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Out West Tales: November 2012
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Friday, November 16, 2012. You probably won’t believe this, but I have spent an inordinate amount of time this past weekend putting together a tremendous essay for this month’s story. The truth is; it’s been kind of a dry spell lately, and I’ve had trouble sitting down and focusing. 8220;You not weowcome heow! You crog my macheens; you go way, you go way NOW! Of course not, I realized.
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Out West Tales: July 2012
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Wednesday, July 4, 2012. AS THE STONE TURNS. AS THE STONE TURNS. And now; As the Stone Turns…. Back in the ancient times of my youth the archaic educational system forced us to change into gym clothes every day while a crusty, old coach with more wrinkles than a wet boot made us do calisthenics and physically participate in PE; cruel and unusual punishment by today’s standards where...
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Out West Tales: February 2012
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Sunday, February 26, 2012. I should mention that when I first shared the idea with my bride about me hiking the Grand Canyon from one rim to the other, and back, and following her spontaneous outburst of chortling horselaughs, I sensed a bit of resistance on her part. That would have been when she said, "Oh Firth, you crack me up; absolutely not, Buster! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Out West Tales: April 2012
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Sunday, April 15, 2012. Life is filled with stressful and difficult decisions. Imagine; do you lift the guard, turn the key, and push the red button to launch the missile, or do you wait just a little longer to hear from the Russian Premier and risk nuclear annihilation? Eventually the work cap either disintegrates, or more probably, the wife tosses it into the trash while you aren't payi...
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Out West Tales: October 2013
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Thursday, October 10, 2013. EASY AS LICK'IN BUTTER OFF A KNIFE. EASY AS LICK’IN BUTTER OFF A KNIFE. Saddles. check. Rifle, license, ammo. check. Bedroll.… check. Cold weather gear.… check. Groceries.… check. Toilet paper. check and double check! Will his load be too heavy, too light, or will it be just right? Will he remember his tooth brush this year? Organization is key to any pack trip...
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Out West Tales: April 2013
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Sunday, April 28, 2013. I like it when my wife, Cathy, laughs. Most of the time her laughing is infectious, but on rare occasion it can be downright annoying; like when I’m standing naked in front of the mirror wondering what happened? To begin our four-day hike. I have pared my pack down to forty-six pounds; underwear and an extra shirt are highly over rated anyway, I think?
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Out West Tales: August 2012
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Saturday, August 11, 2012. Build ‘em faster than the enemy can sink ‘em." And they did! In the beginning of the war they were called Liberty Ships and were pretty bare-bones vessels. Later, we began building the Victory Ships; leaner, and a bit faster copies of the Liberty ships. This is where another, often overlooked, group of individuals entered the picture; the Merchant Marines. Befor...
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Out West Tales: June 2014
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Tuesday, June 24, 2014. OF MULES AND MEN (and cussing.). Yesterday, in the company of Michael Lewis, Danny Sullivan, and Phiefer, (whose last name I can’t recall due to the lack of oxygen at the 8500-plus foot elevation that caused me to attempt acts I normally would have watched others perform from a comfortable distance, well away from the sound of my chortling and laughing.). Because w...
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Out West Tales: May 2013
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Sunday, May 5, 2013. THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE GRAND CANYON. THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT. 8221; We were told on this trip that a string of five pack mules had been lost over the side of one of these trails just two weeks before our arrival. “That’s it? It is said there are about 656 muscles in the human body. Nonsense! The other purpose of these steps, or rock bars, is one of the Na...
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Out West Tales: January 2013
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Fly fishing is my passion, hunting is my weakness, and mules are a perplexing addiction.". Outwest Tales on Facebook. Sunday, January 6, 2013. So as I sit here, huddled behind a large rock attempting to shelter myself from the unrelenting wind, its cold enough to freeze the flame on a lantern and I’m shivering like a hound dog trying to pass a peach pit. I also realize this will probably be my last essay. The Potty Poem is a classic. I still got it.). Tuesday, January 1, 2013. IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
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