Fall Weather

     Currently, I am loving this weather. The cool breeze and crisp mornings are what I live for along with warm fresh coffee. I do miss sitting on the porch swaddled in a blanket sipping coffee. I have children now, so that doesn't happen. 

    Fall weather brings back so many memories, and as the flood in I'm saddened to think the life I once lived will never return. As will all things, time has washed them away. A time not long ago Fall encompassed family traditions and rowdy trips through the woods. I miss the sound of hounds chasing a bear through the woods. I grew up in a community and family that hunted. It's more than just an activity for us. My whole childhood is filled with memories of past hunting experiences, dogs, target practice, and mentally mapping out our surrounding area. We could never afford a GPS and as soon as I turned 16 I was able to hunt alone. We had old school walkie talkies and each other. My dad didn't own a fancy tracking machine, so we had to have the dogs trained and trained well. 

    My early years were spent in a boat riding the lakeside of where we hunted. Our dogs would try to swim behind the bears across to the park. Once there, we couldn't get them, It was up to the boat crew to be vigilant. Our hounds were more like family than anything.  I can still hear my grandfather calling off locations to my dad. I was there to handle the dogs, he was there to drive the boat and help drag out prey. Dad had a rule about our pack. Only we could catch, load, and let them loose. They would eat anyone else up. 


    I have so many stories.... Man, Fall weather is nostalgic!  

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