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Mother Nature has fireworks shows of her own
Like much of the West, we could often stand to get a bit more rainfall. That’s not really the case this year, because we’ve had more than our fair share. We’ve had quite a few […]
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Watch out for ground-nesting birds while mowing
I wasn’t altogether excited to mow the yard last week, so I admit I was looking for excuses to stop early. Thankfully, I found one. As I was taking my third or fourth pass up […]
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Combining rodeo with an outdoor excursion
I’m back on the rodeo trail this weekend, headed all the way across Wyoming and then up into Montana for the Red Lodge rodeo. I intend to spend a little bit of time in Yellowstone […]
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Just go fishing
There’s a saying in these parts that rings pretty true. “Fish Wyoming – 300,000 Coloradans can’t all be wrong.” We give our southern neighbors a lot of grief for coming up here to fish, but […]
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I’m all for roughing it, but my camper is a little too rough
My wife and I decided we needed a camping trailer a few years ago, so we started looking for one. We didn’t have a whole lot to spend on one, so we knew we needed […]
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I got sidetracked on my burrowing owl quest
I tend to get a little obsessed when I decide to try to get photos of a certain type of animal. Sometimes it pays off, and days, weeks or months of stalking a critter pays […]
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If it has wheels, it’ll eventually have a flat
You’d think I’d own an air compressor by now. I’ve sure dealt with more than my share of flat tires over the years, but I don’t have any way to air ‘em up other than […]
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Get that mountain bike out and get it dirty
You don’t have to go to Moab to have a great ride on a mountain bike. Wyoming has plenty of excellent places to ride, too. Just throw your bike on top of your car or […]
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Keep your distance while watching wildlife
Those brochures they hand out at Yellowstone with a drawing of a person getting flung into the air by an angry buffalo aren’t just for the tourists. They’re a warning to everyone who spends any […]
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Protect yourself from ticks this summer
Ticks aren’t just creepy little crawling arachnids. They also carry some really bad diseases. The big three are Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme disease, and tularemia. All three come with fever, headache, fatigue, chills, aches, […]