Tepees

Louise and I spent the biggest part of yesterday at the Tulsa Convention Center helping set up the stage for the General Grand Chapter meeting of the Eastern Star. At last count, there were 4116 people signed up to attend from across the United States - most of them women (no editorial comment meant here).

I helped erect a 22' tepee, two smaller tepees, and move a 6' aluminum buffalo. I must say that I have never done any of these things before. The good news is that I don't have to sit through the entire weekend attending this soirée. We have two days of primitive arms season left and I intend to spend both of them in the woods.

I did dig out my "Benjamin Franklin" costume tonight in case we decide to go out tomorrow night for Halloween. I hate to brag but I make a pretty good Benjamin Franklin.

Hunting Results

Well, we've been black powder hunting for three days now and haven't done any good at all. I did see two does on Saturday morning but they were off in the bush and I didn't take a shot at them. Saturday was the best day, weatherwise, with a temp of about 38F, a light frost, and NO wind. This morning there was so much wind that you could hardly stay in the tree.

We're gonna go again in the morning and then take a break Wednesday.

I've still got to get busy and get that tower up in the air. Maybe I can work on that next week. How's that for procrastination?

Deer Hunting

Well, tomorrow is the beginning of the 9-day primitive arms season in Oklahoma and I'm gonna be out there among 'em.

Usually, we are sweating like turks during the black powder season but this year is going to be kind of nippy. The low tomorrow morning is supposed to be about 38 degrees F. If the wind isn't blowing, I'll be OK.

I'm looking forward to some fresh venison. Hopefully, I'll have some luck!

Trout Fishing

We just returned from a fishing trip to Branson where we absolutely slayed the trout. We went with two other couples, one from Mannford and one from Denver, CO. Charles, who lives in Denver, has stomach cancer, and we were glad to be able to spend a couple of days with him and his wife.

The highlight of the trip was the 2 1/2 pound brown trout I caught just before we had to quit fishing yesterday. He sure was a pretty thing but was not anywhere being a keeper up there. On Lake Taneycomo, the minimum length for browns is 20".

Now its time to start thinking about deer hunting - the primitive arms season starts Saturday and I plan to be out there "among em".

Our 1946 Chevy Cabover

If you have received a QSL card from me with a picture of our '46 on it, here is a little bit of information on it.

When my son (who is now 33) was about 16, we decided to build this truck. The plan was that he would drive it to school during his senior year in high school. Optimism is a wonderful thing but we did finally get it completed about three years late!

The sheet metal on this hot rod is all stock; the chassis is a '77 Chevy pickup, and the engine is a 350 GM crate motor. It is not fast at all but it is unique. We named it "Butt Ugly" and even have a license plate which says that.

We used to take it to a bunch of car shows but we seldom do that anymore. We do have a lot of fun cruising around in it, though.

Lack of Discipline

It sounds easy enough - I'm gonna have a blog and post to it at least every couple of days. Well, if you look at the dates on this blog, its obvious that you have to be disciplined to keep up with it.

Well, I'm not a very disciplined person so it may be a long time between posts. As Stan would say, "Oh, Well!".