Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --  "It always rains on tents.  Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent."   ~Dave Barry -- Camping Season --  Yes, it is camping season ! Yay! (sound of heels clicking and hands clapping). Dave and I always joke that it is time to help out the farmers and go camping... because it rains and storms like 80% of the time that we can get away! lol I see RV'ers driving our roads in bliss (while the rest of us wither in jealousy). So the call to sleep in the woods has come... but are you ready? Last year I realized how frustrated I was becoming in the stages of set up prior to leaving. There was just so much to be done around the home and office in advance of the time away, and all the preparation of food and clothes and... only to get there and get a cramp or something and realize you don't have any pain killers, no muscle r...

 -- Keeping the Earth Clean -- Illegal dumping, a topic covered recently in an article published by the West Kootenay Advertiser , sparked my interest in covering the topic again here. Personally, in my own visits to the outdoors to spend time in nature away from human habitats where the only sounds are the trees talking in the wind and the birds chattering back… I’ve seen everything from tires to appliances, yard waste, vehicles and mechanical parts, to office or household waste. It only takes a few people to do this kind of illegal activity to totally wreak havoc on a pristine area. Resulting in hazardous chemicals from zinc, Freon and petroleum, inks and lead, mercury and others – that will leach into the soil where rain-washes the diluted chemicals into the water ways. This soup will then end up in our lakes, aquifers and streams. I'm sure you've heard me cover waste in the wilderness and waterways quite a lot in the past, but let’s go over this one more time becaus...