Back in September I wrote about the Anxiety of waiting for winter. Well, the time for the snow to be here is inching closer and closer, wait … shouldn’t it be here already? In fact, it should be dumping by now! But alas, it is not.
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As Ryan and I drive towards Castle Valley, Ryan plucks a string or two on his mandolin then skillfully picks his way through the song my iPod deemed appropriate for the moment: the Last of the Mohicans movie theme. Read More »

Who out there has looked up and watched birds ripping around in sky and wondered how fun that might be? I certainly have, and when I came across this video my jaw dropped. I’ve seen photos of guys doing this before, but this was incredible.

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Only park service employees may use chainsaws within park boundaries.
-Grand Teton National Park mandate

The key to tearing down a buck rail fence is not to take it down with the ease of a chainsaw, but to demolish it point blank in the center of the rail with the roaring, onslaught of a sledge hammer. Makes you feel like a pioneer! Read More »

One of the best things that can happen to me when someone asks:
“Hey Chuck, how would you like a tour of this new area?”
My answer is always, of course, hell yes! Read More »

Calloused hands, open water, two men in a rowboat for 3,000 miles.

Interested in watching?

Come to Q at 7 p.m. on Tuesday for “Dinner and a Movie,” sponsored by the Jackson Hole Film Institute’s Community Outreach Program. It’s free!

The film: Row Hard, No Excuses (which won best sports action film at the 2007 Jackson Hole Film Festival).

Synopsis: The film chronicles the voyage of the only American entry - a 41-year-old man and a 51-year-old man - in a rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Barbados. The film is half sports action and half “intimate exploration of midlife, ambition and masculinity.”

Reservations: Call Q 739-0700

Film Questions: Call Jackson Hole Film Institute 733-8144 or visit www.lanternfilms.com.

October.
Sleet, rain, snow, and sun.
The month’s weather was a mix.
Rain and snow combined to dominated the first week. Fall colors prevailed. The hills were covered in golden light with a dappled mix of red and burnt orange and the green of the conifers. Read More »