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Grill shopping and eyeing a Traeger
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Grill shopping and eyeing a Traeger
by Gayne C. Young 
May 7, 2025
Outdoors On Edge I’ve never made money off setting anything on fire. Joe Traeger has. A lot of it. Our story begins in Mt. Angel, Oregon back in the early 1980s when Joe was cooking chicken on a gas grill. A sudden flame up engulfed the grill, and Joe kicked it off the deck in frustration. He collec...
Larry Hagman visited the ’Burg
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Larry Hagman visited the ’Burg
by Gayne C. Young 
April 30, 2025
Outdoors On Edge Before he was Major Nelson on “I Dream of Jeannie” or J.R. Ewing on “Dallas,” Larry Hagman was the son of divorced parents who was just trying to figure out the ways of the world. When he was 15, his father decided to help him in this endeavor by sharing some of life’s lessons with ...
Thrice named adventurer braved many horrors on his travels
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Thrice named adventurer braved many horrors on his travels
by Gayne C. Young 
April 23, 2025
Outdoors On Edge He hunted to fill his family’s natural history museum, had five different species of animals named after him and discovered the source of the Nile. His name was John Hanning Speke, and he was the most epic man to ever go by three names. Born on his family’s vast estate outside Bidef...
Fermenting on mead/motors
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Fermenting on mead/motors
by Gayne C. Young 
April 16, 2025
Outdoors On Edge Ineed another boat motor like I need a hole in my head. And yet I’m looking for one. I suppose I’m truly a glutton for punishment. Th...
In conversation with Joe Bob Briggs, Part 4
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
In conversation with Joe Bob Briggs, Part 4
by Gayne C. Young 
April 9, 2025
Outdoors On Edge Here’s the final portion of my interview with writer and host of the The Last Drivein with Joe Bob Briggs John Bloom - aka Joe Bob Br...
In conversation with Joe Bob Briggs, Part 3
News, Outdoors
In conversation with Joe Bob Briggs, Part 3
OUTDOORS ON EDGE By Gayne C. Young 
April 2, 2025
Here’s Part 3 of my interview with writer and host of the “The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs,” John Bloom, a.k.a. Joe Bob Briggs. You wrote “Evide...
A conversation with Joe Bob Briggs, Part 2
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
A conversation with Joe Bob Briggs, Part 2
by Gayne C. Young 
March 26, 2025
Outdoors On Edge Here’s Part 2 of my interview with writer John Bloom — a.k.a. Joe Bob Briggs — and host of the “The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs...
A conversation with Joe Bob Briggs, Part 1
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
A conversation with Joe Bob Briggs, Part 1
by Gayne C. Young 
March 19, 2025
Outdoors On Edge John Bloom — aka Joe Bob Briggs — is a writer, actor and host of the “The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs” on Shudder. I was fortun...
Cruising for game in an ugly car
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Cruising for game in an ugly car
by Gayne C. Young 
March 12, 2025
Outdoors On Edge The Mohs SafariKar is one truly ugly vehicle. And I’m in love with it. Built by the Mohs Seaplane Corporation of Madison, Wisconsin, ...
Cruising for game in an ugly car
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Cruising for game in an ugly car
by Gayne C. Young 
March 5, 2025
Outdoors On Edge The Mohs SafariKar is one truly ugly vehicle. And I’m in love with it. Built by the Mohs Seaplane Corporation of Madison, Wisconsin, ...
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