For the first few years of my continued reformation from couch potato, I went backpacking with no one but me. I had a lot to learn, and my best method…
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Cabinet Resource Group Annual Meeting
On Sat March 27th, CRG (the Cabinet Resource Group) will hold it's annual meeting at the Big Horn Lodge (located at Mile Marker 7 on the Bull River Highway 56…
Confessions of a reformed couch potato: Part 2
Math was never a weak subject for me, but it seems that I might have flunked it when I was adding up the years since my first trip carrying the…
Walkin Jim Wanders Into Sanders County
Walkin Jim visited Sanders County this last week, bringing his unique blend of inspiring songs and slides. I must confess at the outset, Walkin Jim is a personal hero. Having…
Confessions of a reformed couch potato: Part 1
Sometime in the decade before last, I awoke from a long hiatus from a physical life and realized that I hadn't been anywhere with a pack on my back for…
A Toothless Lion
Today is March 1st. Here in our corner of Idaho the sky is blue and the temperature is approaching 50F. Down in the valleys the snow is all gone, save…
Mr. Scotchman has Facebook figured.
In “friends Q&A," a game that runs on Facebook, people answer questions about Facebook friends. The friends are subsequently asked to sign into the game page, after which questions and…
Way to Go Brad!
Recently the Wilderness Society announced that Brad Smith, our very own map maker, will receive the 2010 "Murie Award." Presented annually, the Murie award recognizes a “front-line federal or state…
