Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Our Outdoors: The Scent of Faith

I often wonder what it's like, to smell a million times more than what is humanly possible. When my lab lifts his nose to the northwest gusts and cocks his head ever so slightly before upping his pace into the breezes, I try to box the experience into something my limited senses can comprehend.

Sometimes I think it's as if he picks up the scent of a covey of grouse or a running rooster many y...