The Consumer Electronics Show for Paddlers
My wife and I got hooked on kayaking last summer when we took a class nearby. After more classes and a kayaking trip to Michigan, we now find ourselves looking to buy our first...
Category: Family
Here is What You Tell Your Kids
Here is what you tell your kids. You can run faster than you ever have but come in second. You can play the perfect game of chess but have no choice to resign. You...
Nuclear Science Merit Badge
Dresden Nuclear Power Station, the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States, is located about three miles from Rainbow Scout Reservation near Morris, Illinois. It produces about 850 megawatts of...
Be Very Quiet, We’re Tracking Bison
Our son is off to Scout Summer Camp next week. All of the First Year Scouts are earning the Mammal Study Merit Badge, which requires some field work ahead of camp. He needs to spend...
Ham Radio Circa 1975
Lots to do to get these radios back on the air. Tubes are in good shape but I’ll need a palate-full of capacitors to get it all back on the air.
Memorial Day at Chain O’Lakes
We like our camping adventures more secluded and laid back, but I have to admit it was a great weekend.
