Rock formations subject to advisory closures to rock climbing and off-trail hiking for protecting nesting falcons and eagles will reopen June 30, 2004. A total of 33 Prairie Falcons fledged this year from nine nests, a successful year for the falcons. Additionally, American Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and Cooper's Hawks produced young this year. There was at least one successful Golden Eagle nest this year.
Pinnacles' rock climbing advisories are lifted a few weeks after the nests have fledged young. Park visitors did an excellent job of following advisories.
Pinnacles National Monument can only successfully protect raptors with everyone's help. We thank the climbers and hikers for their patience and support of our efforts to protect our spectacular birds of prey at Pinnacles. "Without your cooperation in avoiding the advisory areas, this program could not be the success that it is," stated Park Superintendent, Cicely Muldoon.
For more information regarding the reopening of the climbing areas, or the park's raptor monitoring program, please call the office of Research and Resource Management at 831-389-4485 extension 223. General park information can be obtained by visiting the Park Web site or by calling 831-389-4485 extension 0.
Tuesdays in July, participants will enjoy a variety of peaceful music and sounds as they are led in mediation that is appropriate for any experience level.
Yeah, I feel that way often when I am deep into digging up information and looking for just the right… whatever it is I am looking for. The Internet is awesome don’t get me wrong! But seriously, sometimes it feels exactly the same way that I always feel when one of my children is sick and I am standing in front of shelves and shelves of choices of different kinds of medicines.
That is exactly why I made this List Series: to make the looking into and choices a bit clearer for you.
So many people have decided that the old stand-by vacations just aren’t going to cut it anymore. They want something better. They want to feel righteous when they come home. They want to be excited, for longer than the time spent anticipating the vacation that never lives up to the hopes and dreams invested in it, faithfully, year after year. They want to come home rested, rejuvenated, inspired, excited and ready to rock! Not exhausted, disappointed, and feeling dumpy and more uninspired and unmotivated than before they left.
Alright, ok, what can I do to help? What I can I do to help others find the Adventure that is right for them and what can I do to help Pioneer Outfitters find the people looking for Adventures just like the ones we offer?
I opened the Word Press dashboard that lives behind what the whole world sees on our website and with a few clicks had a huge list of posts written over the last four years. Then I set to work. First, to read, freshen up, check my facts for any changes and make sure every part of a good post was shiny and tidy.
That was a pretty huge list. So I broke it down into what I could see were the biggest common points. I came up with the 6 (six) lists that I think will let you know whether Pioneer Outfitters Adventures are what you are looking for.
There are also some excellent posts that will help make whatever Adventure, where ever you choose to experience it, a whole lot smoother and safer for you and for your family or friends as well.
As you can surely see from the title of this one, this is the third list (and this is the smallest list), Stories From Adventures Posts. The whole shebang in the List Series is here:
These five posts listed below are each stories written from individual Adventures I have led myself over the last few years. All of the Adventures that Pioneer Outfitters offers from Spring to fall are not included but these shared stories should give you both a break from the details and searching while enjoying the moments you sink into our memories as well as a feel for the general atmosphere that surrounds us.
To stay in the cozy feeling of making things easy for someone else, here are the names and links to the Summer Horseback Adventure pages we have (that you can find at the top of any page on this website):
Chisana, our home and a pretty hard place to find on the map ~ historical site or not, is located in a fly-in area of the Wrangell Mountains, deep inside the Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve. The most common questions revolve around traveling and getting to us to begin your absolutely amazing adventure. Our FAQs pages help a lot with that!
Keep an eye out; the three remaining lists will be live very soon. If you have any questions or wonderings be sure to leave them in the comments below or through the Contact Us page and we will help in any way we can.
I hope these lists help out everyone looking to make a change in the destination of their vacations!