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Not from here, but I've lived here for the past 25 years. Those old timers running cattle in these parts were the toughest of the tough.

It was still decent weather today, a bit cool and breezy. I went out and drove a little further down the trail to the boundary with the BLM/National Monument land. There's a firebreak they carved in many years ago, to prevent a fire that was burning on our private land (long before we came...

I forgot to mention the part about stripping off the waterproof plastic cover. A giant gnarly stiff condom that has to be stuffed into a trash bag and hauled out to the cart and stuffed in! Ahahaha, it's a hard grind at times, but there's a payoff!

Yeah, same thing happened when I lived down in the Pine Valley, right near Pine Junction. I rode all over Rampart Range down there. Then the fires came through and the Forest Service Nazis used it as an excuse to shut a bunch of places down. I was way back on the trail when the Buffalo Creek...

This may be heresy, but...ignore it? I had a stupid evap leak indicator on my 2008 Fusion. I ignored it for a year, maybe two...or so. I finally crawled underneath, and found that the cheesy plastic evap tank had been whacked and had a big crack. So it was easy enough to replace, and that...

I know the Frost Name. I haven't followed the industry, but I guess these days it's gone over to small factories and custom producers, most with some assistance from modern machining technology. I discovered Forged in Fire a few years back, and I love it. Old school smiths burning and hammering...

Really sweet!

I was a lifelong reader; grew up in a house crammed full of books, newspapers, magazines. I learned to read before I started grade school. My Mom used to go to Goodwill stores and bring me armfuls of books. I burned out a few years back and had to reset. Right now, I bought up a collection of...

My wife lucked into a job at the Western Cutlery factory in Longmont when we moved there in 1990. Coolest place ever. She worked in the front office with Mr. Harvey Platts & Co. She enjoyed going back in the factory with the workers. She took me on a tour one time; fantastic old-school handwork...

Lefthand Canyon was up in that neighborhood too. Ripping up through The Burn! I wonder about what's allowed in those places anymore.

Standard gear for me. High desert etiquette dictates that when ya' gotta' go, dig a proper cathole.

Hauled in a full pallet of hardwood stove fuel, 1400+ lbs. Mill is about 5 miles down the road. Drive in, pay, go to loading spot and the guy is already on the move with the forklift. Drive on home, there and back in about 15 minutes. Park, get in the Bobcat with the pallet fork, unload it and...

We got drenched with rain and snow for a while, and now we've had a nice warm dry spell, so things are finally dry enough for a little trail run. I drove out on my farm road and dropped down on one of my trails to the outer rim. Just easy stuff this time of year; I'm not going down into the...

Oh my, rode dirt bikes up there a hundred times. That's a good one.

Yepper, a fascinating story, I know it well. Whatever he was after, I hope he found it. The place draws people in.

Wow, well done. That's a blast from the past and it says it right. Props!

Long haul out on the road from Hanksville. On my way in, I met up with a grader clearing the sand drifts off the road. It was sketchy. I did a walk-in to Hans Flat; got a couple of nights camping on my way to the Overlook. Very cool isolated sites with jump-offs to great hiking. Once my slot...

I suppose I may be a bit sad that my Jeep works flawlessly for my purposes, so I don't have much to talk about.

Yepper Sir, you are right with that. I do respect the work that you do here.

I know that there're good people here who want to share. I have a tough time in cyberspace. I did have a nice run today with the Jeep out here on my MOSTEST AWESOMEST PRIVATE TRAILS! It's worthwhile.