This summer has been so busy for my family and I. We have been chasing the kids from one event to the next, so there hasn’t been much time for “Outdoor” activities. Even though realistically we have spent most of our waking hours outdoors, sitting at Baseball games or at Swim meets.
My son and his Baseball team had an awesome year. It has been a long time coming and they finally won the Championship this year. This was their 3rd year together as a team, and have really come together to play some awesome little league baseball. Their coach does a great job of getting to know the individual kids and their talents, and being able to then place them in the field where they will be most effective. The first 2 years that these kids were together was like watching the Bad News Bears. They were by far the youngest team in the league and were out played in every game. Finally this year though, they have some age on them and every kid has excelled at their position. Every kid on the team just knew they were going to win the Championship this year, and it was great to see them accomplish that.
After Baseball we moved onto Swim Team. This is Jack’s second year on the team and it is only Meara’s first year. They have both had great years on the team, swimming really well at the meets they have entered. Meara is a natural swimmer and Jack has to work at it harder than she does. We have fun with the Swim Team, as we pull our camper to the various out of town meets, and end up camping with the other families. The families are what makes Swim Team fun for us. They are a really good group of people, which tend to keep family first in their lives.
Half way through the swimming season we had a death in the family, so we all packed up and went to Austin, Texas. Jack and I went for 1 week, while Meara and Sandy stayed down there for 2 weeks. Everyone is home now, and I can rest a little easier knowing my family is safe and all under 1 roof. We finished up the swimming season with the State meet in Conrad on August 1st.
I have some fun things planned for this Fall.
I am going to put a trail cam on a snake den that I really hope to get some good pictures from. The tough part is going to be getting in there to place the camera, and then going back in to retrieve the pictures. I will need to have on my big boy britches those days!!
I drew a Cow Elk B tag for area 690, which is the area south of Chinook and Havre, Montana. This is one of my favorite places to hunt, as it brings back fond memories of past hunts and growing up in the area. I will also hunt for Mule Deer in the same area.
I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer and are as excited as I am about the upcoming hunting season.
