The Gary and Mark Show
A lot of funny stuff happens during a 50 year friendship.
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Bell Park has just opened in Henderson County, North Carolina. The park is named after Chief and Call Bell, pioneers in the youth camping business. Gary and Mark met in Chief's Camp Mondamin in 1971. We're still great friends after over 50 years.
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We always have a lot to discuss when we get together.
Gary and Mark have Monica Barrios on this episode. Monica is the diva of Outdoor Education in Western North Carolina. She is the executive director of Inside Out which works with schools and other groups across from across the Southeast.
Check out her company at: https://www.insideout-inc.com/
And here's the link to her packaged programs that anyone can do anywhere: https://adventuregamestogo.com/
DeeDee has been the Director of Security (and Insecurity) since the earliest days of the Gary & Mark Podcasting University. She recently found herself in a financial pickle. Gary has come up with a possible solution.
And from there we talk with Mike Reeves, Board Chair of the Saluda Historic Depot & Museum in Saluda, North Carolina. Mikes tells us how the train came to be in Saluda and how that turned the town into a dest...
It's not often you'll meet someone who is 102 years old, but we did.
Bob Bessell is an incredible American hero. Take a listen to his story.
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There's always lots going on when Gary and Mark get together. We got to sample some homegrown syrup produced by Dan Cameron made from sorghum. It's a perfect way to celebrate fall. Gary whippeed up some of his homemade buttermilk biscuits and that got him talking. The main part of this episode is the retelling of just some of the adventures Gary and Steve Blizzard had in 1974 when they paddled 379 miles down the Ohio River and up t...
We were thrilled to be able to sit down with John Delaloye, CEO of Diamond Brand Gear, to hear about his company and the way they're turning heads. One of the things they're doing is taking old tents and other products they've made over the years and repurposing them into new, very unique pieces of gear. Folks get a product that is sure to turn heads...and we all get to keep the old material from ending up in a landfill.
This episode has everything. We give a shoutout to our new Australian Gary & Mark Fan Club president, talk a bit about some outdoor activities...and then we move onto the other things. You'll hear us discuss the price of eggs, we address the possibility of classified documents at the University, and we even take on George Santos.
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The Gary & Mark Show was pleased to welcome Bev MacDowell as our guest for this episode. Bev, from Asheville, has a lot going on. She still teaches "cursive" to new students at Carolina Day School where she has worked for over twenty years. And that's just for starters.
At the age where most people are retired, Bev is just hitting her stride. She is a professional hiking guide with the Blue Ridge Hiking Company in Asheville. If tha...
Gary is not one to rest on his laurels. He, along with the scientists in the laboratory at the Gary & Mark Podcasting University, have developed a new product that will definitely put us on the map. Folks, you're hearing it here first. This and much more coming at you.
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We enjoyed this chat in Gary's living room with local conservationist, author, AT thru-hiker, and RVer Peter J. Barr. Peter is on a mission to document and save the old fire watch towers in North Carolina. He's written two books on the towers with one just out, "Exploring North Carolina's Lookout Towers."
You can order the book at: NCLOOKOUTS.com. Peter will autograph it for you.
You can learn more about Conserving Carolina at: con...
Gary's older brother, Larry, joins us in the guest seat for this episode recorded via Zoom. Larry has a lot of life experiences including serving a career in the US Air Force as a meteorologist. But he mostly discusses "BEER" in this episode, specifically...non-alcoholic brews. Larry has devised his own system for rating NA beers and he shares with us his top pics and also those at the bottom of the pile. It makes for an interestin...
Four old men having a brew or two and talking about the good old times at Camp Mondamin where we all worked as counselors.
We had a blast at camp and at this gathering at Saluda Outfitters.
Gary, Mark, Charlie, and Joe have all been friends for over 50 years. And listening to us in this podcast, you'll see why.
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Kirsten McDonald joined us as our last guest of the day a few months back when we were once again recording at DuPont State Recreational Forest on National Public Lands Day. Kirsten is the Information & Education Supervisor for DuPont State Recreational Forest and she is now the new Dean of Communications at the Gary & Mark Podcasting University.
Find out more about Dupont at www.DuPontForest.com.
Danny Bernstein joined us as a guest at the DuPont State Recreational Forest Festival we attended earlier in the fall. Danny has written numerous guide books for hiking and backpacking trails across the Carolinas. We were pleased to have her on the show.
You can find Danny's books at Amazon.com and ArcadiaPublishing.com as well as regional outdoor stores.
Danny Bernstein in front of the mobile podcasting studio.
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This episode of The Gary & Mark Show was recorded in front of a live audience of who knows how many at the 2021 DuPont Forest Festival. This event was part of National Public Lands Day and was held at DuPont State Recreational Forest near Brevard, North Carolina. Sara Landry, the Executive Director of Friend of DuPont, was our guest for this episode.
Find out more about Dupont at www.DuPontForest.com. Stay tuned for two more episod...
We were invited to show up at the Forest Festival at DuPont State Recreational Forest near Brevard, North Carolina a few weeks ago to record a series of podcasts. This is the second and it features our guest, Marco Knox. Marco represents the Athletic Brewing Company and he didn't disappoint. We got free non-alcoholic beers and some other goodies for our efforts.
Check the company out at: athleticbrewing.com
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This episode of The Gary & Mark Show was recorded in front of a live audience of who knows how many at the 2021 DuPont Forest Festival. This event was part of National Public Lands Day and was held at DuPont State Recreational Forest near Brevard, North Carolina.
Jeff Jennings, the founding president of Friends of DuPont Forest, was our guest for this episode. Find out more about Dupont State Recreational Forest at www.DuPontFore...
We needed to get a pulse on life in Watershed, and that meant we had to put in a call to DeeDee. Luckily, she was free between many of her duties in our small town. The Gary & Mark Podcasting University is a bit quiet as students won't show up for a while. Maybe they won't show up at all. But DeeDee will be ready for them. In the meantime, she did fill us in campus and town happenings.
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In Episode 45, Gary and Mark meet up in a park in downtown Saluda and enjoy having Steve Longenecker as our guest. Steve has worked in summer camps and schools and other outdoor oriented programs for decades. He is considered a true pioneer in rock climbing in the South.
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