We have a Bushy-Tailed Wood Rat building, and rebuilding, a nest in the engine of the BGF. So technically, I suppose we have a BTWR in the BGF, or ABTWRNDBGF. How do we know it’s a BTWR? I met him one morning, trapped under the recycle bin on the back porch. The dogs had been …

One advantage of living in the boondocks is that places like this are pretty easy to get to. The trailhead for this adventure is about an hour from my front door. I got out of work later than expected on Friday and so did not start up this trail until 8:10 pm local time. And …

Okay, a few more pictures of our hike. Here’s Becca on the tippity-top of Chicago Peak, shooting the opposite direction of the image I posted yesterday. This one gives a better sense of altitude. Here we are on the trail, heading out. The ridge above leads to Chicago Peak, so named (I assume) because the …

Well it doesn’t look like it here, but it was quite a climb to get on top of this peak in Montana’s Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. This is the only way I could situate the camera to take a picture of all of us while still giving a sense of the terrain. From the left it’s …

Well, I’ve decided to take the plunge and release myself from anonymity. With this post I’ll link this blog to my website and let the minute portion of the world who cares learn much more about me and where I live. Don’t get too close; I’m trained with my guns. For the last few years …

We were headed down the mountain on Saturday before I remembered to ask Rich to get a picture of us. Rich still took the picture I’m posting, but it’s us. (Looks like his camera’s tilted too.) So here is Emma and me a hundred feet below the summit. Most of the peaks you see in …

Last Friday morning the kids and I were buzzing down the road to school and work. We came around the curve and I said, “Look, kids, a bear.” Every time I see a bear in the wild I think first of a dog, but am immediately corrected by its pear-shaped body, stretched out neck and …

I forget what I was working on Saturday morning*, but in the afternoon it was time for another exploration party. This is off a dirt road about half an hour from our house. We are inside a federally designated wilderness area, and the old bridge we’re sitting on leads to an abandoned mine near Rock …