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  • Dogs have own way of acclimating to camping trip

    Grant McGee CMI columnist

    T he other weekend we took our dogs with us to the mountains, their first road trip with us. There's Lilly the Aussie mix and Buddy the cocker mix. Lilly is adventuresome and likes to herd things, Buddy likes to stand around with his "dog smile" and wag his tail. When it was time to go we popped open the car's back door and they excitedly hopped in. Two hours later they weren't so enthusiastic. We stopped in Fort Sumner where I offered them water. Lilly lapped it all up and was ready for the next leg of the adventure. Buddy,...

  • Dogs have own way of acclimating to camping trip

    Grant McGee CMI columnist

    T he other weekend we took our dogs with us to the mountains, their first road trip with us. There's Lilly the Aussie mix and Buddy the cocker mix. Lilly is adventuresome and likes to herd things, Buddy likes to stand around with his "dog smile" and wag his tail. When it was time to go we popped open the car's back door and they excitedly hopped in. Two hours later they weren't so enthusiastic. We stopped in Fort Sumner where I offered them water. Lilly lapped it all up and was ready for the next leg of the adventure. Buddy,...

  • McGee: Conversations with insects best kept to yourself

    Grant McGee CMI columnist

    It was early morning. The sunrise was still two hours away. I shuffled into the kitchen, flipped on the light and there was a cockroach skittering around in the sink. I stared at it. "Well good morning," I said, pondering the roach. "I've decided you're going to be the first roach to benefit from my new amnesty policy." I reached for a paper towel. "You see," I said to the roach, "Being here in the house used to mean an automatic squashing. But I have changed my mind. After all, spiders get a pass around here, why not you?"...

  • McGee: Conservations with insects best kept to yourself

    Grant McGee CMI columnist

    It was early morning. The sunrise was still two hours away. I shuffled into the kitchen, flipped on the light and there was a cockroach skittering around in the sink. I stared at it. "Well good morning," I said, pondering the roach. "I've decided you're going to be the first roach to benefit from my new amnesty policy." I reached for a paper towel. "You see," I said to the roach, "Being here in the house used to mean an automatic squashing. But I have changed my mind. After all, spiders get a pass around here, why not you?"...