Out Our Way: Doc's take on things

“I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.”

Out our way, horse sense theology just sort of fits the scenery, especially in spring. I recall riding to an overlook in the Bear Paws that held a special place for me. You followed an old jeep trail a few hundred yards and then took off over the wild grass and past the scrub pines until you came to the end of the ridge. There was a valley down below, and across the way more pines and hills rising into the Bear Paw range. It was a quiet place and a good place just to sit on a rock and think.

I dismounted and let the...