Given that astrophotography is something I do on most of our camping trips and that many astrophotographers go camping, I decided to add an Astrophotography Image Gallery of my deep sky pictures to PopUpBackpacker.
One great thing about this gallery is I can upload high resolution images that are normally too large to email, text, or even post on the internet. Plus I think they can be downloaded (I haven’t tried).
In addition to the link above, you can also reach the gallery via the Menu Bar
It’s that time of year again. I often struggle to find just the right gift for friends and family, especially stocking stuffers. Here’s a list of things that I use and can recommend.
Yesterday I shared a post, Campground Etiquette: We need to talk about trash. One of the main points I wanted to make is so many of today’s campers just haven’t been educated on the rules and regulations, nor taught proper campground etiquette.
In this post I’ll cover campground etiquette with a focus on teaching kids to respect nature and their fellow campers.
Over the past 25-30 years trash has loomed large as a problem at our at our public campgrounds. At least it is something I have noticed with increasing regularity.
Who are these horrible people who do this? Or maybe the people don’t know the rules?
Perhaps a better question might be, “Why is it happening?”
Finally, I’ll share some “best practices” for those who don’t know.
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I’m back from another camping trip at an area administered by the National Park Service. Even though the Government Shutdown has been in effect for over a month, everything went well, even the fabulous weather, which the government has no control over.
In addition to this last trip, we have spent an addition 2+ months camping in various units after Trump implemented the DODGE cuts earlier this year. These camping trips were in areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the US Forest Service. On all these trips things were “business as usual” with neither unexpected surprises nor problems.
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