Outdoors with Don Q: Celebrating my third anniversary at Carson Now

Feb. 9, 2014 marks a special day in the life of yours truly. It is my three-year anniversary, writing about the Great Outdoors at Carson Now.

Three years! Time certainly flies when you are having fun, and it has been both a totally enjoyable and memorable three years of writing about all kinds of activities in the Great Outdoors, both near and far away.

Best of all, by writing for an Internet website rather than a printed publication, there have been no restrictions on how many weekly articles I can write, there are no restrictions on the length of those articles and no restrictions on how many photographs to run with the articles.

As I reported last year, when I previously wrote for a printed publication (AKA a local newspaper), I was restricted to the day of the week, the length of the articles, the number of articles that could be submitted and to one photograph (not more than two every once in a great while) per week.

Thank God for the Internet: At my parent site Carson Now, the sky is the limit. That is a big, big difference.
Being biased, I also have a strong intuitive feeling that at some point in the future, those printed newspapers as we know them today, will join hula hoops, dial telephones, tail fins on cars, dimmer switches on floorboards, slide rulers, manual typewriters, home visits by doctors, glass milk bottles, drive-in theaters, etc., as interesting things of the past.

Thank God for being associated with a classy and well-run Internet website.

Plus, there is the personal pleasure of working with two highly-dedicated “Five Star” individuals, who make it a fun-filled work environment, week in and week out. I would be remiss if I did not name Kirk Caraway of Carson City and Jeff Munson of Carson City as those two co-workers. They are the best. The absolute best!

Kirk and Jeff are very talented professionals, who are making the website bigger and better, all the time.
And, they are succeeding beyond all expectations!

During this past year, I wrote about a multitude of outdoor activities, and I thought that it might be fun to list some of my weekly articles to demonstrate the wide-ranging areas that they covered. So here are some of my selected Internet outdoor articles from the past year:

January:
Jan. 02: My resolutions for the year 2013
Jan. 23: AmTrak train ride to and from Sacramento

February:
Feb. 13: Escaping Carson City in the wintertime
Feb. 20: The annual Carson Valley Chukar Club fundraiser

March:
Mar. 20: Fishing for Lahontan Cutthroat Trout at Pyramid Lake
Mar. 27: Where to look for wildlife and what to see

April:
Apr. 03: Indian Creek Reservoir in the springtime
Apr. 17: Opening of the 2013 California fishing season

May:
May 01: Fishing The California Alps annual newspaper
May 08: Having fun in San Diego

June:
June 12: Davis Lake, California Wildflowers
June 19: Lake Almanor and Lake Haven Resort

July:
July 10: Fire danger
July 24: Go high to stay cool

August:
Aug. 14: Where to go for Labor Day
Aug. 28: Ookpik Wilderness Lodge in British Columbia

September:
Sep. 04: Our 2013 Canadian adventure
Sep. 11: Nearby waters closing on September 30

October:
Oct. 09: Hope Valley fall colors
Oct. 16: Operation Game Thief unit watch in Elko

November:
Nov. 13: Fishing at Caples Lake, California
Nov. 20: Special reminder for fishermen

December:
Dec. 04: Christmas gifts
Dec. 25: The annual Don Q Awards for 2013

Finally, there you have it:
A sampling of things that I wrote about last year.
And, guess what: 2014 promises to be even better and more fun than 2013. Yahoo!

Bet Your Favorite Pigeon
Bet your favorite pigeon that he can’t tell you which of the above is my favorite article for the year 2013.
If he grins and says, “Heck that’s easy. It is all of them," he could be either a relative or a close friend of mine.

— Don Quilici is the Outdoor editor for Carson Now. Don's wife, Elaine Quilici, is the woman behind the lens of some extraordinary photos that accompany his weekly columns. Thanks Don and Elaine for your commitment, belief and excellence. — Jeff and Kirk