This weekend, tens of thousands of Minnesotans will retreat to places that are as much a state of mind as they are physical structures with surrounding acreage. Deer camps. Sometimes centered by mouse ...

Yes, it is time. What time is that? Time to go to deer camp, of course. Many of you think this time of year will never get here, or at least you used to. What has changed? Well, sadly (to me), a lot.

Palace or pup tent, backcountry or back 40, as long as you’ve got some critters to chase and some buddies to razz, it’s hunting camp. Good food helps, and, well, maybe a drink or two after the hunt.

At the top of Mountain Pass, the glare in the rearview was like the afterglow of a device gone off in a long-­overdue airburst above the coastal city. Then the interstate descended the Nevada side of ...