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I finally got a vacation!
Day 1
1 Drive for 5 hours - see Moose at Burgess Junction, Wyoming
2. Drive for 3 hours - Found a Drive Through Bar in Frannie Wyoming
Send night in Laurel Montana - don't like being that near to oil refineries (We were going to camp but with the wife and I getting over pneumonia we decided to stay in motels)
Day 2
1. Drive for 4 hours visit Walmart in Butte Montana (Hey we had to have certain supplies)
2. Try to explain ...

Well the pilgrims (tourists) are here for the annual migration so summer is in full swing in the Black Hills. So far May and June have been cool and wet, not unusual except for the amount of rain. Usually our monsoon season is over this week and things start warming up and drying out. We are about 4 inches of precipitation ahead this spring. Good news for the growing things but I'm still trying to rebuild our road from a 5 inch rain storm four weeks ago.

All this rain has a bright ...

I received one of those "exclusive pre-approved' credit card offers in the mail today. I found it
interesting the offer was sent presorted bulk mail! How exclusive ist that? When enough offers
to qualify for bulk postage rates, let alone justify presorting, are sent out.

I got to thinking about exclusivity. I was once offered a membership in an "exclusive"
organization, I was just the type of person they wanted to have in their membership.
That ...

I know spring has finally come to the Black Hills. Even though the grass started greening up a couple of weeks ago and the willows, birch and aspen are showing the new growth at the branch ends, spring does not officially begin until the Pasque Flowers (wild crocus) bloom. They were in full flower yesterday after one of those spring rain showers that make the air smell fresh and clean with the rebirth of the land. It is sad so many people bypass one of the happiest moments of the year. How can ...

I’ve delayed writing about this, I suppose knowing that spring is here helps.



About two weeks ago 29 of my brothers died, died in deep dark underground because one person made a decision that profit was worth more than those lives. If you’ve ever worked in the mines, especially underground, you are part of a select fraternity. Even though I haven’t worked as a miner for over twenty years, I still feel the call of those deep dark places in the belly of the beast. I ...