I don’t know where you live,  but have you ever noticed that there is a world of difference between Spring Fever and actual Spring?  ...

Here I am,  writing about beavers again.   That’s what happens when some of your best tours explore trails used by practioners of the...

This isn’t a story about “days dwindling down” that we all know from the familiar “September Song” by the twentieth century composer Kurt...

Just before Christmas of 2017, the Black Hills of South Dakota suffered it’s third largest wildfire ever, burning 54,023 acres of forest...

Here in the Black Hills we had a little extra excitement in the days leading up to the year-end festivities. You could even call it a...

I saw a robin last week. Forgive me for stating the obvious: It is January. On the northern plains. The temperature hasn’t been above...

No one questions the historic significance of the sites along the Lewis & Clark Trail – the first trans-continental exploration designed...

I should probably preface this by stating that “climbed” is a definite overstatement of what I did last August.  More accurately, I...

There are well-worn deer trails in my back yard. For some reason it’s important to me that as I look out beyond my deck – although I’m...