It’s about time to go camping — but be prepared to get wet
Each year, when school got out for the summer, my dad would haul the dusty old backpacking tent in from the barn and toss it on the living-room carpet. He’d announce that [...]
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It’s still cold up in those hills, but worth the chill
Up at 8, 9, or 10,000 feet or higher, Wyoming’s still a winter wonderland. Some areas are blanketed by a couple feet of snow, and the fishing’s still no good, unless you [...]
It’s actually too wet to shoot
I never thought there was such a thing as weather too bad to go shooting. But as I get older, and now that I own some acreage of my own, it turns out there is such a thing, [...]
Good luck keeping mud off the parking lot
My wife recently got an email at her office from the landlord of the building. The owner sent out a note to the employees working in the building that said they should [...]
The weather is (sometimes) perfect for fishing
I’m ready to go fishing. And other than the occasional thunderstorm or spate of gale-force wind, the weather’s perfect for fishing. We’ve had some spectacular days the [...]
Mind the weather — it’s spring, after all
It’s not the winters in the West that make the people who live here tough. It’s the springs. Winters here are pretty mild. Sometimes they’re awfully cold, but for at [...]
Why did the weather app drop the wind forecast?
I used to rely on The Weather Channel’s app for weather forecasts. That app used to give a pretty accurate outlook on the wind speed throughout the coming days. It made it [...]
Fall mornings put a spring in my step
Maybe it’s because I usually end up coming home empty-handed, and it’s pretty rare that I get to experience the feeling that comes at the end of a successful hunt, but my [...]
I’m still a little gun-shy of camping season
Each year, when school got out for the summer, my dad would haul the dusty old backpacking tent in from the barn and toss it on the living-room carpet. He’d announce that [...]
Rain’s a good thing, but it’s getting in the way of fishing
It takes all weekend to mow my lawn. I either need a smaller lawn or a bigger mower. When we don’t get much rain, I don’t have to mow more than once or twice a month [...]