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Christmas Gifts for the Outdoor Enthusiast

Posted on November 5, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Gift-wraping Looking for a Christmas or Chanukah gift for your favorite outdoor enthusiast? Check out the list of products below. They’re all items we’ve happily used ourselves.

 

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Is West Nile Virus present in your county?

Posted on August 22, 2012 by | 10 Comments

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Outbreak of 2012

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as of August 21st, nearly 1118 people have become ill from the West Nile Virus this summer; 41 have died from the most severe form of this illness. This is biggest outbreak since 2004. Since the virus is transmitted by mosquito bites, the high incidence of the disease is attributed to an unusually large number of mosquitoes. More mosquitoes than usual survived over the winter due to the unseasonably mild weather. To make matters worse, this summer’s hot weather has speeded up the mosquito’s reproductive cycle.

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Old Man’s Cave

Posted on April 1, 2012 by | 10 Comments
Under the rim of Old Man's Cave

Looking down from under the rim of Old Man’s Cave

Hocking Hills State Park is the most popular park in Ohio, and Old Man’s Cave is the most popular location in the park. Old Man’s Cave is not a cave in the traditional sense of an underground limestone cavern. Instead it is a deep gorge with a large, overhanging lip made of erosion-resistant, blackhand sandstone. The stream that runs through the gorge is marked by a series of waterfalls and rapids. This region is known as “Old Man’s Cave” because one side of the gorge has a recess cave where an “old man” used to live. The old man was an 18th-century hermit named Richard Rowe.

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