A Mission Impossible By Steve Carr Jennifer Aniston, Lady Gaga, and Ryan Reynolds all attend our neighborhood church. I point them out to my long-suffering daughter. She gives me that, “Oh, Dad,” look. Oddly enough, I seem to
The Big and Small of It By Dean Worbois Was it a big town or a small city? I was raised in both, choosing my environment by what I was looking for at the time. It was the
“Solving for Pattern” By Maija Baehr Sitting as tall as I could, I bounced my knees up and down nervously as I watched the wilderness whiz past. We had left McCall Airstrip—three others and I, all volunteers with
Mourning on the River of No Return By Jim Mullen “Eddy out, eddy out, eddy out!” Arms circle overhead, the shouts carry across the water and bounce off canyon walls as kayaks swoop and spin into the calm
They Call It True Grit By Tom Lopez “Rock!” The shout rang out from above. Click, click, clack, bang, and then the sound of a rock whizzing through the air was followed by silence. The softball-sized rock Daniel
And a Lot Farther Back By Suz Iventosch “This is not good, not good at all,” I lamented as we stumbled upon the entrance to the White Clouds Wilderness. The sign clearly indicated no bikes allowed. Wait, what?
Where Species Meet By Michael Lucid The hair looked promising. In 2010, Scott Rulander and I were on the hunt for rare forest mammals and had spent most of the day skiing up to near the summit of
Cycling and Rafting the Canyonlands By Kevin Briggs Photos Courtesy of Ben Groeneveld The gravel road ahead was the only sign of human presence, a linear path across the rolling tan hills marked with the dark green of
Do Plants Communicate? By Shiva WhiteHawk Last fall, I hiked into the Snake River Plain northeast of my home in Twin Falls and stood surrounded by sagebrush as far as the eye could see. Silence reigned, and I
By Amy Story Larson No-Knead Bread INGREDIENTS 3 c. bread flour (could use part whole wheat flour, oatmeal, or flax seeds) ¼ to1/2 tsp. yeast 1-1/2 tsp. salt 1-3/4 c. warm (110° F) water PREPARATION > Mix together
