If you really want to feel the thrill of a new experience you need to see it through the eyes of a child. I have been on an airplane many times, its really not one of my favorite things to endure, but the enjoyment that our 6 year old grandson felt on his first ride could be heard throughout the plane. Seeing his excitement and listening to his exclamations made the trip so much more enjoyable.
We were on a hunting trip. Four out of six were hunting mule deer, Cody and I were along for the ride, a vacation at best! Since we were flying with firearms we got to the airport early, which also gave us time to live through those heart stopping moments of a lost drivers license, missing boarding passes and being pulled out of security lines because of a forgotten laptop, or liquids in someone's carry on. I won't mention any names here but I was not always the culprit! I did have to go back through the x-ray again but it only happened once and that was because I wouldn't throw out my 20 dollar stainless steel camo thermos!
After we had finally boarded and were all hyped up for take off, somebody decides to check the engines for birds...or did somebody just happen to see feathers as they were walking past the aircraft? At any rate we were an hour late leaving which didn't give us much time to catch our next flight. We made our next flight and would you believe the same exact thing happened...there were birds in the engine again. That was when Cody decided he was tired of riding on blue planes. He wanted the next one to be a white one.
We finally landed in Boise ID on Thursday afternoon and met up with Rob's sister and her husband. Their family had just moved to Idaho in April and invited the guys out for a mule deer hunt, I was also invited.. to sit back and relax and enjoy a whole week away from the stress of the dairy farm.
Friday morning bright and early after a hearty breakfast,
the hunting party, (Rob, Jesse, Amanda, and Nate) set out. They were in high spirits. When they returned that night, it was interesting to see the exhaustion expressed on each face. There were different degrees of pain and tiredness. They had walked miles up mountains and down into valleys. They saw six deer and two hundred and sixty hunters, according to Rob!!
This was part of the terrain they hiked over.
Saturday morning, Josiah, our nephew, took pity on them and took them to another area. That was where, over the next several days the three guys got their deer. Amanda had opted not to go along hunting on Saturday so Myron and Lisa took all of us to the Boise Zoo. A perfect outing for a Saturday afternoon. It was just the right size, there were very few complaints from young or old of being tired of walking.
This is not a mirror!!
These two (whatever they are) were actually arguing.
The one wanted in and the other said, No Way!!
Bobby enjoyed teaching Nate and Cody to rope the steer head. This was some of the evening entertainment. Nate and Cody enjoyed it so much we brought two new lasso's home with us.
Bobby and Nate, it went so much better if you could borrow a cowboy hat!!
A couple evenings were spent playing some lively table games. I never thought spoon was all that lively but this bunch had the whole house shaking! I doubt the spoons will ever be the same!
To be continued
We finally landed in Boise ID on Thursday afternoon and met up with Rob's sister and her husband. Their family had just moved to Idaho in April and invited the guys out for a mule deer hunt, I was also invited.. to sit back and relax and enjoy a whole week away from the stress of the dairy farm.
Friday morning bright and early after a hearty breakfast,
the hunting party, (Rob, Jesse, Amanda, and Nate) set out. They were in high spirits. When they returned that night, it was interesting to see the exhaustion expressed on each face. There were different degrees of pain and tiredness. They had walked miles up mountains and down into valleys. They saw six deer and two hundred and sixty hunters, according to Rob!!
This was part of the terrain they hiked over.
Saturday morning, Josiah, our nephew, took pity on them and took them to another area. That was where, over the next several days the three guys got their deer. Amanda had opted not to go along hunting on Saturday so Myron and Lisa took all of us to the Boise Zoo. A perfect outing for a Saturday afternoon. It was just the right size, there were very few complaints from young or old of being tired of walking.
This is not a mirror!!
These two (whatever they are) were actually arguing.
The one wanted in and the other said, No Way!!
Penguins are always a hit!
Bobby and Nate, it went so much better if you could borrow a cowboy hat!!
Cody really getting into the swing!!
A couple evenings were spent playing some lively table games. I never thought spoon was all that lively but this bunch had the whole house shaking! I doubt the spoons will ever be the same!
To be continued
