Recreation
Sno-Park program clears the way for winter recreation
BAKER CITY — As snow flies in the mountains, crews work to keep parking lots open to the ...
Recreation
Over the Blues: Fossilized adventurer gets up close with real deal
Most trails in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument are for visitors in a hurry. Two trails, ...
Recreation
Shooting the Breeze: Halibut on a hunting trip
The plan was to meet up with five of my old college buddies and to fly into Larsen ...
Recreation
Shooting the Breeze: Triumph unforeseen
In June, when we looked at the dismal draw results, and tried mightily to refrain from metaphoric expletives ...
Recreation
Out and About: Relishing the rare rain on a mountain path
I hike so rarely in the rain that I appreciate the experience in a way I would not ...
Recreation
Shooting the Breeze: First hunt
I suspect that my brain might be getting pretty full since I am having a hard time remembering ...
Recreation
Out and About: Becoming reacquainted with the drive ‘through the middle of the state’
I have driven so often across Oregon’s midsection that I feel I know its anatomy in something like ...
Recreation
The Natural World: Stories from the hunt
It is opening day of deer season in Northeastern Oregon. A cabin neighbor and his cohorts recently returned ...
Recreation
Shooting the Breeze: The pipe snake
Tweedle had railed for weeks about what good buck tags we had drawn. Apparently he used to cowboy ...
Recreation
A rodeo life
BAKER CITY — Riggin McGinn doesn’t remember a life before rodeo. The 12-year-old was 2 at his first ...