In recent years I have fallen in love with kayaking. It is so beautiful to see life from the water; life seems to slow down and be so peaceful. Many times, that I have kayaked my thoughts have wandered to the early settlers and trappers traveling the rivers. for many years I have wanted to …
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Class Time
There were a lot of places that the Agron 560 took us that were really fun to explore. But there is no way I could find my way back there to go enjoy it since I am extremely directionally challenged. There was a lot of areas where our phones could not connect to anywhere so …
Collection
I did not realize how many native poisonous plants Kansas has. Our instructor for AGRON 260 had two horses on his land, they were older but really nice. Though it is private if you take the course he would bring you there at some point but almost never the same place twice. I enjoyed taking …
Plant ID
I took a plant ID class this past semester called AGRON 560 and our teacher brought us to more than a few areas to find native plants. It was really fun walking through all sorts of terrain to find specific plants. Often times the weather was nice but since it is a fall class sometimes …
Float Trip
Another fun thing I did over summer was going on a float trip in Noel, Missouri, located about 4 miles away from Manhattan. On this trip my friends and I rented a few kayaks and for 3 days we just went up and down a river, occasionally stopping to talk with strangers or to swim/jump …
Climbing for Turkey Day
So I may end up sounding like a broken record here with the last blog post, but over Thanksgiving break I went back to Horseshoe to do some more climbing. What can I say, I like climbing. This trip was slightly different from the summer one however. For one, it wasn’t just a trip …
Summer Climbing
Very early this semester, a few of my close friends and I went on a climbing trip to Arkansas. We camped and climbed in a place called Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, an area we had all been to in the past located about 20 min away from the town of Jasper, Arkansas and a 6 hour …
PMC 210: Intro to Outdoor Recreation 