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“When we visit a national park or wilderness, we need to remember we are visiting someone else’s home. If some strange creature came into your home, tried to touch you or give you strange food, what would you think? What would your mother think? What would your mother do? That’s…
Continue reading“She looks like she’s in charge — let’s ask her!” I immediately feel I am on the spot. I am out on my first solo “wilderness patrol” as a volunteer with the US Forest Service and Indian Peaks Alliance. Wanting to make sure this first hike goes well, I choose…
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A ring of kids stood staring intently at something at the ground. During this particular Junior Ranger program, we were looking for signs of ungulates that lived in Rocky Mountain National Park — Bighorn Sheep, elk, deer and moose. Since we had just put on our “Detective” hats, I went…
Continue readingFirst, one appeared at the side of the road. Then another. Pretty soon, a gaggle of the large birds strutted across the road, scurrying quickly on their spindly legs while carrying their large, rotund bodies. It’s their size and yes, that neck, that scrawny, jiggly, turkey neck with the waddle…
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