Mountain Whimsy

It should be no surprise that the second time around is usually better than the first.  So many lessons are learned the first time around that can be corrected the next time around.  After playing my Les Paul style guitar for the summer and chatting with a local luthier it was clear that I needed to do some additional work […]

After six months or so with Tequila it’s time to fix what I got wrong up front.  Basically I never got the neck straight, it was a bit chunky, and I used fret wire that was not high enough.  So, a refret, neck reshape, and fingerboard leveling.   All part of the experience and learning process. Almost done with the big […]

There is something about fall that makes me want to go fishing.  Decide for yourself. A dusting of snow on the mountains…. The angle of light through the trees…. The buff of dry grass against the river… A hungry little rainbow trout rising to attractor flies…. Lenticular clouds, a sign of change to come…. And the chance for a big […]

For the past eight years a decent portion of my professional life has been spent working on a large, inter-agency study of the Yellowstone River.  Over this time we have mapped changes to the river and adjacent land areas in support of a court-mandated, cumulative effects study of human impacts to the river.  This study is in response to the […]

Over the Memorial Day weekend we braved the weather and ventured out of town.  We should know better than to have any guests or to plan any sort of outdoor activity over Memorial Day.  It has notoriously bad weather in our neck of the woods.  Our initial plan was to drive over the Beartooth Highway on opening weekend.  20 inches+ […]