Links

Destinations

• Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
• National Park Website
• Advisories for closed roads, campsites and trails
• LeConte Lodge
• North Manitou Island, Michigan
• Manitou Island Transit operates the ferry service to the Manitou Islands. Their website contains information and maps for the islands as well as the ferry schedule and rates.
• The National Park Service site for North Manitou Island
• Ouray, Colorado
• Ouray Chamber of Commerce
• Ouray Trails, the website for the Ouray Trail Group, has great information on area trails.
• Vancouver Island, BC
• Links for Vancouver Island are present on my Vancouver Island Planning page
• Vieques
• The Vieques Isle Travel Guide
• Island Adventure Biobay Tours, give a great tour of the bioluminescent bay
• Vieques Travel website
• Voyageurs National Park
• National Park Website
• Maps from the National Park site

Hiking, Backpacking and Camping

• Backpacking Lightweight contains a wealth of information on backpacking using lightweight techniques.
• Backpacking Light is a web-based magazine on lightweight backpacking. Many valuable articles by experienced backpackers.
• Backpack Gear Test is a great site for obtaining reviews of backpacking and camping equipment.
• Rick Allnutt's Ultralite Hiking site has some good information on hammock design and construction.
• Ed Speers has a commercial site devoted to his book on hammock camping and the hammocks he sells.
• Craig, my brother, has a hiking group in Murfreesboro, TN that posts reports about their hikes in the area. He also maintains his own blog describing other hikes and family interests.
• My review of Vibram Five Fingers TrekSport shoes

Kayaking

• Paddle Wise, a collection of kayaking articles and the home for a very good sea kayaking discussion group.
• Paddling Net is a large site offering information about paddling sports.
• The West Michigan Coastal Kayakers' Association is a local active group for kayaking.

Planning Aids for Outdoor Activities

• Weather Underground has a great site for obtaining weather forecasts for any city or zip code.
• Great Smoky Mountain National Park current weather data from the National Weather Service
• Sun and Moon Data (from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
• My three season backpacking Equipment List
• My kayak gear packing list

Kickboxing

• Joe Lewis Fighting Systems
• Super T Karate

Nutrition and Evolutionary Biology

• The Heartscan Blog, William Davis, MD (Cardiologist), Milwaukee, WI (link now redirects to Cureality Blog)
• Hyperlipid, Petro Dobromylskyj, DVM, United Kingdom
• Mark's Daily Apple, Mark Sisson
• Modern Paleo
• Robb Wolf
• Whole Health Source, Stephan Guyenet, PhD

Philosophy

• Ayn Rand Institute is the official center for the advancement of the philosophy of Objectivism.
• The Ayn Rand Lexicon, is an online copy of the book by the same name. It is an easily searched compilation of quotes from Objectivist literature grouped by subject.
• Capitalism Magazine offers great editorials on current events.
• Critical Thinker Academy, is a nice site on the "how-to" of thinking, by Kevin deLaplante, Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Iowa State University
• Objectivism Online is another site dedicated to discussion on many subjects from an Objectivist viewpoint
• Philosophy In Action is a nice collection of podcasts regarding the practical application of philosophy to life (no longer maintained)

Sailing and the Fuji 35

• Fuji Yachts, a private site devoted to the Fuji Yachts.

Veterinary Medicine

• Big Red Bark Chat, Cornell's veterinary questions chatbot
• Cascade Hospital for Animals, my hospital's website
• Declawing Domestic Cats, American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) positiion
• Feeding Your Cat, a website containing some good information on feline nutrition
• First Aid Kit for Pets
• HEALTHmap, Global disease alert mapping system
• The Dog Food Project, one woman's attempt to provide solid information on canine nutrition
• VeterinaryPartner.com is a website designed to provide veterinary information to pet owners.

Just for Fun

• Cirque du Soleil
• Talk Like a Pirate Day, September 19
• Animal Sounds: access more than 65,000 sound clips and approximately 18,000 video clips of birds and other animals at the Cornell Lab
• Life: A Journey Through Time, a history of life portrayed in the photographs of renowned nature photographer Frans Lanting and accompanied by a score by Philip Glass