Try Big Bend Ranch State Park, where efforts are afoot to get more visitors to stop by. It’s all part of a larger effort to make this sprawling but largely unused West Texas park more accessible to the public without…
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Another of those water filter questions
by tmangan • May 2, 2007 • 5 Comments
Joe of The Dude Abides sends greetings, and has a request for suggestions: Hey Tom… Question for you: My First Need water filter bit the dust and I need to get another one. Can you point me in the right…
Great, now I have to worry about bees, too?
by tmangan • May 2, 2007 • 0 Comments
Guess so, according to a story in the paper in Olympia, Washington. Among the tips for avoiding angry buzzers: Wear light-colored clothes. Bees zero in on objects that resemble their natural predators, such as bears and skunks, when they defend…
Reducing food weight
by tmangan • May 2, 2007 • 6 Comments
Sarah at Freezerbagcooking recommends TVP: TVP stands for Textured Vegetable Protein, an affordable and easy to use high protein substitute for meat. It is vegetarian and vegan, heart healthy and most important? It is shelf stable till you prepare it.…
Buying a GPS unit for hiking
by tmangan • May 1, 2007 • 4 Comments
A thread at Ask Metafilter offers advice on buying a GPS. Among the responses: Just as general advice, I got my first GPS unit last December, and I recommend that you get yours used off eBay. The older models still…
First Lady at Zion
by tmangan • May 1, 2007 • 2 Comments
Laura Bush and her entourage showed up in southern Utah the other day; word is they’ll be spending most of the week in the park. One guest – who only identified himself as “John” – said he and a friend…