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Crossing Paths: Ten Horses
Desert Traffic Jam Now that spring has sprung and the days are warming up I’ve switched to my summer schedule: hiking at sunrise and sunset, to avoid the heat and the rattlesnakes. The other morning,...
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Filly Lost & Found: A Mother’s Day Post
Lost filly near Hole in the Wall, Wyoming A year ago yesterday, in Wyoming, one of my childhood dreams came true. Somewhat lost on back roads, searching for Butch Cassidy’s Outlaw Cave in the middle of...
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Friday Night Lights Over Alamosa
I don’t plan my summers around rodeos, but I always seem to find myself in the right place at the right time a few times each season. Late June into July is known as “Cowboy Christmas” because of the...
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Donkey Dreaming At Fairplay Burro Days
Two of the stars of “Burro Days” On Sunday, I drove through Fairplay, Colorado, which I imagine is normally a pretty quiet mountain town. Not last weekend. A banner along the main drag declared it...
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Me & My Shadows: Four Corners
Shadow Self-portrait at Upheaval Dome, Canyonlands, UT You may have noticed, I take a lot of pictures. I’m addicted to this 3-pound weight always hanging around my neck. If I’m outside, it’s with me...
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Blanca BLM
Erstwhile elk in front of Blanca Funny how when you don’t have anywhere specific to go, you usually end up going in circles. I’ve spent the summer driving lazy loops around southern Colorado – I have...
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Accounting For All the Pretty Horses
Mustangs At Auction Two summers ago I did something reckless: I went to a wild horse and burro auction in Bernalillo, New Mexico. I managed not to place any bids, but I fell in love many times over....
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Filly Lost & Found: A Mother’s Day Post
Lost filly near Hole in the Wall, Wyoming Two years ago, in Wyoming, one of my childhood dreams came true. Somewhat lost on back roads, searching for Butch Cassidy’s Outlaw Cave in the middle of...
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Repost: Memorial Day Weekend on the Loneliest Road In America
Heading West on Highway 50 Hey Everybody! I’m feeling much better and back on the road in northern New Mexico, hoping to come across another Memorial Day community BBQ in some small town. I’ll be...
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Across the Valle Vidal
Valle Vidal Vertebrae I may have had the Rio Grande Gorge all to myself on Memorial Day weekend but the rim was beset with motorcycles. I’ve always liked bikers – they’re generally kind and generous to...
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