There's one place that has always struck me in this unrelentingly desolate piece of real estate. I found a spot to camp there one summer night just off the highway where I pulled pickup and stock trailer off of the pavement onto a lonely road that stretched across the desert. I'd been going nearly …
Finding Their Way Home
Without a word, the bush guide, Jack, gestured to us to come with him to the dust-crusted large side window of our packed gear van. He reached up, torn flannel plaid sleeve waving, and his grease impregnated index finger began to etch a jagged line that would span the glass. The line in the dirt: a …
Full Curl Ramming on Highway 93
Dear Friends, Today, as I cruised through the umpteenth curve on US Highway 93 between Challis and Salmon, Idaho, I saw border collie Clyde's ears perk up. He saw them before I did; as I started braking, a line of about thirty-five bighorn sheep were single-filing across the highway in front of …
On the “Ins and Outs” of Grassfed Organic Beef
I like to look at manure. Really. In the humble cow pie is the stuff of story: who, what, when and where. Some would say that I know my manure. Now, I know there are other ways to say "I know my manure" that perhaps slide off the tongue a little more colorfully, but regardless, manure is something …
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All is Safely Gathered In
The fall colors on the Range had waxed and waned; the cold began to seep in, first imperceptibly, then, with abandon to where it was hard to keep warm in the saddle. An Arctic breeze would snake its way down from the rocky tundras of the highest part of our summer Range. Every so often, when we …
Alderspring from the Bee Point of View
When Tom takes off the winter blankets from the hives, I try to remember to keep my mouth shut. I'm no beekeeper, to be sure, but you pick up a few things when you have as many bees as we do on the Ranch: over 1 million, by Tom's estimate. Since our headquarters ranch is about 2.5 miles long, the …
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