An hour of fishing for Matthew, (no fish were caught)… Run Wyatt down to hangout with Jaxon… Lorelei and Matthew take off for adventures… Quinlan shows up for a picnic but I send him home to get different shoes rather than his brand new school shoes… Loaded up with dogs, kids, and food, we’re off…
Category: Family
Bear Money
Vernon and I attended a fundraiser for Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum to raise money for a special purchase. They are raising money for the taxidermy of a grizzly bear. Through cooperation with the Wyoming Game and Fish, the process has begun. All photo credit goes to the Museum. Remember my stories last year about “Bear…
Quiet Chapter
I was disappointed we didn’t find the remains of a dugout near the confluence of Crooked Creek and the Nowood River. Entering from the lower right, Crooked Creek is tiny, about as wide as Indy is long, but many parts of it are a good three feet down from the top of the bank. Vernon…
Lost to the Wind
It still stands fairly straight. Weather beaten. Tired. Dry. Chinked with a concrete mix overlain with split shingles. A scant 15’ by 15’. The corners are blunt ends, not dove tailed or joined in any way. A door. Two windows. A stovepipe. Floorboards have disappeared. With a bit of work, she’d be livable again. No…
Into the Soil
Vernon and I decided to explore for the Lord’s dugout and cabin. The story I posted here was a doozy and it made me wonder exactly where they lived. Locally, we call Lord’s Gulch as one that feeds into the Double Crossing, but it’s almost a mile from where I thought their cabin should be….
Lost Among the Wolves, III
I recently had a relative send me this old story published over 50 years ago. Since it’s reached its 50 year limit, I thought I’d share it with you over the next few days. It’s quite the story! Lost among the wolves by Mary E. Witherup in Wyoming Magazine, Vol VIII No. 2 June-July 1975,…
Lost Among the Wolves, II
I recently had a relative send me this old story published over 50 years ago. Since it’s reached its 50 year limit, I thought I’d share it with you over the next few days. It’s quite the story! Lost among the wolves by Mary E. Witherup in Wyoming Magazine, Vol VIII No. 2 June-July 1975,…
Lost Among the Wolves, I
I recently had a relative send me this old story published over 50 years ago. Since it’s reached its 50 year limit, I thought I’d share it with you over the next few days. It’s quite the story! Lost among the wolves by Mary E. Witherup in Wyoming Magazine, Vol VIII No. 2 June-July 1975,…
Yakoke
We did it! Today, Victoria and I completed our virtual walk of our ancestors’ Trail of Tears Walk! Whoop, whoop! Or Yakoke!
Trail of Tears Walk – 2
As of today, we are in Arkansas, 171 miles along, 37% done. Since we started, I decided to look up which Trail of Tears my ancestors actually were on. We’re rewalking the Trail of 1830/31. Come to find out, my great great great grandparents were on the Trail in 1833. Leroy (Lee) Griggs, who was…
Hero
Happy 13th birthday to Jaxon! I believe he liked his general Legos that may help him create more stop motion movies. There was the Ten Sleep football photo frame… Then… did you know you can order custom Lego figures? I put him in Pioneer blue with #20 on his “uniform”. An impish grin on his…
Trail of Tears Walk
I don’t know if you’ve seen them, “virtual walks”, where usually for a fee, you could “hike Yellowstone”, getting a “digital postcard” when you reach Old Faithful or the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. At the end, you’d get a medal. They have them for all over the world. All you do is add your…