Living the lake life offers wonderful opportunities that allow its residents to escape from so many hassles encountered when living in the city or a town. There are a myriad of psychological research studies that found living in “blue” or “green” spaces are good for mental health. Lake life is pretty darn excellent at the…
The colors red, yellow, and orange evoke emotions like love, passion, happiness, and anger. People associate the colors of large bodies of water with diverse hues of blue and green. The color blue evokes feelings of calmness or serenity, with descriptions of peace, tranquility, security, and order. Green hues arouse emotions like safety and also envy,…
This is becoming a common question people living in towns and cities are asking themselves more and more. The motivations for moving people to ask this question could involve many reasons. For whatever reasons, more people are considering lake living as opposed to city and town living. Is Living on a Lake Worth It? Yes,…
Country boys and girls grow up mudding, and even if they don’t go mudding on purpose. That is just because of dirt road conditions in wet weather and out in the livestock pastures and fields of crops. More than likely, a rural citizen never thinks of calling a tow truck if they get stuck in…
Camping on a budget is one of the most exciting ways to get away. Camping used to be a necessity, a way to go fishing and hunting, how people vacationed on a budget in the U.S. or where people go to be free. Free of the city in some cases, and in these times, free…
It’s not every day that you get to announce the building of a new lake, much less two. North Texas is soon to be home to Bois d’ Arc Lake and Lake Ralph Hall, Texas’ two newest lakes. Both lakes are in Fannin County. Bois D’ Arc Lake is located four miles northeast of Bonham,…
The Great Loop is the way to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime boating adventure. Boating the Great Loop boat trip is not for weekenders; it takes a fair commitment of time. The Great Loop takes you through a magical maze of some of America’s greatest and amazing waterways. What is the Great Loop? The Great Loop is…
There could be some confusion between the biggest freshwater fish, and the biggest freshwater fish ever caught. The biggest freshwater fish caught can possibly outweigh the biggest species of freshwater fish. Russia’s beluga sturgeon, also known as huso huso, is the biggest freshwater known fish in the world according to the Pan-European Action Plan for…
If you have been invited to your friend’s boat for an outing, there are protocols to act as a good boating guest and show your friend that you respect their boat. It is even better if you ask what you can and cannot bring. First, find out what kind of boat your friend owns. Ask…
Limnologists are the scientists who study lakes. U.S. limnologists define a lake as a relatively large body of standing or slowly moving water occupying an inland basin of appreciable size. Definitions that distinguish lakes, ponds, swamps and other bodies of non-oceanic water are not well established. Because of this, lakes and ponds are sometimes mistaken…