About a year before his death in December 1998, I spent some time with Herb at his home in Fallon, Nevada. He lived in a 42 foot “Smoker” house trailer that he purchased in the early 50s. One night as…
(Click each image to enlarge.) The Early Years: Camping in the ’36 Ford and the ’41 Lincoln “Zephyr” The ’50 Ford “Woody” Herb’s ’71 Ford Econoline (that carried him more than 350,000 miles) Don’t forget the Zephyr ads! All links…
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…Jim Stiles I Still Miss Martin Murie…15 Years later—Thoughts on the “Wilderness Mentoring Conference of 1998.” SOWING CLOVER…Tonya Stiles THE WILDER WEST…Dave Wilder “Anything is Possible” What Might Have Been…From the August 1990 Zephyr Jim Stiles…
It’s been well past a year—January 28, 2012—since my dear friend and mentor and kindred spirit, Martin Murie passed away. For almost a quarter century, I often turned to him for support and advice and understanding the way a son…
I am hopelessly nostalgic. By nature, it seems, I am drawn to historic town squares, brick streets, and dusty museums. I am a sucker for trains and soda fountains. Any pre-World War II architectural style fascinates me. And this fascination,…
May 22-24, 1998…Rex Ranch, Arizona http://www.jmccomb.com/mentor/ EDITOR’S NOTE: This page, in its entirety, is an excerpt from a 1998 “wilderness mentoring conference” that occurred 15 years ago, on May 22-24, 1998 at Rex Ranch, Arizona. This portion of their report…
From Second Mesa on the Hopi Reservation you can make out the ghostly outline of Nuvatukya’ovi, or the San Francisco Peaks, 75 miles to the southwest across the tan expanse of Great Basin desert. The center heights in these mountains…
From the OUTER BANKS… GOOD MEN…Long Time Passing Judy Banks I grew up believing that once I was grown I’d find a good man and make him my own My search for this man has left me at a…
What Might Have Been? In 1990, Moab was in the process of being “re-discovered” yet again. The University of Utah announced plans to build a massive Kokopelli National Theater on the Sand Flats adjacent to the Slick Rock Bike Trail. …
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… Jefferson Parish, City of Westwego, just south of New Orleans. This place…