Blacktails Don’t Come Easy

Blacktails Don’t Come Easy

I sat in the pre-dawn darkness in the soft glow of the instrument panel of Roy’s 1947 Plymouth coupe, heading out on my very first buck hunt. A 12-year-old boy yearning to be a buck hunter never forgets moments like that. As the old Plymouth began its first climb up...
Putah Creek

Putah Creek

The secluded waterway became the perfect setting for a lifetime of treasured memories.

Idaho Odyssey

Idaho Odyssey

One of the great wonders of young boys is never realizing how a chain of everyday events can so forcefully change and redirect your own life in years ahead, even into adulthood. For me, raised up in a 1940s small town in the foothills of northern California’s lovely...