There’s a new ranger in town up on the Modoc National Forest—at least temporarily. She is Danelle Harrison, acting forest supervisor—on loan from the Kaibab National Forest down near the Grand Canyon—which she promotes proudly with a Kaibab National Forest… Continue Reading
Highway 395 runs along California’s eastern side—a backbone highway figuratively—and a lonely one, too. Not as lonely as Nevada’s Highway 50—the so-called “Loneliest Road in America,” but Highway 395 travels a route through country that is high desert and scrub,… Continue Reading
There are three sources for drama: Man vs. himself, man vs. man and man vs. nature. In Modoc County folks who want to grow their own veggies, herbs and flowers—immediately have access to a bountiful crop of drama: Facing off… Continue Reading
Blame the llamas. They escaped their pen and went roaming. Who can fault them? Nice fresh grass sprouting after all the winter rains. Big pond of water nearby to drink from: You’d break free too! March here in the California… Continue Reading
If you want to test your self-sufficiency—or sense of it—get yourself snowed in, preferably while staying in a small cabin, in some remote woods. And then let the electricity go out. And so recently, I was snowed in under almost… Continue Reading
Backstage of the century-old Town Hall in Modoc County’s Fort Bidwell—up in the far, right corner of California—the visitor can see faded inscriptions on rough-hewn walls: Little time capsules of messages—now murky—in schoolhouse penmanship of our grandparents. Written many in… Continue Reading
Fall descends on California’s High Desert now, with telltales natural and man-made settling over the sagebrush. Though the equinox is a few weeks away, already the atmosphere has chilled and a watch needs keeping on the forecast for frost—the first… Continue Reading
Going to see the elephant! That’s one popular saying of Gold Rush miners heading for California and the mines. Off for excitement, something big! Modern folks have a few elephants of our own to see. Here in Northern California, things… Continue Reading
One couldn’t have asked for a prettier day for an outing to find a pioneer wagon trail: Puffy clouds and streaks of white in a blue blue sky, ground newly damp from a rainstorm the previous night and the sweet,… Continue Reading
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