by Jim Huckabay | Apr 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
You may have been of the same mind. Frankly, I was having doubts there for a while about whether or not spring would return to the valley. Then we had those teasers of weather, and I was even more uncertain. Then, last sunny and breezy Tuesday afternoon, I drove by...
by Jim Huckabay | Apr 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last Saturday, we celebrated the Sixth Annual James Groseclose Memorial Pheasant Hunt out at the Cooke Canyon Hunt Club. You recall, no doubt, that our buddy Jim Groseclose (aka J1) suddenly went home just over six years ago – March 21, 2010 – during the Sweet...
by Jim Huckabay | Mar 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
As you are no doubt aware, we are two weeks away from the Kittitas County Field and Stream Club’s 30th Annual Chukar Run banquet – the social event of the season. It happens Saturday, August 9th, at the Fairgrounds. Doors open at 4:00, dinner at 6:00 with fun and...
by Jim Huckabay | Mar 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Several of us are heading to South Africa this summer, to play with our friends Richard and Ruth Lemmer and Safari Afrika. This will be a return trip for some of us and a first adventure for others. Numerous conversations are being held. Anticipation fills the air....
by Jim Huckabay | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
At last. Spring may be on the way. In response to these increasingly spring-like days, I’m hearing more and more talk about impromptu hikes and adventures. Given how quickly spring weather and hikes can take an unexpected turn, I’m thinking more and more about how...
by Jim Huckabay | Feb 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
In three weeks, Othello, Washington, will be celebrating its 19th Annual Sandhill Crane Festival. Thousands of serious and well-it’s-just-too-cool-to-miss birders will be observing, photographing, recording and discussing thousands of lesser sandhill cranes. These...