Bob Heberle and I met and became friends on fire and trail crews out of the Inyo Ecology Center — now Owens Valley Conservation Camp — near Bishop, Ca., 55 years ago. Still friends today but better suited to laughing in my backyard about sharp tools, smoky nights and crazy camp cooks.

Bob, wife Judy and their dog Casey visiting from California with me and my guy Cowboy 2 in Placitas, April 29, 2026.

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