Break “away from the grind”, on the trail, into the wild. Our site contains info and photos to invite you to wander into some of the wonders of the American West.
Over the holiday weekend we went fishing near Kemmerer, WY. At Fossil Lake. But Fossil Lake dried up 50 million years ago. The fish? Herring and bass. Dead, flattened, buried and fossilized. Pressed between layers of limestone like flowers in a book. Fishing in rock, yet fishing it was. Our rod and reel? Hammer and chisel […]
This waterfall isn’t for everyone. It’s out of the way. On no maps. Not that big. And it requries a real bushwack to reach. Plus it’s seasonal, flowing well only during the wet spring. But waterfalls with a sheer drop are rare in our part of the state. So for waterfall aficionados I’ll let you […]
(Note: This piece was written for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and published on Jun 22, 2006 along with a companion article by Cara Eastwood. Shortly following its publication, for unknown reasons, Mr. Broe thankfully ended his long effort to acquire the mountain. It’s yours! Enjoy the wildest place in Southeast Wyoming!) Reese Mountain belongs to […]
Give it a more captivating name and this ancient volcanic plug just might be a tourist destination. How about the Black Cathedral or perhaps Druid’s Throne? It is dark, mysterious, a weathered old ruin rising on a circular dais, jabbing the heavens, more ready to curse than bless… Or the Dark Flame? That captures its shape and […]
Are you a person that just has to see behind the familiar? To peer beneath the everyday and common place? When you were six was Curious George an inspiration rather than a warning? If so, you have something in common with Albert Einstein. “I have no special talents,” he wrote in a letter. “I am only […]
I thought I knew all the paths of Pole Mountain and Vedauwoo. Prided myself in my superior know-how and know-where. So I was surprised when my friend Shan showed me a map produced by the Pedal House, a Laramie bike shop. It showed a trail called “The Death Crotch” climbing the west side of Pole Mountain. […]