Camping With Dogs

Denny Tyler — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:02:17 +0000

Although it took a lot of preparation to get Abby and Zeus ready for their first extended camping trip into the mountains, the experiences of that trip I’ll remember forever.

It was the week ending with the 4th of July. I decided to take the dogs to an area I was somewhat familiar with, Rock [...]

Hiking With Dogs

Denny Tyler — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:29:43 +0000

A little over a year ago I adopted two dogs, Abby and Zeus. They had been abandoned by their owners.

Abby & Zeus

Both are city dogs born and raised. Zeus is four years old and Abby is three. When I got them I couldn’t help but wonder if it was possible to take [...]

Amateur Discovery

Denny Tyler — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:50:09 +0000

During the hiking part of the weekends adventure I came across these strange rocks in an area that had a coal bed sitting on it before. The removal of the coal and a little bit of erosion had uncovered these rock formations.

Camping @ 3000ft – Day 2

Denny Tyler — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:53:04 +0000

This is a continuation of the last post.

The second day started almost as nice as the first day ended. I slept longer than I had intended. It was about 7:30am when the sun finally woke me up. I had wanted to get up earlier and catch the sunrise but I was pretty wore out [...]

Camping @ 3000ft

Denny Tyler — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:01:12 +0000

I traded my hiking boots for four mud tires this weekend and headed to the mountains. Sometimes, with me anyway, it is better not to plan a camping trip but instead just keep everything ready and when the opportunity presents itself take advantage of it. I had been keeping a close watch on the weather [...]

A Mouse Tale

Denny Tyler — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:01:41 +0000

This photo is of a place called Peachtree Hole. Back when I was a teenager this was one of my favorite fishing spots. The first real camping trip I ever went on without supervision was right here. I was probably around 12 at the time. It was only about a mile from [...]

Plan A or Plan B

Denny Tyler — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:18:11 +0000

Unfortunately all of my plans to go to the mountains have been delayed because of the weather. It seems like ever since making those plans the weather has been in a foul mood. I am still hoping to go sometime in the near future but I believe I am just going to leave my gear [...]

Taking The Long Hike

Denny Tyler — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:25:03 +0000

When you go on a long hike – what is the essential gear you take? When I say long hike I mean when you plan on hiking for longer than a day.

My regular long hike gear includes – backpack, Ozark dome tent (3 person capacity), 3lb sleeping bag, Garmin GPS, CaseXX hunting knife, small [...]

Scheduled Posting & Camping West Virginia

Denny Tyler — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:36:05 +0000

Another benefit I have recently discovered to moving my blog – I can now do scheduled posting. I’m not 100% sure I couldn’t do that with Blogger but I am 100% sure I couldn’t figure out how.

The last post to this blog was done with scheduled posting. I actually wrote that post when I [...]

Mountain Getaway

Denny Tyler — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:15:54 +0000

What can I say besides – I needed that.

My friend Dennie arrived from Ohio Thursday evening. I must be in Mother Natures good graces. It was nasty the day before he got here – it warmed up into the high 60′s the first day of his visit and the low 60′s the next. Today, [...]

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