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...
by mcl | Mar 7, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates Choose Your Path We held hands and stood only a few feet away from a massive 12-foot alligator. Twice a year my daughter and I would have an adventurous camping getaway, and on this particular state park trip, we hiked over to the...
