by mcl | Dec 1, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates Ever been lost? My father had been taking me into the woods since I was as young as I can remember. On one cold, bluebird sky fall day in my early teen years, I was allowed to go out hunting by myself for one of the first times. My...
by mcl | Sep 2, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates How big are you? The three of us were resting for the moment in a small valley far into the Colorado backcountry. We were surrounded by mountains that were covered with large golden groves of aspen trees in full fall colors. It was...
by mcl | Aug 1, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates Fear Not My brother and I have that kind of brotherhood. It is like the A River Runs Through It-type bond. We’ve spent literally lifetimes together in trout rivers, duck blinds, fishing boats and on numerous outdoor adventures. We enjoy a...
by mcl | Jul 2, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates Have You Shown Them? My grandfathers were both amazing men. I spent more time outdoors trolling for bass, casting for bream, watching for deer, or in a duck blind with them than I did being indoors in my childhood years. One of them loved...
by mcl | Jun 4, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates Now What? Kevin and I left before dawn to go fishing at his uncle’s place not too far away. We launched my boat, checked our reels and lures, then started down the shoreline as the summer sun started to rise. He had told me that it was a...
by mcl | Apr 1, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates What Is Newness to You? My brother and I stood close to each other waist deep in the brackish river near Bristol Bay, Alaska. The scenery of the surrounding mountain range diving into the ocean was beyond breathtaking. We were fly...
