The Anecdotes Keep Coming Back


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Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   The Anecdotes Keep Coming Back   As an arthritic old geezer reveals his slower gait and hobbles along on well-traveled legs, he realizes that his inherited genes for snark, sarcasm, and persnickety tale-telling are as polished and as needy as...

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Circuit Rider


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  On the road…again!!!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek     Circuit Rider   The flashes of memory that have heretofore been confined to the Chronicles of a Footloose Forester are getting pretty hard to handle as potentially interesting stories.  This one is quite tentative because the Footloose...

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The K-Turn and Mountain Roads


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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   The K-Turn and Mountain Roads   Our family has a long tradition of learning how to drive from other family members and we all recall episodes of the lessons.  The Footloose Forester takes pride in teaching things, and...

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Whiskey Creek Brush Camp - Part III


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  On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Whiskey Creek Brush Camp: Getting Around Idaho   Part III   Weekends were always different.  As a practicing Catholic, the Footloose Forester tried to keep his obligation to attend Mass on Sunday.  In order to make it to...

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Whisky Creek Brush Camp - Part II


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  On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Whiskey Creek Brush Camp and Charlie Kidder Idaho   Part II The memory of Charlie Kidder has been in the back of his mind for these many decades; and now it the time to tell a few tales....

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Whiskey Creek Brush Camp - Part I


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On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Whiskey Creek Brush Camp Idaho   Part I Footloose Forester considered it a privilege and an opportunity to explore as a hitch-hiker. So, there was little hesitation as he turned his eyes north and began his first hitch west of...

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Elk City Was Wild Enough


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On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Remembering Elk City, Idaho   Remembering Elk City as it was does not serve any purpose in the present context.  First of all, there now is a paved road (Idaho State Road #14) leading from the outskirts of Grangeville...

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Working As A Career


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On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Working As A Career Sharing personal stories with family and friends about where we worked is an easy topic to open a conversation. Each of us has a treasure trove of stories locked away in our memory banks. The...

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Travels By Train


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  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Travels By Train On his first travels west of the Rocky Mountains, the Footloose Forester had a premonition that he would never again be as happy as he was in the mountains.  Seeing the Rockies...

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