The North American Rocky Mountain Goat is an elusive animal. Its native territory stretches from Southeast Alaska down to the Boulder and Pioneer Mountains near Sun Valley, Idaho. The goats seen in Glacier National Park, Colorado, and Utah have been transplanted to these regions and in many cases desensitized to humans. The irony for people Read More…
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What’s on Your Walk?
When you go out for a walk, hike, run, or some similar type of activity are you focused entirely on the exercise and its successful completion? Or do you take in what is around you as much as the exercise? My behavior is more in line with the later – even during my days of Read More…
A Quake Before You Wake
The shuttering and roiling of the cabin acted as my wakeup call at 6:11:37 AM. Linda experienced the same. The source was an earthquake centered 3.2 miles below the earth’s surface and less than five miles from our cabin in Goat Creek. According to the United States Geological Service, the exact spot was on Elk Read More…