My Fall Colors Drive
In my last post, demeanor notwithstanding, I mentioned I had gone out to Big Hole river to enjoy the fall colors. “Wait, are you seriously going to use the word notwithstanding? I suppose it makes you feel real special using a word most don’t understand? Couldn’t you just use the words it is a synonym […]
I am not a Bushcrafter.
Sometimes being an outdoorsman is conflated with being a bushcrafter. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens. So, am I a bushcrafter? Honestly, that’s a very perplexing question. And after much thought and research on the matter, I can unequivocally say “NO I am not.” But how did I get to this point? It wasn’t […]
Fall is here
Yeah, I know it’s been a while — three weeks. Work has had me so involved, I really couldn’t wrap my head around writing. Even now I struggle to lay my thoughts down. I suppose I should start with what’s been going on. Not so much this week, but the last two weeks were mired […]
Colder Temps are a coming
“Dude, what’s going on? Your post count is lagging. Yeah, hard to get motivated when work is smoking me and fishing is thirty miles away, at least.” Well, here we are; It’s September. Starbucks has started selling their “Pumpkin Spice Latte” and the temps are dropping at night, though you couldn’t tell with the day […]
Subtle Signs Autumn is near.
“Wow! It’s brisk this morning.” Summer is certainly waning. For the first time since I’ve been here, I felt the extra coolness of the morning, as I lie in bed. And after getting up, getting ready and stepping outside, I sure felt it. Summer is definitely coming to an end, for Montana anyway. Won’t be […]
Took a Trip to Big Hole River
“I don’t even know why I bother setting the alarm. I always wake up just before it goes off.” It felt like 4am came around far too quickly. I must have really been tired and slept rather soundly. Granted it’s a Sunday, and most people sleep in, but it’s not my cup of tea to […]
One Week at Home and Back in Montana
“Ha, I knew it! You ended up not going fishing or shooting, while back home. You wrote in your last article that you’ll probably just bum around. You wrote that as an out so when you didn’t go fishing or shooting you could say you said that.” As predicted, aside from my sunrise jaunts into the […]
Yep! Another Early Morning.
Welp, it’s 3:40am and here I am sitting in my chair, drinks and cigars on the side table, overlooking the woods waiting for the sun to rise. “don’t forget, you also have country music coming from the truck playing softly in the background. Oh wait, it’s a SUV, sorry” “What time is it? Oof it’s […]
Random Thoughts at Sunrise
I sat there quietly in my camp chair, overlooking the woods, waiting for the sunrise. I’d been there since 5am, a little later than usual, but there none the less. The folding side table on the chair held my morning drink and pack of backwoods. My mind slowly drifted in and out of thoughts, while […]
Having Fun with Airguns
“Okay, guys, I’ll give you a dollar for every shot you make on target.” That’s the offer I made my sons if they could hit the can lying on the ground with the bottom of a soda can facing them at a distance of forty-five yards. “I’ll give you two dollars if you can hit […]