A good map will get you there — and back
JD from the radio station sent me a message the other day asking me where I get my maps. I used to just buy the USGS maps at the nearest sporting goods store. Over the years, [...]
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I’m ready to get outside and explore
There I was, perched in front of my computer monitor, trying to come up with ideas for a week’s worth of radio shows, when a noise started picking at the edges of my [...]
Navigation is getting quite technological
When I went hunting back in September with a group of friends, everyone had a different method for finding their way through the woods. Some of us were still using maps and [...]
Maps make a hunt a hunt
There’s a whole lot more to hunting than taking aim and pulling the trigger. There’s all the stuff you see while you’re out in the wilds. You’re away from [...]
Get your map the way you want it
I am a certified map junkie. I do use a GPS when I hunt, but I still prefer the good, old-fashioned map and compass method. For one thing, a GPS is no good for planning your [...]
Follow the rules in Yellowstone — PLEASE!
There are signs all over Yellowstone saying “Don’t approach the wildlife.” When you drive through the gates, the rangers in the check stations give you a pamphlet that [...]
Don’t get me started on maps
JD from the radio station sent me a message the other day asking me where I get my maps. I used to just buy the USGS maps at the nearest sporting goods store. Over the years, [...]
Custom maps are my latest obsession
My wife was making fun of me the other day, and she said I have so many maps, I need a map for my map collection. She got a good laugh out of it, but I thought it was a [...]
Starting to feel a touch of map fever again
It’s well into May now, and I’m starting to get that old, familiar feeling. I’ve been cooped up in the house and the office far too long, and the topographic maps are [...]
A whole store of nothing but maps? Heaven!
Driving up I-25 through Colorado Springs last weekend, I couldn’t believe the billboard I saw. It said I wasn’t far away from a huge store that sells nothing but maps. [...]