Father and Son | Stories, Tips & Gear Reviews for Outdoor Adventurers

Allen Crater

Nov 29, 202316 min read

Finish What You Start

It's Saturday. Wet snow slaps the wall tent in sloppy clumps. Somewhere, not far off, thunder peels – meteorological makings of the...

Allen Crater

May 31, 20237 min read

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

It was June of 2019. Blake, Dad, and I were gathered around a fire on a tiny island deep in the Canadian backcountry on a trip that had...

Allen Crater

Nov 30, 20226 min read

Eighty Octobers

Swinging each leg off the top bunk, I hopped down, my excitement a rolling boil, barely contained by the lid. Stocking feet hit the floor...

Allen Crater

Jul 26, 20219 min read

The Balm Of Adventure

It's mid July, hotter than hell, and the AC in the truck is out. We're cruising the highway with the windows down and the music up. At...

Allen Crater

Nov 13, 202010 min read

Footprints

We cut our first elk tracks five miles in, post-holing our way through heavy snow often reaching past the knee. Kyle has taken the front,...

Allen Crater

Jan 14, 20208 min read

Fishing Yellowstone - Three Generations, Six Rivers, Four Days.

It was supposed to be a hunting trip. My oldest son, Kyle, moved to Bozeman in 2018 to attend college and since that time my dad and I...