Caroline Cabe

2 weeks ago | cowboysindians.com | Caroline Cabe

It was a bad morning to go fishing, if there is such a thing. The cold sliced my skin, the choppy water bounced my stomach, and the wind whipped through all four layers I had on. I leaned against the railing of a boat in Alabama’s Blakely River, not far from the Gulf of Mexico, and tried not to care if I caught anything. Only a fool thinks the point of fishing is to catch fish. But I didn’t want to freeze and get skunked.

2 weeks ago | cowboysindians.com | Caroline Cabe

Maddie & Tae are the reason you can never judge a book by its cover. They are young and beautiful and gracious and charming. Until they sit down on the fishing dock and start cutting live worms in half with their bare hands to bait their hooks. That’s when you know that this country duo is not afraid to get their hands dirty, whatever the task. That, and their commitment to take what they’ve built over the last ten years and keep on building it.

2 weeks ago | cowboysindians.com | Caroline Cabe

I've heard it said that we need two compasses in life. The first is a directional compass of sorts, whether a magnetized instrument or ingrained knowledge, to help us avoid getting literally lost. The second is an ethical or self-awareness compass, one that tells us which direction to go when we feel troubled or lost. Oddly, perhaps, the sandhill cranes have always offered me both.

2 weeks ago | cowboysindians.com | Caroline Cabe

In the farthest,most northwestern corner of Montana — the Yaak Valley, hard against the border with British Columbia — stands a mysterious old forest, where previous notions about a great many things are turned upside down. In this enchanted forest one commonly finds two trees, long thought to be enemies of one another — sun-loving larch, for instance, and shade-dependent cedar — growing shoulder to shoulder, not merely tolerating one another, but somehow prospering alongside each other.

3 weeks ago | cowboysindians.com | Caroline Cabe

The West has been shaped by all manner of heroes, none more important than those who put themselves on the front lines and, in many instances, sacrificed their lives in defense of America’s unique traditions, rights, and freedoms. The Western landscape is filled with ways to honor legendary figures. These museums and memorials occupy the top of any list of places to pay tribute to veterans, while learning about their extraordinary courage, devotion, and history.