Christmas Season Augie’s Adventures is about living a fulfilling life, a life filled with experiences and adventure. That includes bad experiences and misadventures, for without bitter, the sweet is not so sweet. The following is not a typical Augie’s Adventure story, but as the Christmas season quickly approaches, I feel compelled to relate a … Continue reading
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A Sunday Hike in the Snow
Enjoying a Hike in the First Snow of the Season In the morning the first snow fall of the season accumulated and the brisk winds blew. I went for a hike. The beginning of each season is the most sought. By March, I’ll be aching for the warming sun, but today I reveled the raw … Continue reading
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Tacoma Slides Off The Trail
The intentions were good. The results not so much. While on a recent bear and deer hunt in Western Maryland, I went out to glass for bear in an old clear cut and take a few photos of an old abandoned cemetery, when the trail bit the Tacoma.
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Paddling the Batsto River at Wharton State Forest NJ
Wharton State Forest float trip down the Batsto River When I first started to research the New Jersey Pine Barrens and the Wharton State Forest in New Jersey, I was pleasantly intrigued by the blue lines marking creeks and the little launch site symbols on the Wharton State Forest map. My excitement grew even more … Continue reading
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A Story Worth Living – Movie Review
A Story Worth Living At a very pivotal point in my life I read the book “Wild At Heart” by John Eldredge. Or maybe that time in my life became pivotal because of reading “Wild at Heart.” Either way, when I arrived at the theater last evening to watch the special showing of “A Story … Continue reading
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Overlanding vs. Car Camping
Overlanding vs. Car Camping Neither one is right or wrong, but let’s call it what it is. Several years ago Scott Brady published a great article for Expedition Portal called “What Is Overlanding?”defining the terms and activities of Vehicle-Dependent Expedition”, “Vehicle-Supported Overlanding” and “Back Country Adventures”. I believe Scott has done an excellent job describing … Continue reading
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South Carolina Hog Hunting
Late one winter evening, I went scanning the internet looking for an early spring adventure. What I found turned out to be one of my favorite spring escapes to date. March or April is the perfect time for a shake winter off your back and welcome spring adventure. A friend and I drove 400 miles south … Continue reading
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2013 Toyota Tacoma – One Year Update
Toyota Tacoma Build One Year Later One year has passed since I let go of the old Tacoma and purchased the slightly used 2013 Toyota Tacoma access cab Sport as the next adventure vehicle. Man, I had big dreams to transform it into an off roading adventure beast shortly after the purchase. Well, like it … Continue reading
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Enjoying The Fall Colors
I was in the mountains to hunt. My quest was ducks in the mornings and deer in the evenings. However, I stepped into a world of fall colors so vivid that even a totally colorblind person such as myself could not help but take notice and enjoy.
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Sunrise Opens Each Day With A New Beginning
By the grace of God the darkest of nights give way to the rising sun and another day. Sunrise opens each day with a new beginning, a chance to try again and build upon yesterday’s lessons. This sunrise photograph was taken on Corolla Beach North Carolina. I had spent the night before sleeping under the … Continue reading
