Cascading Falls – The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Over the years I have slowly transitioned from lightweight backpacking to car/van camping. It was hard for me to do this. I use to be a die hard primitive backpacker; loved hiking miles to the camping zone carrying everything I needed and getting away from people. Ever since I injured […]

The Vagabond

29 Nov, 2017 in Camping by Karsten Pearce

After living at our new grotto for a year, Amanda and I are ready to start building our vegetable garden bed. This one is a little ambitious as it will be a permanent structure and raised up to a little over 2 feet. I even learned to used SketchUp to […]

The Next Garden Bed

28 Jun, 2017 in Gardening by Karsten Pearce

One of the great features with my Synology NAS, is that it uses the Let’ Encrypt SSL certificates. I am using my NAS for personal use so I didn’t want to spend money on a SSL certificate nor do I want to use a Self Signed one. Synology has a […]

Using Let’s Encrypt for Plex on Synology

28 Jun, 2017 in Techno Babble by Karsten Pearce

When contemplating how to attach your bird feeders, birdhouses and/or wind chimes do not attach them with nails, screws or anything that will penetrate the outer bark. Texas A&M Forest Service has a great explanation on why one shouldn’t: Penetrating the outer bark can damage the cambium, the area just […]

Don’t Harm That Tree

9 Jan, 2017 in Gardening by Karsten Pearce

To help ease our camping experience, and help our trips immensely, we decided to organize the campsite ‘kitchen’. For this we started looking at purchasing or building a chuck/grub box to store all of our camp kitchen supplies. This would save time routing around looking for utensils and places to prepare the meals. Using […]

Our First Official Chuck Box

3 Jan, 2017 in Camping by Karsten Pearce

Mission Tejas State Park is a 363.5-acre park in Houston County, 22 miles northeast of Crockett. The park contains several historic sites in the park along with a commemorative replica of the first Spanish mission in Texas and one of the oldest surviving structures in Houston County. Nice short trails crisscross the park, along […]

Mission Tejas State Park

1 Oct, 2016 in Hiking by Karsten Pearce

Shortly after spring break our family decided it was time to move. We had a short time to find a house and settle in before the new school year started. I am glad to say we have found our new home and have lived it for the past couple of […]

A Short Hiatus

30 Sep, 2016 in Daily Ponderings by Karsten Pearce

Camping is one of our family’s favorite activities, but it requires some preparation. Camping with two kids and three dogs requires the ability to plan a camping trip. As with anything planning ahead will make your life easier. Book your reservations well in advance of your trip, plan your menu for the […]

Learning From Our Mistakes

11 Apr, 2016 in Camping by Karsten Pearce