
Items by Dennis Hinkamp

Burning Man is becoming middle-aged, but still more fun than you can dream of.

Spend enough time around a bird feeder, and you’ll realize that nature is
less like a poetic cartoon and more like a gritty crime novel by someone like
Elmore Leonard.

Logan, Utah, needs to get over its adolescent angst and decide what it wants
to be when it grows up.

Spring is the cruelest month in the Rocky Mountain West.

Events generally go through a cycle of being original and innovative, then progress to bigger and better, tapering off at last into predictable.
Dennis Hinkamp says that even though wind power –
like everything else – is bound to have a downside,
it’s the right way for us to go.
Dennis Hinkamp celebrates a long-term relationship in his
town
The writer rides high over the region's monogrammed
mountains.
The writer adds up the ironies and contradictions of the
movie everyone keeps talking about — Brokeback
Mountain
Being a non-skier in a skiing-obsessed state like Utah is
a lot like being a vegetarian in a slaughterhouse
The writer, a non-skier, can’t get over the
incredible triteness of skiing
It’s time for New Westerners to get over their
"Winnebagophobia."
The writer could write a funny Christmas card — if
he chose to
The writer tells what it’s like to live in a
dot-sized town in the West
Dennis Hinkamp says his gas-guzzling recreational vehicle
is just what the West needs.
Dennis Hinkamp visits one of Utah’s most secret
places
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