Campfire Ponderings

The flames of the fire danced, reaching upwards to lick at the star-filled sky. My brother and I were three days into an exploration and trail cutting trip. We were 40 miles in from the nearest road in a place neither of us had ever been to before. We may very well have been the […]

Goats in Rough Places

Thick wet willows slapped our faces as we maneuvered our horses up the long, steep, log-laden trail to tree line. It was a tough and slow ride through the dense jungle of downed trees, freshly fallen from the early September heavy and wet snow of a week earlier. A chainsaw and machete made the trails […]

An Elk for Emily

A STORY IN FOUR PERSPECTIVESRON (EMILY’S DAD):My first hunting trip to Mountain Rain Adventures came about in an unusual way. I had called Steve’s Outdoor Adventures about a rifle, and the conversation shifted to different hunting areas. This was back in August 2023. As we wrapped up the call, Travis promised to send over some […]

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