Chasing the Wilderness

These short stories are all true lifetime experiences and adventures, and I am grateful that I was able to have them. I want to take other on the trail with me in this book.From the age of twelve, I worked with a packhorse string in Southern California and later with my own string in the Pacific Northwest. I also worked with a fire ranger, and that''s where I got the nickname "Smokey."When I wasn'...