At just eight years old, Andy was set free into the woods. To be clear he wasn’t abandoned. This was the early 1980s and kids were given immense freedom to explore the outdoors on their own accord. Spared from the fears of parents today, the brown- haired boy with dust coated jeans and a t-shirt … Continue reading “The Perfect Combination – Andy Fecko”

It was supposed to be just like the other trips they took to the Sonoma Coast. But this time, they wouldn’t make it to Fort Bragg for the Memorial Day Weekend holiday. Parked along a two-lane road, the brake-line in their RV-Bus conversion failed and the Bair family was tossed about the camper as it … Continue reading “The Optimist – Lewis Bair”

He nearly called balls and strikes for a living, but thankfully for the Chinook salmon, he chose to count fish instead. Ted Trimble was on his way to becoming a baseball umpire before he decided to stick with his job as waterman in a small community south of Chico. He had a family friend who … Continue reading “Never Counted Out – Ted Trimble”