Rich Flanders RIP

[Bruce Day]

Several years ago , Rich , Charlie , Dick and i were hunting sharptails and blue grouse in the Wolf Mountains west of Broadus. This is the range that Gen Custer hurried though in hot pursuit of the escaped Oglala and Cheyenne in early June 1876. Here , we were pursuing smaller game.
We were enjoying the days end high in the hills . Dick had his van and we enjoyed a drink at the hunts end . Rich, the professional geologist, and me, a geologist / physicist by education , happened upon an erratic block of brecciated conglomerate and spent some time speculating upon how it could have gotten there , to the amusement of our drinking companions. I will miss Rich.

[Ruth Idzik]

What a great story. Thank you so much for the photos too. My mother is going to love seeing all these pictures you guys have of Richard.
Ruth

[Wild Skies]

Sad, sad news. Richard enriched the lives of many through his adventurous posts of living in Alaska — an MVP of the Parker community.