I sell alfalfa hay. My family has been farming the land for 100 years. I've sold hay to many interesting people, a few that I'd like to know much better. One is Deborah and this is how we became biblically acquainted. "This is Deborah, do you still have hay?" "Hi Deborah, yes I do, how many bales do you need?”"Let's talk when I arrive, will 6:30 tonight be to late?""Just right for me, cool but still light enough to load,...

LaSal Utah is but a small backwoods town twenty miles east of Moab. Ranching and timber were big here in the seventies. Now a few ranchers hang on and the sawmill is closed and burned. It’s a world apart from the red rock country of Moab. I’m here chasing bears. They're numerous in the spring; coming out in May to feast on early green grass and recover from their long sleep. Utah allows a “chase only” season for hounds me...