Halt, You Swine By John O’Bryan “Hey, you guys need help?” I asked through the rolled-down window of my pickup. My wife Kelly, our daughter Molly, and I had just come upon two very large pigs strolling down
Where to Begin? Story and Photos by John O’Bryan After spending five glorious days fishing in the wilds of northern Idaho, and after unpacking the contents of the camper and truck, and after the duffel bags are emptied
Story and Photos by Tom Lopez Editor’s Note: The author, one of Idaho’s premier mountaineers over the past half-century and a regular contributor to these pages, has compiled a list of his twenty-five favorite climbs in the state.
It Shall Remain Unnamed Story and Photos by Evan Jones On a beautiful fall day in north-central Idaho in 2016, when the sun had come out after many days of rain, I drove into the forest to see
Books in Times of Change By Aisha Marie My love affair with books began a very long time ago. I was just a little girl in Rose Lake when I used to watch my sister, Sandi, and my
After All the Changes By Aisha Marie Death has nothing to do with going away. The sun sets, the moon sets, but they are not gone. ~ Rumi Mom and I didn’t have the closest of relationships.
Up Scotchman and Illinois Peaks Story and Photos by Alice Schenk The author is nearing completion of her efforts to climb the high point in each of Idaho’s forty-four counties, which she has chronicled in these pages. Here,
Fighting Blister Rust and Wildfires Story and photos by Lee Townsend “Let’s go! Fire!” The call from below echoed across the hillside where we were spread out in individual lanes marked by white twine. These lanes going up
North-South Only By Mike Turnlund My wife’s paternal great-grandparents, Frank and Della Dutton, came to northern Idaho around 1900. Among the area’s earliest white settlers, they had migrated west from De Smet, South Dakota (of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Water Mysteries and Other Curiosities By Mary Terra-Berns Coeur d’Alene Lake, which is twenty-five miles long and has a maximum depth of about 220 feet, is inhabited by large and small fish, along with a few “water mysteries.”
