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Street Photography Day

Did a little street photography yesterday in downtown Nashville. As always Broadway was hopping even in early afternoon. So here they are the photos.

Street View
Doorway
Play on
Stairs
Bat Building

Fall Camping Season is Coming

Written by Patrick K of Mid Tn Outdoors

In the south for some of us, July and August are well dead months for us because the temp is in the 90s with humidity running near 70% which makes the temp feel into the 100’s and no one wants to sleep in that unless you have snake blood.

So we take this time to make repairs or even change up gear parts here and there (because we are never happy with what we have. So far I have replaced weather stripping on the bed cover, and kicked out the firewood for a propane fire pit.) To make things better, faster set up or easier set up at camp so we can be on the trail longer or cover more miles.

With that all said have I ever camped in the middle of summer, and the answer to that is YES. As a scout, we slept in canvas tents that hold in the heat as much as your kitchen oven. So I have done it for many years and as time went on I introduced a battery-operated fan. So now as an adult, I just choose to bypass these two months. Now you know why I choose not to camp in the dead of summer.

But don’t worry won’t be long before we are camping and Overlanding in new places like LBL, DBNF, and some of our great Tennessee State Park and just maybe some other state’s state parks. So stay tuned and well hope to see you out there.

Camp Setup

Daniel Boone National Forest

Well, Saturday began my exploration of DBNF. While we only covered 39 miles in a little over 4 hours in the forest, we saw a lot. So now I am looking at this fall exploring and staying in DBNF. I am looking at putting together a couple of days in the forest exploring and camping along the way. Thanks to Bill for tagging along and navigating the trails. While neither of us got to encounter the wildlife we wanted to (he a rattlesnake, me a bear) we did see a mama and baby deer together on the trail. I am sure at some point we will get to see them in due time. Daniel Boone covers 21 counties of eastern Kentucky and more 708,oo0 acres of national forest and 600 miles of trails. Stay tuned to more from DBNF this fall.

Main Entrince
Stone arch
Overlook

YouTuber Meet up!!

Here is the video from our YouTuber meet-up from May 13th-15th at Cumberland Mountain State Park in Crossville, TN. We had a great turnout and an even better fellowship. Enjoy

Get Kids Outside

I believe in order to get more kids outside get them something to make them want to get out there. A couple years ago I bought Chloe her first hammock and showed her how to hang it and she fell in love with it. She got in that hammock the first time on a camping trip grabbed her book and went to reading for hours. Since then she now hangs her hammock in the backyard to read. So past weekend I snapped this picture of her hanging and reading while camping. So find that thing that makes your kids want to get outside.

Chloe is in her happy place.