Monday's Missives

• It is 0623 on 12/10/2017. We are at Fort Richardson State Park and the sun is just trying to come up.
• We did the ghosts of Xmas past last night. It was OK but nothing like previous years.
• In a stroke of genius I chose a cabin instead of a tent for our lodging last night.
  
• Yesterday I saw a painted bunting for the first time in my life.

  

  Best part of fall/winter- found coat pocket money baby!
  

• Zac played with kids camping next door until nearly 10 o'clock last night. I asked one where he was from from. Texas! was his reply. 

  

  Strawberry cheesecake French toast- what a time to be alive.

• The stars were incredibly bright overnight.
• Zac builds the fires when we camp nowadays.
• Nowadays- one weird word.

  

  I still have books from the bookstore I bought on post in Bad Hersfeld in 1985 or 1986.

• I emailed a couple of guys from my Army days at Bad Hersfeld Germany last night. One address was long dead but still hope to hear from the other. 
• One was the armorer. He was from Mount Pisgah South Carolina. After getting gigged on my weapon once again I asked him to show me what he expected and how to get there. Another time I happened to ask him what was going on- he indicated he was stressing over an impending inspection. I told him I had nothing else better to do- I would help him. We touched weapons up and listened to country music and talked about fishing for a few hours. Consequently- after that day when we came out of the field I would just hand my weapon off to him and I'd walk out and go party. He would not even look at it.
• Life pro tip: Learn what wheels to grease kids.