by Jim Huckabay | Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
According to Annenburg Media (its “Journey North” site), the first American robins were reported around Paradise during the past couple weeks. These may be some of the mostly-male birds which spend the winter wandering around the region, following food and getting a...
by Jim Huckabay | Feb 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
I spent last weekend in Portland, hanging out with my South African friends, Richard and Ruth Lemmer. They were hustling their Safari Afrika wares at the Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show in the Portland Expo Center. You may recall that I dropped in on their home...
by Jim Huckabay | Feb 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
A year ago, right about now, I headed for a weekend at the Pacific Northwest Sportsmen Show in Portland, and a visit with South African friends Richard and Ruth Lemmer. You may recall the intense snowstorm which knocked a lot of travelers off their pins and locked up...
by Jim Huckabay | Jan 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
I had a great hike around the Washington Sportsmen’s Show version of Fantasy Island in Puyallup, thank you. I found a couple things I thought might interest you, too. Along one of the twisting trails on the island, I found a group of young men and women from Eastern...
by Jim Huckabay | Jan 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
I love these outdoor shows. One of the best things about them is that each is an island unto itself. Sometimes you take a boat, sometimes you drop in from the air, sometimes there is a bridge, and sometimes you have to swim out, but a walk around any Fantasy Island is...