Monthly Archives: September 2012

Watching Wildlife in Yellowstone: the Best Places to Hang Out

Posted on September 25, 2012 by westerner54

Conventional Yellowstone Wisdom has it that the best way to find wildlife is to look for a gaggle of folks along the road with really good spotting scopes and long lenses on their cameras.  And it’s true; you will certainly … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 24, 2012 by westerner54

Originally posted on Mind Margins:
They say home is where the heart is, and I believe it. I’ve written before about how being in Wyoming feels like home, even though I’ve never lived there. What is it about certain places…

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The Sanctuary of Open Spaces

Posted on September 18, 2012 by westerner54

During a bad fire year a few summers ago, the Forest Service closed all of the Forest Service lands in western Montana.  Totally.  No access, even for hiking.  I was dumbfounded.  It had never occurred to me that they would … Continue reading →

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Johnny Gulch in the Elkhorn Mountains

Posted on September 4, 2012 by westerner54

Even a small mountain range like the Elkhorns in western Montana is chock full of wonderful backroads that are just begging to be explored.     Recently we loaded up the camper and headed out to see what we could find.  Can’t get … Continue reading →

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