MI Spring Gathering
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Back from the trip, outstanding time! The new guys, Peter, Todd, and Cooper, are every bit as nice as they seem to be from their posts, it felt as though we had known each other for years, great hanging out. I`ll see about pictures tomorrow.
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TPVT making Saturday breakfast
Bacon over the fire
Eggs, potatos, and venison sausage
Morning coffee
jds1 taking an afternoon nap
BS session
The new Slingshot Champ, TPVT!
Baking the potatos
mqqn grilling the ribeye steaks (be sure to thank Maggie!)
Horseshoes
The 2013 champ, jds1
My sleeping area
Bacon over the fire
Eggs, potatos, and venison sausage
Morning coffee
jds1 taking an afternoon nap
BS session
The new Slingshot Champ, TPVT!
Baking the potatos
mqqn grilling the ribeye steaks (be sure to thank Maggie!)
Horseshoes
The 2013 champ, jds1
My sleeping area
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Great time as always. Thanks everyone!
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Thanks for the pictures, John!
It is always a great time - and it is good to get some new fellows up there!
Thanks to Cooper, Todd and Peter for making the trip - and Jeff for getting the cabin lined up once again!
The breakfast that Todd made was outstanding, and Peter provided all with a hand-made lanyard with wooden bead!
Uncle Bill and Sean provided a ton of chips and beers, so we had plenty of food to keep us warm.
I think we burned the better part of a face cord of wood!
On Saturday morning, Mr. K hid some business cards around the camp site, and each card had a prize associated with it - my card won me a beautiful new Buck 110 with some outstanding figuring to the wood.
John gave a very generous prize to each person that attended. He also brought the apple wine again, which is a very tasty treat!
Made it back home to Peoria around 1pm, just in time for the family to come over and have dinner.
My pictures are at the following link -
http://iammoon.com/albums/JK Gathering Clear Lake MI 032913/
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mqqn
It is always a great time - and it is good to get some new fellows up there!
Thanks to Cooper, Todd and Peter for making the trip - and Jeff for getting the cabin lined up once again!
The breakfast that Todd made was outstanding, and Peter provided all with a hand-made lanyard with wooden bead!
Uncle Bill and Sean provided a ton of chips and beers, so we had plenty of food to keep us warm.
I think we burned the better part of a face cord of wood!
On Saturday morning, Mr. K hid some business cards around the camp site, and each card had a prize associated with it - my card won me a beautiful new Buck 110 with some outstanding figuring to the wood.
John gave a very generous prize to each person that attended. He also brought the apple wine again, which is a very tasty treat!
Made it back home to Peoria around 1pm, just in time for the family to come over and have dinner.
My pictures are at the following link -
http://iammoon.com/albums/JK Gathering Clear Lake MI 032913/
best
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it was great to meet all of you. thanks to everyone for making me feel welcome. i really had a great time. great pics guys!
i will echo what andy said. thanks to jeff for organizing (and the cabin). thanks to john for the prizes and the great hats. i also got a couple folders from him. And, Andy forgot to mention the gracious knives that he gifted, as well. i love mine. And, Cooper and Peter helped me solve my one-handed folder problem (thanks guys).
Everyone chipped in with the food, and we all ate like kings.
Sean and Bill...sorry i didn't get a chance to say farewell this morning, but i had to hit the road. it was great hanging with you.
i will echo what andy said. thanks to jeff for organizing (and the cabin). thanks to john for the prizes and the great hats. i also got a couple folders from him. And, Andy forgot to mention the gracious knives that he gifted, as well. i love mine. And, Cooper and Peter helped me solve my one-handed folder problem (thanks guys).
Everyone chipped in with the food, and we all ate like kings.
Sean and Bill...sorry i didn't get a chance to say farewell this morning, but i had to hit the road. it was great hanging with you.
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It was fantastic weekend.:thumbup:
It was great to see Andy, John, Sean and Bill again, and awesome to finally meet Peter, Todd and Jeff.
John is right, I feel like I have known everyone for years.
Scored my first Buck 110 in John's "Easter Card Hunt" and got an amazing price on a handmade knife, among other generosities. Pictures of the weekend's scores tomorrow after the sun is out, and I am more awake.
It was great to see Andy, John, Sean and Bill again, and awesome to finally meet Peter, Todd and Jeff.
John is right, I feel like I have known everyone for years.
Scored my first Buck 110 in John's "Easter Card Hunt" and got an amazing price on a handmade knife, among other generosities. Pictures of the weekend's scores tomorrow after the sun is out, and I am more awake.
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Hello all,
thanks again to Jeff for organizing this one and everyone else for everything else as said above,
the cabin
the gathering place around the fire
here's some stuff I picked up at the gathering one way or the other, including a gift buck 110 from john, and a skyline Andy just gave me!
and now the stuff that really made it worth it
Andy, mr. woods and uncle Dave
this was taken on Saturday because i arrived too late to get any good pictures Friday
jeff cutting up some of the wood (we used most of it I think)
getting the fire ready on Saturday morning, there was a light frost
part of the breakfast Todd made for everyone, the whiskey was someone's supper I think Mr. Woods'
Todd getting breakfast ready with the chuckwagon (impressive knife)
Todd found a cutting board pretty soon after this
Andy getting ready to cook dinner, or eating coals, I forget
the ultralight hunter and what's left of the steak Andy cooked for us all (heck of a steak)
The face off, sling shot competition, final round
But it ended friendly enough
for now
the man himself (he talks like a yanky but he's pretty cool
)
Andy demonstrating that the only way to do anything is with a DBH (nice hawk, only wish he'd got it out a little more so we could see it)
roof elf, not sure anyone else notice him
...yeah
Taht's I promise i did practice and could hit things before the competition, not every time, but I thought I might place (FYI only one of those hits was mine, I think the other was Jeff at this point and no one else had tried yet, we all practiced hard)
pictures have not been doing this one justice, this and the fishing knife were big hits with everyone I think
Things I learned:
Andy doesn't drink, weird I know
Todd cooks a mean breakfast
Cooper is younger then me
John and Jeff sleep outside at gatherings and after waking up in the cabin i can see why (it doesn't smell like roses)
The DBH could make me king of Kentucky
this is a nice group of people who don't' like dirty jokes at all
None of these people will try to kill you in your sleep, which is nice
This is a really special group of people
You wouldn't have to do as much work to get *insert name* ready for Halloween
And the only way to get a man with an advanced degree off your front porch is to pay him for the paper
There were other things, but I forget
Seriously, though, you have to make it top the gathering...if they don't they talk about you almost none stop
see ya
thanks again to Jeff for organizing this one and everyone else for everything else as said above,
the cabin
the gathering place around the fire
here's some stuff I picked up at the gathering one way or the other, including a gift buck 110 from john, and a skyline Andy just gave me!
and now the stuff that really made it worth it
Andy, mr. woods and uncle Dave
this was taken on Saturday because i arrived too late to get any good pictures Friday
jeff cutting up some of the wood (we used most of it I think)
getting the fire ready on Saturday morning, there was a light frost
part of the breakfast Todd made for everyone, the whiskey was someone's supper I think Mr. Woods'
Todd getting breakfast ready with the chuckwagon (impressive knife)
Todd found a cutting board pretty soon after this
Andy getting ready to cook dinner, or eating coals, I forget
the ultralight hunter and what's left of the steak Andy cooked for us all (heck of a steak)
The face off, sling shot competition, final round
But it ended friendly enough
for now
the man himself (he talks like a yanky but he's pretty cool
)
Andy demonstrating that the only way to do anything is with a DBH (nice hawk, only wish he'd got it out a little more so we could see it)
roof elf, not sure anyone else notice him
...yeah
Taht's I promise i did practice and could hit things before the competition, not every time, but I thought I might place
(FYI only one of those hits was mine, I think the other was Jeff at this point and no one else had tried yet, we all practiced hard)
pictures have not been doing this one justice, this and the fishing knife were big hits with everyone I think
Things I learned:
Andy doesn't drink, weird I know
Todd cooks a mean breakfast
Cooper is younger then me
John and Jeff sleep outside at gatherings and after waking up in the cabin i can see why (it doesn't smell like roses)
The DBH could make me king of Kentucky
this is a nice group of people who don't' like dirty jokes at all
None of these people will try to kill you in your sleep, which is nice
This is a really special group of people
You wouldn't have to do as much work to get *insert name* ready for Halloween
And the only way to get a man with an advanced degree off your front porch is to pay him for the paper
There were other things, but I forget
Seriously, though, you have to make it top the gathering...if they don't they talk about you almost none stop
see ya
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Hey Glenn. I drove from VT. I see you are in NH. Maybe we could carpool to the next one.
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Great commentary, Peter.
I'm glad that you all made it home safe.
Here is the weekend's new acquisitions.
I got my first Buck 110 from John in his Easter Card Hunt. It has amazing coloring to the wood.
Also, John gave me an awesome JK hat, and a kydex holster for my gun. It fits perfectly.:thumbup: Thanks again.
He also gave me steal of deal on his fish knife.
It got christened Saturday night, while cutting up Andy's amazing steaks. Those were so damn good.
Thanks again to everyone for such a fantastic weekend.
I'm glad that you all made it home safe.
Here is the weekend's new acquisitions.
I got my first Buck 110 from John in his Easter Card Hunt. It has amazing coloring to the wood.
Also, John gave me an awesome JK hat, and a kydex holster for my gun. It fits perfectly.:thumbup: Thanks again.
He also gave me steal of deal on his fish knife.
It got christened Saturday night, while cutting up Andy's amazing steaks. Those were so damn good.
Thanks again to everyone for such a fantastic weekend.