Of all the great and small events of 1991, the death of CBS News’ “60 Minutes” co-host Harry Reasoner probably rates near the bottom in the am…
A couple of weeks ago, our Boy Scout troop went on a five-day camping trip. I was asked to come up to the main camp on Wednesday and help the …
I love summers in Idaho. How can you not? Sure, it gets a little hot and dry, but that’s why we retreat to the mountains.
Those of us who have spent a lot of time hunting deer, pronghorn, elk and moose in the Rocky Mountain Northwest and Alaska know that we normal…
I’m not really a history buff, but I like hearing old cowboy and hunting stories and how things used to be. As a kid, my high school had a ser…
I have written before concerning my love/hate relationship with the National Rifle Association.
This year at the SHOT Show, I noticed a new company named Riton USA (pronounced right-on) and got interested in their products. Before long, I…
My father once told me about a trip he and some of his friends took to Yellowstone National Park in the late 1930s. They stopped to look at a …
It is always a shock to the system when the weather goes from stormy to hot and muggy within a few days.
Normally, my crappie fishing in Idaho is over by the end of May, and after the first week of June, it’s over near Oregon. But for whatever rea…


