Most trips to the mailbox usually disappoint. Like just about everyone else the arrival of bills is kind of a downer and the abundance of junk mail just frustrates me because even though we recycle all our junk mail here at our Evergreen, Co. dwelling , it just seems to me there has to be […]

I often get asked, “What’s been your favorite assignment?”. The response is usually pre-empted with a chuckle and  a smile and a rather bewildered reply of “That’s a hard one.” Much like with a bucket list there are assignments you hope to cover in a career and then there are the ones you have encountered […]

I have been diligently monitoring the higher altitude weather patterns , reading wildlife reports and checking with locals to see if the bears have been coming out of hibernation. There  have been no confirmed reports of activity in our  area though certain regions of the state have definitely seen bruin movement recently. With an armory […]

Living near the Upper Bear Creak drainage from our closest fourteen thousand foot peak  Mount Evans provides a remarkable view into the lives and habits of a lot of wildlife. It’s not unusual in this montane environment  to see unique animal movement and behavior this time of year at 8000 feet. Many of the migrating […]