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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on: Hunting Big Horn Sheep in the Strawberry Mountains:
Sometime back I was sitting in a barber shop and a fellow came in that had been hunting Big Horn Sheep in the strawberry range of Oregon. He proceeded to tell us he had talked to the Game commission first off to find out how many Big Horn Sheep were in different areas and how accessible the roads were as he had very little knowledge of the area. They told him what they knew and directed him to the local sporting shops to possible find others that had hunted the area that he could talk to as well as direct him to a possible Guide if that was what he wanted. The next few days were spent talking to a number of hunters that had gotten big Horned Sheep and others that had not! Before leaving each person though, he asks them where they would go if they had a tag. With the knowledge he had gained from others and for what they had suggested was all that was needed to get him excited about climbing hills and glassing for Sheep for the next several weeks. During this time he made a note of all the larger Big Horn Sheep he had found in each area he had went to. With the day fast approaching for hunting to start, he took long walks and did a fair amount of shooting. The first few days out hunting he got to see a number of Big Horn Sheep but could never get the largest one into the scopes view without another smaller one moving in front of it! So he made a decision not to spend more than 2 days at any one area as he felt it would incite the Big Horn Sheep to move around more! As it came near to the time he had to call it quits, he got to shoot at a fairly large one and missed it and left to go to one other place before he left for home. As he was driving into the area he realized that the road was on a slightly constant uphill slant and after a time, he thought he could see a couple of Big Horn Sheep out lined against the sky above standing on a large knoll. It was then that he started looking for a place that was level enough where he could unload his 4 wheeler if he needed too; but he never did find a level spot so he parked it and put a rock in back of the wheel. By this time he was aggravated but was still driven to go after the sheep and found a rock he could peer over and could make out several of them using his binoculars just under a rim. He had seen one that was very large but could never get a shot at it so he decided to shoot at the next largest one. As it was getting late in the afternoon and he wanted to get out of there before dark. The first shot found its mark and it fell! He then proceeded to go back and get his 4 wheeler out of the back of the pickup and was wrestling in his mind as to how he was going to do that with the pickup being on a slant. Without even thinking of turning the pick up around to where the tail gate was facing up hill he placed his gun back into its scaffold. Then he proceeded to open the tailgate; and take out one of the wheel ramps. The top ramp had the spare tire on it as he did not have room for it elsewhere and of course the top ramp could not slide over the top of the second one with the weight of the wheel on it. so he thought he would pull the ends of both ramps out and take the tire off of them but in doing so the tire came up on end and proceeded to roll down the mountain till it hit the road below and bounced very high in order to land up the hill in the high brush on the other side of the highway. Back at the pickup he set about putting the ramps in place and started rolling the 4 wheeler down the ramp, but he found he could not hold the 4 wheeler for he was facing the front of it and using the brake and ended up on the ground with him holding on to the bike with one hand and holding on to the bottom of the ramp with the other. He realized there was only one way to save the 4 wheeler and that was to kick a large enough rock in back of a tire to hold it in place! During this time he was crying out to GOD for help as it took several mins. to dig a rock out of the ground with his feet to push behind a tire. Tell me who put that rock there for him to kick out of the ground? If you answered anyone but God you are wrong! Did that fellow get his Big Horn Sheep out? Yes he did and the following day came back and found his tire across the highway fairly high up on the side of the hill. How many of us have pulled boners like this? Ha.
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Tags: Boners, Ramp, Sheep, Shot
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on # 4 A Unique and Gratifying Trip
Now my wife was in a mini cooper with our Daughter-in-law and 2 granddaughters while I was with my son in their new 2012 mini cooper. I ask him how he liked this new one compared to the older one which is probably about 10 years old by now. He started telling me about all the advances between the two of them and the greater speed in takeoff which he had allowed me to experience out on the highway several times. He then shared with me how with the turbocharger he would get 44 miles per gal. Now my son is into speed as he is in a Cooper club and gets to race in the mountains a few times a year. So he really loves the mini Coopers both him and his wife have to drive. His prize though, was still at the house; it is a mini-mini Cooper made on some island back in the 60 or 70 era which he has all dolled up with the purpose of taking it to shows in the area! I am glad he did not ask me what I thought of his new mini cooper for I was not about to break his bubble as to what I thought of any of the three that I got to ride in. What I could not get over was how they rode down the highway. They are fairly smooth on good pavement but with the cracks and the often times dips Seattle has in their streets and highways; you got to love them if you like the sports car feel on all roads having cracks and or holes in them! Oh well, each his own! What I have gotten used to and still like is an American model that has some give in the suspension!
When the ferry had docked, we were one of the first on board and decided to just stay in our seats as it was windy and raining and just too cold to be outside; so we had a nice time just sharing with each other. When we had docked in Bremerton Washington we took the Mini Coopers just a few blocks and parked them and walked into a very nice Restaurant where we had a Wonderful dinner. By the time we got back on the ferry it was way after dark and the conversation had slowed immensely as my son and his wife slept some. One of our Granddaughters was very active though and stood outside under the roof looking at the lights as we moved along and later came back in soaked and sat down for a while to get warmed up. After a time our Granddaughters started shooting spitballs at each other using rubber bands. Then about 2 miles from the water front of Seattle my granddaughter and I went out on the front of the boat but stayed under the roof out of the wind. As we drew closer to the dock though, she again went out in the rain to the bow of the ferry to admire the beautiful, different colored skylights of Seattle, which I enjoyed immensely from underneath the roof of the ferry. By the time we had arrived home we were all ready for bed; as my son and his wife had to go to work in morning along with taking our granddaughter to school. So the following morning, we packed as fast as we could so we would not hold them up from leaving on time. As we opened the front door of the house to take the luggage out to the car, we found water running off of the roof. Upon seeing that, I sure was not looking forward to fighting the traffic again just to get out of Seattle and that’s what it seems like to me every time we leave and go to a large city, the reason being we live in a town of 2500 people with 3 stop lights and the nearest larger town is 132 miles away and I like it that way!
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Tags: American, Cooper, Granddaughter, Seattle
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on: # 2 A Unique and Gratifying Trip
By the time we reached our son’s place in Seattle it was very close to 10:00 and we had not eaten as yet, so they fixed us something to eat. The following morning when we got up, it was much like the previous times we had been there in the past. The back side of their house faces the down side of a hill with a balcony on the main floor, overlooking the back yard. All we could see was a light mist rising in the back yard with giant trees of all sorts. In that particular area they rarely see the sun till about 9:30, then you can see a portion of the park that lies beyond their fence along with Birds and Squirrels and an occasional Raccoon or Possum. About 9:30 we all left to go to our daughter in laws, sister place. This was where they were preparing the dinner that was to be served, celebrating their children adoptions being finalized. That’s for sure there was something there for everyone’s taste buds! There were several different kinds of cheese and meats including smoked and barbeque, vegetable trays, regular and dried fruits plates as well as a variety of nuts and candy’s. A real hit to me was the homemade Chili and lastly, deserts of all kinds. We had never been to a party with so much to choose from. The party ended with the children and the parents sharing with each other how much they appreciated each other as they felt more like a complete family now! It was 6:00 before we left to go back to our son’s place. My son and his wife had gotten tickets some time back to a concert they were going to that night; so we and our granddaughter were going to have pizza later on and play Mexican train. Everything probably would have been great except the TV was on to some kids channel and she paid attention to it once in a while instead of concentrating on what she was doing. Well after about 3 games we should have stopped and played a different game because on the next game she got twice as many dominos so she would have more numbers to choose from. After that game I quit. The next game they played, my wife took twice as many dominos also. She figured if that was what she wanted to do she would do the same thing! Later my wife told my son what she did and he just shook his head, probably because he could not believe my wife would indulge her by doing the same thing instead of correcting her, ha.
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Tags: Channel, Correcting, Park, Party, Seattle
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation Reporting on: # 1 a unique and gratifying trip
Friday was a day we may not forget for quite some time. Several years ago, our son already having two children married a woman who had a young daughter of her own. Over time one of our granddaughters moved out of their home and the married couple wanting to be a more closely knit family with the last two, decided that each of them would adopt the others child. It had taken way over a year, jumping through all the hoops to finally have the adoption of each of them finalized. That same day they called and ask us to come to Seattle for a celebration. So on Friday we left Burns Oregon for Seattle Washington. Upon taking the freeway I-90 we figured it was only going to be a 2 1/2 hour trip; but by the time we were within around 90 miles of Seattle we hit a traffic jam on both lanes. That occurred about 5:30 pm; from then on it was stop and starts every few feet. About 2 hours later our Son called and told us there was construction going on and told us to turn around and go back to Ellensburg and go over Stevens pass as we would probably get there faster. Well we weighted the time going back and going over the Pass could take better than 3 hours, so we decided to stick it out in the stop and go traffic and by that time we had probably covered 10 miles. By the time we were at 78 miles from Seattle, I was flat out tired! A few minutes after that the traffic started to pick up a little as it was funneled through one lane back on to two. When we entered the two lanes, I thought to myself, those poor people behind us were probably backed up clear to Ellensburg. Then reality set in as I still had the task of fighting the traffic in the rain to reach our destination half way through Seattle.
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Tags: Adoption, Seattle, Son, Traffic
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on: Fishing Fun Tidbits:
There are ways to make fishing fun and enjoyable for the whole family. You don’t always need all that fancy, expensive fishing gear from the store. Try making your own fishing pole. Over time I have run on to two or more people that had taken their grandchildren out fishing for Bluegill, Perch and Catfish. Upon reaching their fishing place, they had each one choose their fishing pole out of the willows they found along the shore line. Then they gave them a small shovel to dig for worms and if they could not find very many or found none, they were given small seining nets to catch grass hoppers. The grandparents said it really depended on the children age as to how much they enjoyed getting the worms and or Grasshoppers, but once they started catching fish; even the time they spent catching their bait became a time of having fun and gave them something to remember. You don’t have to go out and spend a lot of money to have good time fishing. A basic education of fishing should be learned in a “learner friendly” environment. Try to teach your children to practice casting a line in your back yard using a jig with the hook removed as it will give you a more realistic weight and feel. Water is not the place to teach but to learn how to catch fish. After the motions are grasped, focus on accuracy. Make sure you also practice with reel troubles such as tangles and malfunctions. You should also educate yourself on the proper fish species and what types of fish you can expect to catch. You can plan a trip to your local wildlife office or you can use an internet source which can offer you an abundance of information. Be sure to implement good safety habits during your practice and during your fishing outing as you could hook yourself or someone else. One more thing, as children get older teach them how to set their drag as it can sure make the difference as to whether they catch a fish and or snap their line. Being prepared in knowing what you are doing will make your outing more enjoyable and relaxing and always remember to bring along your glasses, hat, bugspray and sunscreen.
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Tags: Bait, Drag, fishing, Outing, Shovel
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on: What is tolerable?
Have you ever heard a kid or teenager declare to you how someone’s house or bed room looked after being invited over to their place? We know as a kid we are told there are different degrees of clean and just being messy with things strung all over and the bed not made. Most of us have learned from our parents, as too what is tolerable and what is not in our home and whether we complied with their wishes is another matter! It’s amazing how as a child we think; we ought to have the right be able to keep up our bedroom just like the kid next door. Of course most of us learn in short order; it’s not for me to dictate how I’m going to do anything; leastwise not until we are a number of years older! Even as an adult though, we once in a while hear from others how someone’s home looked or smelled and sometimes can seem to be intolerable to live in. Yet sometimes it’s beyond their control and after a while it becomes the norm because they have gotten used to it. In the following situation, an elderly couple was of some age and the wife was taking care of her husband’s needs for 3 years. She met his every need during this time with things progressing downward to where she was not able to keep up the house as she had once did. We had got to know them in the past and had formed a relationship with them over time. During the last 3 years of her husband’s life we visited them several times as we lived quite some distance from them. There was nothing we could do to help the situation, outside of praying for them and with them through the things they were going through in the hope that by the grace of God, circumstances would change to where the health of their mate would be bettered immensely. The wife was pressured by her brothers to find someone to pick up the clutter of dishes, newspapers and clothes lying around. But the people she hired to do these things just looked at the mess and walked out. One person lived with her for a while and did her grocery shopping but could not cook and did very little as far as washing dishes, clothes and trying to pick up the clutter; and did more talking and reading than anything else and soon the wife felt she was better off without her and let her go. Each time we visited them we were inclined to help do things but she would not allow us to do anything! One thing she wanted however, whenever we left their home was a prayer lifted up for them to the throne of our God’s Grace through the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. After her husband died, we went to the funeral and thought she would really get with it and start cleaning the house. But it took some time for her to get over the grieving process and then, real reality set in as the bills started pouring in and we found out later that her husband did not confide with his wife about finances and left her with a huge problem! ( enough said about this, though!) The one thing I would like to leave you with is, confide in your mate about everything financial and show them where all important papers are kept and have all bills written down. Next, when any changes need to be made do it together so there is no surprises and do it as soon as possible, because it can sure save your mate a lot of misery later on if something happens to either of you physically and or one of you is taken home early!
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Tags: Clutter, Dictate, Home, Kid, Prayer, Relationship
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on: # 2 Finally, a break in the Weather to go Fishing
The following day we left home about 6:15 and arrived at the reservoir close to 8:00. We each paid our 10 dollars and put in our boats and put the little electric trolling motor on mine along with a battery he gave me and it worked superbly well, having 5 speeds on it! What my friend placed in the water was a small pontoon boat about 8ft. long with him sitting on the seat and propelling himself around with swim fins. Before we left the bank he showed me his fishing license which showed he could use two poles if he wished too as he paid an additional amount for it. That was the first time I had heard of that! After that he gave me a small communication device where in we could talk to one another to see how the other was doing fish wise. He had two pole holders on his pontoon boat, one for a fly rod and one for a casting rod. As soon as he reached deeper water, he had a fish on both rods. I could not believe that as he had a rod in each hand. By that time I had reached deeper water and put down anchor and was using my old reliable, a white curly tail about 1¼” long with just a bit of worm on it and a bobber set about 6’ above it. I kept on pulling it in just a little at a time but I was not having the same results my friend was as he was trolling with his fins all the time and using a large green fly of a sort. It was some time before my sidekick called and ask me how I was doing and I told him I had one and lost one. Well by this time he had 6 fish and had two of his flies snapped off probably by bass! He told me to try to keep it moving all the time and suggested that I troll with the motor on the first speed. Well I thought I might try to just jig it up and down on the bottom first before I tried trolling. I did that and caught one every once in a while but still nothing like what my partner was doing. After a time I laid down my casting outfit and tried my fly rod with a large green fly on it and picked up a couple more. My friend then called and said why don’t go we eat lunch! As I started heading back to the pickup with the motor speed on one, I picked up several bluegills but by the time I had the motor turned off most of them got off because I would get excited and would turn the speed control to 5, ha. I told my friend about it and he just laughed and said you will get used to it. He then told me I had at least 4 hours of trolling time in the battery and not to worry about it. I still did not troll though because of the amount of fish I lost in shutting the motor off and went back to pulling the jig up and down on the bottom as I had a lot more control then. After lunch I still stayed with a green hula skirt with just a bit of worm and caught several more and then I changed to a purple skirt and my friend asked me if I was ready to go home, by that time I had caught 2 more and on the way going back to the pickup I had on five or six more on but only got 2 of them in. It was then that I realized that color can play a large part as to whether they hit or not as well as keeping the bait moving. By the time we stopped fishing we had 45 to 50 Bluegills from 7 ½ to 9 ½” long. Both of us had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs and that’s what we went out there for!
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Tags: fish, Fly, License, Reservoir
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on: The Rattlers seen at the Men’s Retreat
On Friday evening a friend of mine and I were going through the coral gate with me being a little behind him. As he lifted the gate off of the rock, he dropped it, for two ft. away he heard a Rattler and saw it go into a ground squirrel hole. I had not even heard it buzz but it was not surprising to me as I was up a few years on my friend. I then went over and you could see the Rattler and his tail vibrating right alongside his head and got to hear it at that time! Within a few mins we had a number of people around us and one person having a 38 having snake load shells. Once it was shot, the head was cut off and the diamond back was said to be past 40” in length. The snake was then placed on ice which would be smoked at later date for a big buck and burger bash in Nov. If that was not enough excitement; on Saturday evening just before dark at the same gate someone else saw one go under the rock that held the gate up. In a matter of mins a crowd formed; with the man with the 38 coming over and shooting that one also after the rock was turned over rather quickly, not knowing what to expect! That snake was 38”long. So far, about the only thing we have not tasted at one those burger bashes, is smoked skunk! Ha. From the time we arrived on Friday afternoon we were reminded to look for Rattlers if you are walking through brush. On one of the old grainry walls is a snake skin 63” long and 9 to 10”wide. After everyone got back to camp from our Saturday afternoon fishing trip; our pastor was telling us about what happened to him. The pastor said if you are walking through brush or willows as thick as some of this is trying to look for Rattlers you will not be aware of any animals that may be around and can even lose your sense of direction in the high thick willows that you may be crawling through it to find your way out. He said he learned that first hand when he walked right over two Rattlers and the fellow behind him ask him if he had seen them and he said no! Then while he was fishing one went right between his legs and turned around and rattled. Upon hearing that, the rest of us were all thankful that we had not any of those types of occurrences, that we were aware of! It kind of makes you wonder though, if it is safe to fish out there!
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Tags: fish, Gate, Rattler, Snake
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Saturday, July 30th, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on: My Granddaughters Wedding in Reno Nevada
When my daughter and her husband came back from Reno after being at their daughter’s wedding, they had a story to tell that probably does not happen too often! The Bride to be and her boy friend as well as the boy’s parents all drove up to Reno together from La-Grande Oregon. Our daughter and her husband; the parent’s of the Bride to be, flew from Portland to Seattle then down to Reno. The next day, when my granddaughter and her husband to be went to get their marriage license they found that my granddaughter had left her driver’s license at home and she had driven a good share of the way to Reno. A little side note: they would not take the word of her parents that she was 25 yrs. old. So she called and asked some friend, to get her license and fax a copy to her. There is an old additive that says, when it rains it pours! When the copy of the fax arrived, they found out her driver’s license was expired! The clerk at the license bureau went ahead and gave them the marriage license since her parents vouched for her as to her age. Later they decided they would go into a casino and play some games but they ask for identification and after she showed them a copy of her driver’s license they would let her play slots but no table games. So they decided to go to another casino but they escorted let her out because of the same reason as the first, they were unsure of her age. Their best laid plans did not pan out the way they had hoped but the wedding itself went off without a hitch and was very nice they said! The newlyweds and the boy’s parents only stayed till the third day as each of them had a job to go to the next day, so they drove home. My daughter and her husband waited till the following day to fly out; once in Seattle they found that the plane they were to take to go to Portland Oregon had problems so they had a several hour layover. All in all they had a fairly good trip outside of the bumper to bumper traffic getting out of Portland to go home to Amity.
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Tags: Home, Marriage, Reno, Wedding
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
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Christian Outdoor Recreation: Reporting on: # 5 Time with our Great Grandson
Two days later we went to New Port which had enough things in that area alone, to keep a person busy experiencing new things for month or more. This time though, we chose to see the aquarium they had there. The displays there were real eye catchers with both salt and fresh water species to enjoy. I guess for me, the one thing I enjoy more than anything is seeing the displays of the tidal pools with so many diverse varieties’ and colors of star fish and other marine life that inhabit the sea floor. Along with that, seeing the tide come rushing in at times; enables a person to really get a glimpse of what is actually taking place on the bottom of the Sea. Of course every display has a beauty all its own whether it’s a fish that looks like a piece of wood or a jellyfish that has neon colors and or a fair size octopus that can squeeze into a small enough space that seems unbelievable. Talk about the diversity of our God’s Creation; it is amazing! As far as fish tank displays; we saw a lot of them but the one I always enjoy the most is the Glass tunnel that you walk through. Being in that tunnel is the closest you may ever be to a full sized shark along with a good size sturgeon and quit a number of other fish I do not know the name of. Of all the displays we saw that day, the only one my Great Grandson showed some real interest in was the Neon Jellyfish! After we left New Port we stopped at the Yaquina Head light house which was built in 1873 and 1890 they were required to show people through the light house in the traditional clothes of that day. It is located 3 miles north of New Port. It’s a place you may want to go to if you ever get over that way for there are a number of things to see right in that area. It is known as one of the best places to spot whale’s and we found out that some Gray Whales can be seen the year around as some of them do not migrate to the bearing sea like some do, instead they stay around the Oregon coast. A real oddity there is Cobble Stone Beach, where when the conditions are right you can hear the stones moving over the top of one another which is extremely unusual! Another thing that is out of the ordinary is Quarry Cove which is an area built by Blm. It was built to encourage sea life to populate in a much more protected environment as their numbers were diminishing. There is also an observation deck to view the wildlife and sometimes their pups! Once again, it is time to leave; of course before leaving the Ocean, we must consummate our time here by a wade in the surf and a walk on the beach!
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Tags: Area, fish, Life, Sea, Surf
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