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The Questing Human Spirit and the African American Legacy

Need some inspiration? The REI Blog invited Audrey Peterman from Earthwise Productions to share stories of African American outdoor adventurers. It’s an interesting perspective on Black History Month. Recently my husband Frank and I headed to our favorite spot in Everglades National Park. The Anhinga Trail is only 5 miles or so past the Ernest Coe Visitor Center, but it may as well be a world away for the plethora of wildlife that congregates there in the wintertime. Stately great blue herons, ...

Posted by AudreyLegacyontheLand on February 25, 2011 2:52 PM & Tagged African Americans, Audri Scott Williams, Earthwise Productions, Harriet Tubman, York and audrey peterman | permalink | Comments



My Spiritual Experiences in Nature

My fondest memories of growing up in Jamaica are linked to nature. What comes most pleasurably to mind when I think about those times are the Saturday morning adventures into “mango bush” that my cousins and I planned the night before. We’d get up at dawn, get our baskets and head out for the acres and acres of mango trees of every kind and variety that make up mango bush. We’d get there just as the sun’s rays first penetrated the thick greenery, highlighting the most lush and succulent fruit ...

Posted by AudreyPeterman on October 29, 2010 10:19 PM & Tagged Acadia, Grand Canyon, Outdoors, audrey peterman, camping, diversity and national parks | permalink | Comments