It's that time of the year when we start planning our summer camping trips. We are a little more than an hour from the gates of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks but we've never actually camped inside the borders of the parks themselves and I don't think we ever will. Why? Well, last July …
It looks like we'll be busy this weekend working on the garden beds, pulling weeds and mowing the lawn for the first time this year. If the weather holds out, that is. This time last year we were out at Market Lake doing some bird watching, so I thought I'd share a few of those …
Yesterday was not a good day. Whatever it is that trips my trigger this time of year was working overtime so I spent most of my day fighting the urge to put myself into a Benadryl coma and stay in bed until next winter. Of course I had to push through, so I did, and …
A few years ago, one of my biggest goals for the near future was to hone my photography skills so that I could take some excursions deep into our "backyard" to get the photos of a lifetime. I mean, I already have some pretty good pictures I've snapped over the years but they are almost …
Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.John Muir It's that time of year when we both feel the urgent need to take a road trip a few miles north east and escape into paradise. The problem is, once we're there we never want to leave, even …
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