I guess I'm a little slow to these things sometimes but I just...literally just...found out that Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom was probably fabricated out of whole cloth. Damn. "The Long Walk"…
For some reason, there was Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) party along Dry Creek and Yellow Jacket Creek in La Plata County, Colorado yesterday. I saw somewhere between 25-30 individuals. Bald Eagle pictures and Bird-nerd's delight! Historically, bald eagles lived throughout North…
It is so damn cold these days that I need memories of warmer times. Like from a backpack trip into the Grand Canyon. This is looking west down the "esplanade" on the North Rim near Tapeats. 100 degrees. I prefer…
Author’s note: One doesn’t tend to think of Finland and Sweden as a hot-bed of multiculturalism. Think again. The culture of the Fenno-Swedish border is a fascinating mix of peoples that came from all over the region. In Part I,…
