First Day Turkey Hunting

I was skunked today. After getting pulled over by a state trooper for "not stopping at a stop sign", I got out to the farm late. By the time I located some gobblers and got the decoys set up, the turkeys were out of the trees. After about three hours sitting over that field I moved.

Long story short I saw 5 hens by about 10 am, but no toms. Then I left to get a drink. After I got back I settled in and scratched a few yelps. I heard a faint answer. So we called back and forth to each other for a good hour or so. Eventually he shut up and I didn't see him... until I saw movement going up the hill. He was chasing the last two hens that came within 10 feet of me earlier.

I'm not upset in the least. I got to see three deer in the field, six turkeys and a black squirrel. Even though I didnt shoot I had a great day. It's 9 pm and I'm TIRED. The fresh air and being outdoors was well worth it.

Tomorrow I'll be up nice and early and set up well before the sun even thinks about rising. The decoys will be all set up when the birds fly down. Hopefully I have a turkey on the ground by 6:30 or so. If not, I'll still be glad to get outside.

Global Warming

I sure wish this global warming would stop! We cant go outside today and play with Ian because of this horrible "climate change". They (the ever knowledgeable weather people) are saying it could be MUCH worse tonight.

It's so warm in our part of the globe that cold white orbs fell from the sky and rested on the ground for a short while. I've also noticed that it's so warm that my legs turn white and eventually blue when I wear shorts outside.

Please contact Al Gore and let him know that we need him to step up his efforts to extort money out of people for carbon credits. I could really use some of the money from those people... I'd burn it for heat.

We're Back in IL!

After 2100 miles and many, MANY hours of driving, we're home. Ian was such a good boy in the car. No accidents, not much whining, and just enough talking. He fell asleep about an hour before we got home, so it was a chore getting him to bed because he was confused. He ran into his room without his pajamas and smiled as he snuggled into his bed. I'm taking that as a sign that he's glad to be home. He gave kisses and had me say his prayers for him. I'm pretty sure he was asleep before I shut the light off.

Erin has already started laundry. My clothes are put away and hers will be tomorrow. The dogs will be home tomorrow and Ian goes back to pre-school, so things will be back to normal... as normal as things get.

We got to see friends and Ian got to spend time with Brooke and her family. She said that Ian was very well behaved, but as soon as we got around, he'd act up. He's not a bad kid anyway, so she just had it easy. It was good to see her, Brian and the kids though.

One thing to note. When you enter TX, there are signs that say "Drive Friendly... The Texas Way". This is a falsehood. No one IN Texas, and anyone FROM Texas drives "friendly". Unless "friendly" is driving too slow in the fast lane. Or not moving over to allow someone to merge onto the interstate. Or speeding up so that one cannot pass them. Or tailgating and trying to "push" you out of their way even though a car fifteen places ahead is slowing things down.

Everything's bigger in TX... Even the road rage.