Back Trail to the Reel West

Back Trail to the Reel West

My wife Dana and I rode into the heart of the Alabama Hills, a place I had been to thousands of times in my 50-plus years, even though I’d never set foot here before. Situated west of Lone Pine, California, in the beautiful but stark Owens Valley, the Alabama Hills...
Cow Camp Style

Cow Camp Style

It took a decade to find the property that Mike and Amy Bennett envisioned: a classic little log building not unlike the trailside museum at the confluence of the Madison and Gibbon Rivers in Yellowstone National Park, with a little stream out back, a meadow and lots...
Ups & Downs of Ranching Dream

Ups & Downs of Ranching Dream

Who hasn’t fantasized about riding off into the sunset on your own horse through beautiful Western terrain that is all yours for as far as the eye can see? Yet running a ranch is a 24/7 existence with a lot of hard work and sacrifice. For those I’ve met who have made...
The Sinagua Sunwatchers

The Sinagua Sunwatchers

When Kenneth J. Zoll and his wife Nancy retired to Sedona, Arizona, in 2004, Ken had never heard of “archaeoastronomy.” After all, he had spent 35 years working in federal offices, ending up as the chief technology and information officer for the Railroad Retirement...