Over the 4th of July, Shanna and I packed our dog and our gear and headed to the Oregon coast. It was to be a trip for relaxation with some of her family that we’d not seen in a while, and we were certainly looking forward to it. I was slightly bemoaning the fact that I don’t know anything about surf fishing - because I wouldn’t have minded getting some fishing in while we were there!
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Living a dominantly outdoor lifestyle has afforded me with many treasures - one of which is a memory bank of scenery. Some of these wonderful sights I’ve captured on camera, others are locked away securely in my mind’s eye - and are just as real today as they were when I first saw them.
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I Appreciated the fact that all that responded to Part l shared like feelings as to what constitutes a trophy. NorCal Cazadora refers to it as “collecting relics of our hunts”, I liked that. Things that remind us of a place, a beauty, a danger, any memory for good or bad can be, if not a physical trophy, a mental trophy.
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A post a while back from The Hunter’s Wife got me to thinking - always a dangerous thing for me - about the outdoor terms I learned as I was growing up. I imagine that from different parts of the country, the same things may have different meanings - but here is what I learned:
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Great question, huh? You ask Dagwood and he’d probably say his kitchen or to be more precise, he’d say behind the door of the fridge. Anyway it seems to be where we have the things that we have the greatest memories of. Course to some it is where they hang their objects they can brag about.
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I’m sure you’ve all seen the famous picture of the magnificent seven - well, at my folks’ place, we started seeing six bucks wander through the backyard every couple weeks. When four bucks showed up in the backyard this spring, we were convinced they were part of the same group.
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I was reading through a stack of magazines yesterday and came across a hunting story in an unusual place. I was flipping through the stack of magazines and saw a photo of the new defensive end for my favorite NFL team gracing the cover of Sporting News with a Cabela’s hat and three bear mounts.
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Hunting and fishing used to be a simple and peaceful task. Now that we’ve entered the technology age, hunting and fishing is rapidly changing. With people blogging about their outdoor activities, it makes for an interesting clash between the basic and simple life of the outdoors and the modern world of computers.
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As you’ve noticed, I’ve been gone for almost a week - and being home has felt oh-so-good! I wanted to thank those of you who stuck with the blog through my absence. On my trip to Utah, I made two acquaintances that I’m very excited about.
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I’m leaving this morning for Utah and will be gone till early next week - however, I’ve instructed the computer (I love how we can do this!) to automatically post a couple blogs I created earlier this week while I’m gone. Thursday and Friday are going to be Father’s Day …
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