Kids and quality of life in the West Have you ever noticed you are around something a lot, but you don’t notice it? Then, once you notice, you can’t help but notice it every time. That happened to me this summer. We shifted our focus this summer from hiking and...
It’s kind of a scarred-up place. We like Magpie Valley because it’s pretty isolated and that’s why it’s free to be just what it is, wild and free. Antelope are at home here. We’ve seen mountain lion tracks, so I guess they know where to get wild and free...
Show, not just tell. (A startling image above, isn’t it. Innocent clean little blonde and those dirty pigs. Both drinking water.) We sure did not expect anything this vibrant and entertaining when we decided to head to Amidon, North Dakota. So, this Slope...
You haven’t always been able to attend the Twin Butte Traditional Powwow. But now you can. Only Since the 60s A couple of decades ago you would never find a local traditional powwow like this one at Twin Buttes. They were illegal from 1900 until late in the...
Update We wrote earlier this summer that the gem at the Little Missouri Bay Recreation Area near Dunn Center was without water. Back then, conditions were dry, rain was scare, river levels were low, boat ramps were useless. Even then, though, the campsites were...