As I trudge along through the wilderness of both social media and that of God's green earth I often wonder why?
I post on this blog so infrequently that there is no possibility of anyone reading it. I don't really care that no one seems to see or read these posts. But I do like telling of my adventures and exploits. I try to not become down trodden, I try to keep a positive attitude because I enjoy doing it. Practice, I can call it practice! Some day perhaps I will write a compelling article that a wildlife magazine will pick up and I can inspire others to venture out into the woods. I venture into the woods. Very often thinking, 'This is the day!' Yet I climb back into the truck with out a harvest. But I try to not become down trodden, I try to keep a positive attitude because I enjoy doing it. Practice, I can call it practice! Some day perhaps I will bring home food for the family.
If one or the other (blog or hunting) ever becomes successful..I'll..I'll...well, I really don't know what I'd do.
In the meantime I will just keep on, keeping on. As for this blog, I do have many insights and experiences that I would like to share that are not related to hunting at all, but for now I will keep it pure and only interject when it fits. No sense in rattling on about politics if there is nothing related to it in the story, right?
I made mention about climbing back into the truck earlier and want to segue into that for a moment. Big hunting buddy and little hunting buddy are growing up and moving on! Big buddy is graduating college and engaged to be married. While little buddy is getting ready to graduate high school and has begun driving! So things have been shifting around in our house. We needed to be sure that big buddy had a dependable vehicle since she is so far away (Alabama! Roll Tide!) and her little Ford Ranger that could, well it couldn't anymore! So after a debacle with a Saturn Vue (stay away!) we decided to give her the most dependable vehicle in the fleet...MY TRUCK! which left me without a ride! As the chapters of my life move along, I thought I would take this opportunity to get a toy of sorts. A ride that wasn't necessarily practical but one I could enjoy, something I've never had, maybe a baja VW beetle, a Jeep CJ, an old Toyota 4x4. An old 4x4 that's what I'd search for, something that I could hunt in and wouldn't leave me stuck in the mud! Found one! Gotta love Craigslist! I bought this, a 1994 Jeep XJ Cherokee,
with some more shopping on craigslist, a little on ebay, some on amazon and a killer deal from a good friend turned it into this and it suits me!
I know it's hard to tell, but I added a 3" lift kit, 17" wheels of a Dodge Nitro, 245/75 BF Goodrich Rough-Terrain tires, new shocks, wheel spacers, lug nuts, rear main seal, oil pan gasket, trans filter/gasket, water pump, tstat, new hoses, distributor, plugs, wires, valve cover gasket, oil filter adapter gasket, climate controls, blower motor, driver seat, armrest console, dash lights and on and on. It took about a month of working on it in the evenings, countless trips to the junkyard, O'Reilly's AutoZone and Harbor Freight! Oh and I am not an auto mechanic by any stretch. I was able to combine things I learned from my father, my schooling, my friends and believe it or not the internet (YouTube). It is still a work in progress, much like my blog and my hunting career. I am sure that if I use all the resources I have, just like with my Jeep, I will be able to write my blog, to suit me and hunt in a way that suits me too!
Thanks for tuning in!
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