What started as a day on the water with a friend turned into a full-on rescue mission of 38 dogs. Bob Gist, 61, a State Farm agent in Arkansas, decided to go on a fishing trip with his friend Brad Carlisle, a State Farm agent in Tennessee, after not seeing each other for a while, […]
Feb. 8—While tramping along an evergreen-lined trail in Mansfield Hollow State Park one frosty morning last week, Maggie Jones, Phil Plouffe and I skidded to a halt. “Uh-oh,” Phil said, eyes fixed on a huge sheet of ice that sloped across the trail. “I can’t believe I left my spikes in the car!” Maggie groaned, […]