Dick Nachbar  

This long-retired outdoor and corporate adventurer has had a special relationship with Rainy River for 58 years, so far.

Recent rash of modern technology challenges for this old timer brought reflections on age, career timing and early retirement which provided extended time for independent pursuits.

Recently our U.S.

It’s that time of year again when Western states such as Idaho announce results of special lottery-based controlled hunts.

Shortly before Memorial Day old adventurer and long-term bride visited daughter and spouse at new home camp with old Idaho Avenue address on Bass Lake--pizza lunch.

Adventures for this old outdoor and corporate adventurer, with no longer reliable feet and legs but still reliable implanted pacemaker, constitute reading, writing and PBS documentaries.

Our yearly calendars are rushing toward the last Monday in May, some 75 years after the D-Day invasion at the beaches of Normandy.

Calendars announced general fishing season opener, competing with Mothers’ Day again this year; however, both events enjoyed fine weather but with hints of Canadian wildfire smoke.

Following several COVID-related absences, May’s first week found old adventurer along with long-term bride, sweetheart and best friend visiting southern outer-ring metro hometowns, springtime on near-full display.

Old timer journalist here, long removed from formal institutions of education, tries to keep eyes and ears open for more learning.