A Mountain of a Man
I met Randall Ercanbrack on a morning walk in Provo’s Rock Canyon. It was early, but he was already coming down off the trails. Come to find out: Ercanbrack chugs up Y Mountain in Provo or West Mountain near Payson nearly every morning, carrying a […]
Read more→Ravens jerk my chain
Last month, I thought I was saying ‘Good-bye.’ The quintet of raven babies, born in a large nest atop a juniper tree just a hundred feet from the house, finally left their nest. For weeks, the young ones and their attentive parents had captured my […]
Read more→Ravens jerk my chain
Last month, I thought I was saying ‘Good-bye.’ The quintet of raven babies, born in a large nest atop a juniper tree just a hundred feet from the house, finally left their nest. For weeks, the young ones and their attentive parents had captured my […]
Read more→Breaking ice with beanbags
The Old Goat was one of my favorite leisure spots when I lived back in Maine. The Richmond pub became an even bigger fav when I learned about its regular games of cornhole. For the uninitiated, cornhole is a game of tossing bean bags onto […]
Read more→Breaking ice with beanbags
The Old Goat was one of my favorite leisure spots when I lived back in Maine. The Richmond pub became an even bigger fav when I learned about its regular games of cornhole. For the uninitiated, cornhole is a game of tossing bean bags onto […]
Read more→Uintah Basin on Screech
For our trip to Maine, we decided to avoid Interstate 80 and travel along the lesser-known Route 40 in Utah and Colorado. We’d camp and check out the Rocky Mountain National Forest and Park. Route 40 runs through Duchesne, Vernal, and serves as the […]
Read more→Uintah Basin on Screech
For our trip to Maine, we decided to avoid Interstate 80 and travel along the lesser-known Route 40 in Utah and Colorado. We’d camp and check out the Rocky Mountain National Forest and Park. Route 40 runs through Duchesne, Vernal, and serves as the […]
Read more→An Arid Climate…and we’re not talking weather
Fabulous. That’s my typical response when asked about life in Utah. And it is. The open space and the agreeable climate suit me to a T. I’ve been so enamored with the Beehive State, I nearly forgot about Maine’s own fabulousness. It struck me full […]
Read more→An Arid Climate…and we’re not talking weather
Fabulous. That’s my typical response when asked about life in Utah. And it is. The open space and the agreeable climate suit me to a T. I’ve been so enamored with the Beehive State, I nearly forgot about Maine’s own fabulousness. It struck me full […]
Read more→The Truth behind Sea Gulls
In 1955, Utah legislators named the “Sea Gull” the state bird. They were commemorating the 1848 “Miracle of the Seagulls,” when huge flocks of gulls ate up hoards of crickets, saving crops of the newly landed Mormon pioneers. This is funny on two counts: As […]
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