Wild Things Adventures

It’s cold outside and my faithful helpers are still around! We’ve been chopping wood and tapping trees! Yes, it maple 🍁 syrup time. Tap those trees 🌳 The weather this next week is going to be perfect for collecting sap. #homesteading #maplesyrup #heatbywood #holzvorderhütte (at Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLiE5RhFbgW/?igshid=eotxmh8hu1wr

Work meetings are the best when they are hosted at @turkeyrunstatepark @homeinsteadinc https://www.instagram.com/p/CKCprsxlGPK/?igshid=c7bfekpta4j3

Fall weekends at Wild Things Farm consists of archery, splitting wood, tree trimming, and inoculation maple logs with mushroom spores. Happy Fall! https://www.instagram.com/p/CGv_JDgF2O4/?igshid=1t4c4l9mnn14u

We spent some time in the kids forts - building new shelving, picking “stomach ache” berries and preparing a feast for fairies 🧚‍♂️ #wildthingsadventures #getoutdoors https://www.instagram.com/p/CGLLitbl0eb/?igshid=1le8trsdzief0

We’ve been cooking salmon over the grill lately. This is honey garlic salmon that is smothered in a 3 minute sauce made from garlic, honey, and soy sauce. So good and it pairs well with our favorite Reisling! #weberdoesitall #grilledsalmon https://www.instagram.com/p/CGJQNdIlopb/?igshid=43z517rys6qe

After 3 days of riding the rocky Tennessee countryside we put over a hundred miles on the trails and topped it off with new single-track we stumbled upon. We couldn’t have asked for a better off-road adventure! Cheers to Windrock Park and Half Moon Campground! @windrock_park @mattwbosma @zrodimel (at Panther Rock Winrock) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGFibs9FIjE/?igshid=12ykyhyznqgq7

Morchella americana and Morchella punctipes. These kids are better at finding morels than I am! #morelsinindiana #covid19withkids https://www.instagram.com/p/B_i_IRklCp0/?igshid=chykxqwq05ed

Happy Earth Day! The Dryad’s saddle or Cerioporus squamosus, are a mushroom with a beautiful pattern on the top of their cap that looks something like pheasant feathers, a visual example of their other common name: “Pheasant Back”. You could think of them as a cousin to the chicken of the woods and hen of the woods mushrooms. More importantly, they’ll start to fruit in the spring alongside morels, so you’ll often see them around each other. Keep an eye out 👁 🍄 #earthday #wildthingsadventures https://www.instagram.com/p/B_S3HsVlcm6/?igshid=1kwkpnog45gte

A walk in the woods looking for morels didn’t yield any, but we had fun exploring the outdoors. 🍄 #feedyouroutside #wildwingsadventure https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QaCrnlNwO/?igshid=1aynvrpt5rg8k

Happy Easter! This will be an Easter to remember - or one to forget 🐣 The cute cookies from @mammawssweetshoppe make light of the fact that we won’t have Easter Sunday mass, no choir, no trumpets 🎺, and no hunting for giant golden eggs at the grandparents house. At least we are healthy and safe! #ducksforeaster #washyourhands #dontspreadgerms #rollwithit #covidwithkids https://www.instagram.com/p/B-4ZbTSlhCs/?igshid=1ty31bs573i0y

It’s a good thing that Blaise isn’t on IG, so he won’t know that I took his bday present for a joyride 😂 It was a great day outside! #covidwithkids https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uEflIFYf9/?igshid=1vowqzkpthuif

A few shots from the DC fly-in I recently organized for business and community leaders of Greater Lafayette: Capitol Tour, original door to the capitol, Senate chambers from 1810, meeting with Brian Lamb, meeting with Senator Braun, and a brief peak at my notes for the day. #glcwashingtondc #dcflyin #capitolhill #cspan https://www.instagram.com/p/B9cyQf_Fvzn/?igshid=1hz9g5bislx9g

The St Louis Zoo wasn’t my first choice for an excursion while we were in town for Blaise’s clubfoot appointment, but it was for Kateri! She couldn’t wait to see all the Arctic animals in the dead of winter. It turned out to be a perfect time to visit. They were extremely active and we practically had the whole place to ourselves! #stlzoo #polarbears #poliandsnowy (at Saint Louis Zoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8nWTNiFxrI/?igshid=13s78ou3vzeca

Christopher signed with @marianuniversity today - met the Dean of Education, amazing students, and the wrestling coach. The day ended with a photo shoot with Gov Holcomb during the @pacers half-time show! What a day!!! #signingday #futureteacher #21stcenturyscholars https://www.instagram.com/p/B8SgCjwFGi6/?igshid=1abczpmanpy3z

Central Catholic Knights @centralcatholicknights Clark Barrett pass to Reece Buche for the 2pts conversion puts final score at 29 Catholics vs 28 Lutherans! #amdg #faithfamilyfootball #ccfootball https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dvRJOlNwu/?igshid=81m2mla91ks8

The @harrisonbands Craft Show was a great way to spend a Saturday selling leather goods with the beautiful @sewmanywildthings and @wildthings_adventures #shoplocal #staylocal #holidaymarket (at William Henry Harrison High School) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5OL0DylxGT/?igshid=94slnjbzdu2d

The Treaty City Peace Pipe Enduro was 80+miles of some of the best enduro trails I’ve raced. It had a great mix of creek crossings, muddy ditches, flowing woods, and fast open field sections. Thanks! @aces_racing @aces_races @peoplesbrew @kawasakikdx220 @mattwbosma (at Treaty City MC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B48uKHzlu7M/?igshid=jysdk7n64uq5