Here we are, Thursday, November 5th and it's National Men Make Dinner day. OK, so who came up with this celebration? The rules are apparently that men cannot have any outside assistance and grilling does not count. Oh c'mon! ...

Wanting to make it special in a place where we know a total of two people and have no real money for extras, I made him a birthday dinner. I know, I know, who wouldn't want this gourmet cook to make you a special plate for a special day? Oh wait… ... The area to the right is the National Elk refuge. Herds of elk come down from the snow covered mountains and spend the winter in the valley on the refuge so that they have plenty of food. Soon it wi… [more]going for each day. ...