When the Big Red-era Comes to An End. Higher fuel prices and climate change might mean in a decade fun toys like Big Red might be little more then a memory.

Why I Like Working on the Blog. Reasons that I like working on my blog.

The Gates Are Open! The Gates Are Open!. The opening of gates at Moose River Plains, Spectulator Tree Farm mark the start of summer.

Excuses for Not Regularly Updating My Blog. Just a list of excuses for the lack of interesting new content recently.

Google Maps: Producing Oil & Gas Wells in NY State Parks. The number of oil and gas wells in State Parks has dropped in recent years, but 41 wells remain across the state.

What God Sees When He Looks Down at New York. Google Maps takes us on a magical trip of New York State's landforms.

What Does It Mean To Be An Environmentalist? Exploring what it meaning of what it means to be an environmentalist...

Smile a Little Smile. Our faces reveal a lot about how we see our world.

Google Maps: Producing Oil & Gas Wells on NY Forest Lands. Want to see an oil or gas well up close? Visit a state forest with one on it!

A Grey Hump Day. Just some thoughts as we enter the middle of the week.

Deer River State Forest. There are 6 designated campsites along Conservation Road near Deer River in the area just north of Adirondack Park.

Peak Resource Theories. Basic economics suggests that all items are ultimately rationed by price.

First Night in the Bed. Sleeping outdoors under my truck cap this year.

Thomas Cole Mountain. A hike up Thomas Cole Mountain, one peak of several in Blackhead Range.

Google Maps: Albany Pine Bush. An aerial view of the Albany Pine Bush through a series of Google Maps.

Where I Want to Drop A Rather Large Boulder. Many days I think it would be fun to drop a rather large, car size boulder on Albany's Circle Stack to see where it would roll.

Why I'm Thinking Of Going Back to College Eventually. I want to get more technical expertise and be able to move to a rural community.

May. The month where nature springs back to life, we plant, and we enjoy nature's treasures.

The Albany County Rail Trail. A look at the new recreational trail built in Delmar.

Truck Camping in Pictures. Pictures of various experiences roadside camping in various locations in my old truck.

Camping at Alder Lake. Camping out a beautiful Catskill Mountain lake with free primative campsites.

Table: Math of Gas Prices. Exactly how much does one mile of driving cost you for in gasoline in your car?

The Scale of New York. Google Maps lets you compare the landscape of different regions of New York.

Field Notes from Catastrophe. Reviewing Elizabeth Kolbert's book on prospects and challenges of Climate Change.

What Spurs Change? Some thoughts on activists and driving change.

Maps: Kayaking the Hudson from Albany to Coeymans. A series of topographic maps showing the route for kayaking from Albany to Hudson.

Dual Battery Setup on My Silverado for Camp Power. Pictures, instructions on installation of an inverter in my truck.

Section 212 of the State Highway Law. Abandonment of Highways on State Lands has been controversial for many years now.

Camping in the Allegheny National Forest. Pictures and memories from my camping trip up there in November 2010.

I Love Spring. Just some of the colors of spring that is now fully come to Albany.

Time to Feed the Beast. On tax day we have to look and question the purpose of all taxes paid in the past year.