When I get an opportunity to show people Utah’s beautiful backcountry, sometimes I get overly excited. It is hard to remember that not everybody enjoys an adventure as much as I do. I am always thinking about an ATV adventure when people just want a ride without the adventure. Several ...

In March of 2008, I wrote an article for the Ogden newspaper about the need for an ATV club in northern Utah. We planned a meeting at the Clearfield Library in April for anyone interested. Forty people showed up at that first meeting. We worked together to organize the club. The first ...

Here is a look at many of the events going on in Northern Utah and beyond in the next week: CENTRAL Ogden Aug. 1 “Waiting for Gadot,” Good Company Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (goodcotheatre.com/) America 250-Community Art Show, Ogden Union Station, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (Aug. 1-22, ...

The full Northern Utah calendar of events is on L4, but here are three local events you should check out this week: 1. Weber County Fair Golden Spike Event Center, Aug. 5-8, noon to 10 p.m. August means it is time for all the sights, sounds and fun of the Weber County Fair. The fair ...

My daughter picked London for her senior graduation trip. My wife and I tried to talk her out of it. Not because we dislike London. It’s just that there are so many more distinctive, if not scenic, cities we’d return to first.  But it was her choice. So we reluctantly booked our flights, ...

The safari was a bonus. The real reason we went to Africa was to visit my son, David, and his family. As a mining engineer, he was working at the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine in Tanzania. My son knew that if he could get his mom excited about seeing the grandkids, it would be up to me to figure out ...