Non-Typical Solutions

And all this time I thought a cow was a cow??? You know moooo??

Snow???

So I stopped to take the picture of the wolf billboard and got the bonus shot on the backside 😀😀😀

I am posting this off my iPhone so not sure if it can really be seen!!!

Bald eagle working on a duck out on the ice!!

It is Nelson yes but no Big Foot this time!

I called 911 for the first time ever last June when the screaming in the room next door at a motel escalated to life threatening verbage! I could not believe the questions I was asked by the operator! Actually thought I was the one in trouble by the time I was finished! Interesting information!!!

Camp trailer we got in October from CWT member JohnSWA. A great deal on a well kept used trailer! That was awesome but this topped anything we could have gotten! Visiting with Cole for about 45 minutes! Priceless!!!

I know this may be strange to many of you but I am proud of this kid and what he is doing right now...... Cole has been on his mission now for 6 months and has had such a wide variety of experiences. We missed him this deer season and sure have missed getting to watch him wrestling. Thought I would share some of the photos he has sent, what a great learning experience this has been up to this point. And then it got cold. And finally Merry Christmas to all CWT friends and family........may you and your families be safe and able to enjoy the Christmas season and may God bless all of you!

And yes we had a great Christmas visit with Cole!!!

Anyone have a snow report for Show Low to Alpine? Got any snow tonight?

I have been kicking this piece of antler around for about 3 years waiting to put a knife in it....it fits my hand perfect with the J hooking under my pinky. If you are interested in giving it a try send me a mailing address and I will send it to you. It measures about 1 1/2 inch wide where the front part of the hand would fit on it. Pretty close to 3/4 an inch thick in the same spot.

One thing I have seen and feel is important....if you shoot you need to go check before you shoot again....thus saving yourself of an incident like this.......tough deal for sure.

If you haven't heard this one it is a good one!!

Cole really picked up on that antler work and honestly he made both buckles, the OSU and the bear!!! I was surprised his mission president gave him the green light to wear them......thanks John!

Detroit.........he hasn't been south of 7 mile except on exchanges, spent time in Monroe and now is in Plymouth!!!

Basic rules is they get to call home on Christmas and Mothers Day, other than that it is all letters and email.Just the way it is set up....... That has to be tough, especially for parents. Can he ask for permission to call more frequently? They can ask but it really doesn't fit into what they want........serious cut the apron strings experience and when you sign up you go into it knowing that is the way it will be. It isn't as easy as it is cracked up to be but most survive, some don't. On email Mondays we go back and forth for about 45 minutes via email and it is kinda like visiting with them. My wife writes a big honking letter to him once a week on paper old school, and he sends a respectably large letter once a week on paper. Every one of my boys has been different, some really short letters(not a happy mom) and some good two pagers!!! The one thing that has really changed with this last one for us is we get a random text message with a picture of Cole from somebody in his area........he we ran into your son and he is doing great!!!! Melts the heart!!!! By the way....today(Thursday) is get the old school letter in the mail....gotta run check it right now!!!

Great looking buck....symmetrical, heavy.....beautiful buck......well done for the "only" buck!!!!

Basic rules is they get to call home on Christmas and Mothers Day, other than that it is all letters and email. Just the way it is set up.......

This is one that I have had on my bulletin board many times......great photo!!!! Not so great an idea!! Maybe we can get some snow on the ground here!!!!

Every day we are thankful, Chicago sounds rough......this will be the first of our boys that we get to skype with, the other three were phone calls and trust me....the phone call was pretty dang fun too......looking very forward to getting to visit with him on Sunday.....2:00 Michigan time........I am ditching church!!!

I can't find my envelopes for my Christmas letters that we bought last year on sale....found the paper just not the envelopes.......dam rats!!!

Pretty awesome pictures.....my wife and I watched 5 coyotes pick berries off cedar trees one morning and we thought that was strange watching them jump up and grab....but seeing that fox up the top of that telephone pole beats all.....he musta been desperate!!!

I think I also read on the Tonto site those one flat board with the big oars that you stand on you have to pay for as well.......never can remember what those things are but it sure is fun to watch when all the sudden the wind comes up!!!!

I have to laugh.......DISH internet sucked and blew both.....so we dropped it and just kept the TV portion. They inform me I have to send the dish back to them or pay $90.00, I told them they could come get it. They said they would have to charge me......I told them they put it up there to come get it themselves. They said they would have to charge for a tech to come get it plus the $90.00 bucks....... I told them to either come get it themselves..... Don't charge me 90 buck and I won't drop their TV portion of the program.................... The dish is still on my roof and I still have TV........and I didn't get charged 90 bucks........ We use cableone internet which on the mountain is the fastest we have been able to get and DISH for TV.........