Galoots All,

As some of you may know, I grew up canoeing around  Indiana and Michigan 
with my wolf-dog and a .22. Most of my family has a connection to the 
past and a fair number have an outdoor connection as well. A Cousin 
rebuilds puffer-belly railroads and then turns them over to whoever 
hired him to do the job, another was a Generalist/Ranger for USGS, my 
Brother is Indiana Jones, but for real. An Aunt and Uncle were Rangers 
in Colorado at the same time that Dodds was in Idaho, and their cabin 
looked a lot like the one in the story...much of the country looked like 
his pictures. Lines are on maps, the countryside doesn't much know what 
state it's in. They had a trout stream about 100 yds down-slope from the 
cabin and bears and whatnot sniffing around after dark.

It was a different world that I grew up in and, frankly, there are too 
many people and too much noise in this one. Anyway, I came across this 
as I was editing an article for an on-line magazine, that will not be 
named, and thought that it might just touch a chord.

You might want to read the story about Earl Dodds.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r4/learning/history-culture/?cid=stelprdb5420773

And a story for those who have youngsters with an outdoor bent.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13499

Dave in Fairfax - STILL and still divesting of tools