Streaky dunes after a rain © Don Laine

By Don Laine

Those planning to come to RMOWP’s 2018 conference September 23-26 need to know about a change in time for the guided field trip into Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Continue reading →

Male Painted Bunting © John Thornton

RMOWP member John Thornton writes about a recent experience at his Stillwater, Oklahoma home: Continue reading →

Cumbres & Toltec narrow gauge steam train preparing to leave the Chama station © 1991 Don Laine

In addition to the many field trips planned during, pre- and post- conference, several workshops have now been nailed down. Continue reading →

Longtime RMOWP member Robert Stone has released the fourth edition of Day Hikes Around Santa Barbara, Continue reading →

Three new 110 Folding Hunter knives from Buck.

Buck Knives, a longtime supporter of RMOWP, has introduced a variety of new knives,
including additions to its famed 110 Folding Hunter® line, the knife that put the company on the map in 1963. Continue reading →

September snowfall in the mountains above Great Sand Dunes NP&P © Don Laine

By Don Laine —

RMOWP’s 2018 conference takes place in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve area, Continue reading →

Lightning, Cece & Bolt © Judy Barnes

By Don Laine & Virginia Parker Staat
Photos © Judy Barnes —

If you love wild horses, be sure to sign up for a unique opportunity to photograph free-roaming mustangs.  Continue reading →

Mural © Kenita Gibbins

As reported by a very serious Kenita Gibbons —

My friend and I were returning home on the Chicago-to-Denver Amtrak route. The train made a stop for cigarette smokers, who absolutely can’t smoke anywhere on the train. I exited the train with a hand from the conductor. Continue reading →

Article & photos by Jack Olson —

Sometimes a life can change under the simplest circumstances. No heroics. No national attention. I still wonder how the lives of some troubled boys might have been altered. Continue reading →