Outdoors
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Birthday muskies run in family during November trip
A Chris-Craft is a hand crafted wooden boat named after Christopher Craft, whose middle name was Columbus. Christopher Columbus kinda rings a bell. Wonder ...
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Grand Junction serves as meeting place for dog exchange
This is the second installment of the column I call, “On the Road to Ames.” It’s a tale that has connections with seven states ...
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Nothing better than parks and penguins, but watch for foxes
On my first day back in the office from Australia, I was encouraged by my employer to “walk like a penguin.” Meant to remind ...
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Road trip south delivers puppies to new homes
I call this column, “On the Road to Ames.” It’s a tale that has connections with seven states and road trip the boss and ...
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Australia reminds us of valuable things we already know
Going to another country makes it tough to avoid important lessons.
I tried. During our recent communication class Down Under, we had lectures and assignments ...
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Australia’s ‘most accessible’ national park not so bad despite that
Blue Mountains National Park is billed as Australia’s most accessible. That brings both good and bad for visitors seeking the peaceful beauty of nature ...
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Country kitchen table holds decades of memories
The pine tree that gave up its life to become lumber would be proud. Given the choice of converting into a pile of ash ...
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Ruffed grouse is finest fowl as table fare
There is no finer fowl as table fare than ruffed grouse. Better than ring-necked pheasant, better than bobwhite quail, better than any other gamebird ...
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Audubon Christmas Bird Count totals 49 species
After weeks of record warmth in November and early December, temperatures dipped to single digits for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) held ...
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Weather down under: Not buried in snow, but soaked by rain
It feels odd to have spent much of the last week enjoying what most would consider near-perfect weather, but lamenting a missed “opportunity” to ...