All year long Earl anticipates the Deer Hunt. We ready the supplies, make lists, work on the trailer, all of those things we need to have a safe, fun week. This year, we were more prepared than most. We got everything on the list in the trailer and truck (except for extra AA batteries) and were on the road Friday by 12:30! That's a record.
We had a safe drive to Beaver, stopped at a friends house to fill up the water tank in the trailer to find the electrical wires had drug all the way from Orem to Beaver. No more lights! Fortunately, I married a handy man who knows how to take care of that. A quick trip to the local Ace Hardware and we were up and running again.
Unfortunately, when we discovered the wires we also discovered a missing plug in the water tank. An ear plug and some duck tape held that temporarily until we used enough water that it wouldn't leak after that-see I told you he was amazing!
We got up into the mountains safely, set up camp, and then came the rain...actually more rain. It had rained all the previous day and night. The roads were still in pretty good condition, so after a quick meal and a good night's sleep we got up at the crack of dawn Saturday morning, drove out to Earl's best look out point and waited, in the fog and mist, for almost two hours, to see no deer, five head of cattle, and when the fog finally drifted out, Earl's brother-in-law sitting on the next ridge over.
That's pretty much how the entire hunt went. Rain, mud, hanging out with Sheldon, and no deer! Not even one buck. We eventually saw a few does around, talked to a few other hunters who hadn't seen anything either, and the rain just kept coming. Sunday night after slipping and sliding all over the roads, we discover the leaks in the trailer--disappointing, but expected from an older, used trailer. So, Earl "called it" and we packed up and headed off the mountain with a snow storm on our heals. So 2010, not a productive hunt year. Here's to 2011! The video is just like the hunt, short and uneventful...
1 comment:
Aaaaah Deer hunt. Brings back memories. I so miss the days of teacher work day/deer hunt days off from school. Deer jerky is still one of my favorite snacks.
I loved your post about Relief Society. I am just coming off of a stint as 2nd Counselor in the presidency in charge of the extra relief society meetings. It's so tough to plan things for women who vary in age, character/personality and skill set. Sounds like you have a really wonderful ward. Keep going to those activities...I promise you won't regret it.
Good luck to your parents on their next life adventure. I'm looking forward to the retirement days.
Go ahead and use that blog post of mine about my grocery shopping deja vous for your class. You're welcome to it.
I hope to someday be able to meet your "Handy Hubby" in person. Julie tells me he's a real treasure. I'm sure he is to deserve you!
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