Derb,

I’ve got Rich and his colleague quipped with a blaze orange hat and shooting vest – we won’t let our editor in chief go down because he was mistaken for flora.

But, I really must let readers know that when I offered Rich my upland bird shooting chaps (which, when worn over pants allow you to stride briskly and unhindered through the toughest brambles), Rich mustered all the umbrage he could – standing there in my gear room – and said “um..….no. That’s my standard answer when anybody offers me chaps.”

A good answer….until he’s stuck in the brambles. Alas, it looks like we’ll not have the NR dude ranch experience any time soon.