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The Outdoor Edge Chow Pal has become a companion piece for me. It's a furthering of the concept of the camp knife. If you think about it,...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Jan 2, 20234 min read
Accepting Tranquility
Saturday morning, December 3, the Rock Island Canoe Team launched the first overnight river trip of 2022. With an overcast sky, mild...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Jun 14, 20223 min read
Camping at Guadalupe River State Park ~ Or Eight is Enough...for now
June 6 - 9 Dottie and I, another family and two friends of our son made a three day, two night camping recon of the Guadalupe River State...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
May 22, 20226 min read
Return to the South Llano River
Thursday April 7th, 2022, Dottie, Geoff and I surveyed the lower of the two highway 377 bridges crossing the South Llano River. This low...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Feb 22, 20228 min read
Camping & Canoeing the South Llano River
Though plans frequently unravel in unpredictable ways, every now and again things fall in place. Happily, my family and I enjoyed a five...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Jul 12, 20212 min read
The CRKT Minimalist Cleaver
The CRKT Minimalist Cleaver is a small (tiny?) knife suitable for everyday carry in either urban or remote environments. The Knife: This...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
May 17, 20215 min read
Garwood or Bust
After 2020 my thirst for canoeing new waters fueled my plans and sparked my imagination. I turned my eyes to a sixty-four mile piece of...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Mar 30, 20213 min read
To Build a Campfire
Dusk at Goliad State Park found my family enjoying the quiet and hotdogs cooked over a mesquite wood flame. The neighbors were having a...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Oct 13, 20202 min read
Travel Camping
Other than temporarily escaping the hamster wheel of society, maybe now and Zen finding a moment, or finding yourself in the "middle,"...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Oct 1, 20204 min read
Why Camp?
The question "Why camp?" usually presses my mind about halfway through packing the van on the day of departure of a camping trip. "Is it...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Sep 12, 202010 min read
Recon of the Skull
Plans and Objectives: My brother and I spent a good portion of April 2018 planning an overnight canoe trip on the Texas Colorado River. I...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Camp Knives
Camp knives run the spectrum from plastic utensils and household butcher knives to neat folders and stout fixed blades made of fine...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
May 2, 20204 min read
Chasing the Storm 3
I have a purpose for writing the next bit. I grew up in the outdoors and I am able to face most weather conditions. It is a rare...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
May 2, 20203 min read
Chasing the Storm 2
...Later that year, on April 17, 2016, I got to see some more strong weather in a tent. I had treated our Mountain Trails tent with three...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
May 1, 20207 min read
Chasing the Storm
This will be a series of post on the weather from an outdoors perspective. These will be some of my experiences. They may be extreme to...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Apr 29, 20203 min read
Backyard Camping
We camp the backyard more than any other place. I had done this as a kid, but not as an adult. I had bigger and better things to do...I...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Apr 24, 20206 min read
Second Return to Tate Bend ~or~ A Ripple in Time (Part 2)
With Cole's departure to San Diego delayed I took the opportunity and planned another overnight river river trip. The February trip had...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Apr 24, 20209 min read
Return to Tate Bend 2-15-2014 ~or~ A Ripple in Time (part 1)
February 2014 we hit the Texas Colorado River. This would mark my return to the canoe, the river and river camping. 2014 turned out a...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Nov 22, 20163 min read
Galveston State Park (GSP)
Over the years we have visited Galveston State Park four or five times. This is a popular, well-funded state park. It is an environmental...
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Scott and Dottie Moore
Oct 31, 20161 min read
Martin Dies Jr State Park
We enjoyed this park deeply. It is very similar to Huntsville State Park. There seemed to be minimal traffic (boat, car, and camper)....
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