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Life on the Farm
Pappy:
That's some really cool stuff, waste not want not, got to love that. :)
Pappy
GlisGlis:
I'd solder the archer in front of the truck :OK
bjrogg:
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Makes me want a whole army of them.
That’s a great idea GlisGlis, but I think right now he seems to like it right here. I think he feels right at home in this strange land.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
I’ve been promising my wife we would go somewhere for the past three winters. It seems like something always happens and our plans kept falling through.
This year we decided to take a road trip. We both enjoy the people we meet through Primitive Archery. We really miss the Michigan primitive meet as we both made a lot of friends there.
We decided that we would like to hit the road and look up some old friends and meet some new ones.
We loaded up our trusty old Ford Edge with the essentials for a few weeks on the road. Our youngest son wanted to join us and we decided to take our small dog to.
We decided before we left that we wouldn’t have a schedule and we wouldn’t have any reservations.
We did have a several places we wanted to stop along the way.
The morning of our departure arrived and I found myself helping our oldest son sort and load cattle.
It went pretty good but we still got a little late getting on the road.
We were hoping to make it to Missouri and it looked like we might still make it but then we ran into traffic jam . DVS Hunter told us that he would leave the door open for us, but he had to work at 5:30 am.
We decided it was going to be too late for a good visit by the time we would arrive. We got something to eat and a room for the night. I told Dave we would hang around the next day and I would see him after work. We would get a lot better visit that way
The next morning we took our time getting on the road and located Dave’s house. Then we looked up a nice hotel with an indoor pool.
When Dave got home he called and I went to visit him. It worked out great. We did some flint knapping and told lots of stories.
Dave handed me a beautiful piece of Georgetown and an equally beautiful moose antler to hit it with. It was my first introduction to both and I was impressed with the combination. I probably should’ve put them down about 30 minutes sooner than I did. I’m not sure I did them justice.
Started out looking pretty good, but ended up with less than I was hoping for.
I’ve met Dave before and he is one of my favorite people from this site. We both had a busy day ahead so I didn’t stay late. Really enjoyed the visit. It went to fast but it was time well spent.
Before I left Dave gave me a little gift bag with soap he made from rendered deer tallow, some venison summer sausage and some baked goods.
He also gifted me a short Osage stave.
Then he handed me the biface he was working on and a nice flake that came from it. I know he would have given me more but I was limited to how much I could fit in our vehicle.
Thanks Dave it was great to see you again. Always enjoy it. And hopefully we can do it again sometime.
Here’s the biface and flake. And end of day two on the road
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
The next morning we had breakfast and hit the road. We were heading to see someone I have chatted with many times but never got to meet in person.
We have chatted so much and shared so many pictures it feels a little like I know him and his farm already. I’ve even looked at it on google maps.
It was an interesting drive. Was much more hilly than I had imagined. Curvy roads to. We arrived at our destination just a little before dark and I was glad we didn’t have to drive in the dark. The last 40 miles took something like 1hr and 35 minutes if I remember correctly. Lots of 35 mph but being flat landers the hills were a cool experience.
We arrived at Bob and Kathy (BowAholic) just in time for supper. We visited till close to midnight we couldn’t believe how fast the time went.
We went to bed around midnight and got up about 5:30 to the smell of breakfast. And Bob was on his computer checking out a few sites and weather. We had a couple cups of coffee and then Bob took my son and I out to his old chicken barn. I’ve seen so many pictures of it it felt like I had already been there.
Bob has several targets set up at different distances and lots of bows of all kinds just waiting to be shot. It was a very nice setup. I didn’t get pictures of the barn. But I might be able to find some he sent me before
We loaded everything back up and hit the road again
Thanks Bob and Kathy for putting us up and the conversation.
Bjrogg
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