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I Was Here

Postby Swede » 02 02, 2019 •  [Post 1]

I was here, had the campfire going and coffee on for everyone. I even had some Postum for Lefty. Hotcakes and bacon were all set but not one of you jerks showed up here for breakfast. I could just as well have slept in this Saturday. It sure is quiet here in the W.T. camp today, but the dog ate until he was stuffed. He is under the chair near the fire. He really enjoyed your breakfast. :D
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Re: I Was Here

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 02 02, 2019 •  [Post 2]

Dang it, sounds like a good Bfast! I’ve been out bucking up a big ol clump of trees that fell in the last windstorm. I’m done for the day and got a good pile of 13-14” chunks piled up. They’ll be saved/staged/seasoned for October’s ML elk hunt wall tent heating. What’s for dinner tonight Swede? ;)
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Swede » 02 02, 2019 •  [Post 3]

At the Swede home we are having chicken. Come on down if ya like, but stop by the colonel's and get another few pieces as Mrs. Swede was not expecting company. Don't worry about the side dishes or desert we have plenty.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Elkhntr08 » 02 02, 2019 •  [Post 4]

Guess my invite got lost in the mail. Groundhog would have to be the meat of the day.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 02, 2019 •  [Post 5]

Hot chocolate would have gotten my attention,..

I was on the move early.
I realized I was running late and ended up not eating a real breakfast. But a McDonalds breakfast burrito washed down with , an orange Rockstar. Now Im paying for that mistake
My day was spent in Idaho Falls then I came home , hung a snare on the back of our 2 acre horse pasture. Some coyote has been marking less than 100 feet from my back door. and with 2 old house dogs I dont like it,..
Short days I dont like burning daylight on the computer,.

I officially put the remainder of my goose hunting gear away this evening.
Did I mention breakfast came back at me this afternoon
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 02, 2019 •  [Post 6]

Swede wrote:,,,, I could just as well have slept in this Saturday.,,, :D

My grandmother use to say "you can sleep when your dead"
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Indian Summer » 02 03, 2019 •  [Post 7]

I’d have loved to join you Swede. I work 8 hours on Saturdays. Gotta pay for those overpriced Wyoming elk tags and the new Harley. I’ll take a rain check though. I love pancakes! Waffles even more.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 03, 2019 •  [Post 8]

Swede where were you tonight? My wife made the best cabbage soup with bison burger.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lsb » 02 03, 2019 •  [Post 9]

Chicken noodle here. At -2 before the wind it's wonderful
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Re: I Was Here

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 02 03, 2019 •  [Post 10]

Lsb wrote:Chicken noodle here. At -2 before the wind it's wonderful


Home made?
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Swede » 02 03, 2019 •  [Post 11]

Lefty wrote:Swede where were you tonight? My wife made the best cabbage soup with bison burger.


My wife and were in church. We go there Sunday morning and again in the evening. We attend a midweek service too. We had a bowl of cold cereal when we got home a little while age.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lsb » 02 04, 2019 •  [Post 12]

WapitiTalk1 wrote:
Lsb wrote:Chicken noodle here. At -2 before the wind it's wonderful


Home made?

Yes sir, you ain't gonna find chicken noodle soup with roasted green chillies and onions in a can.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby elkstalker » 02 04, 2019 •  [Post 13]

Back at work here, temps -8 this morning, and double digit negatives throughout the state... but cold weather in MT never makes national news :lol: After ling fishing til midnight Saturday, Sunday was a sleep in kind of day, with lots of coffee and logs fed into the wood stove. Pulled bbq goose sandwiches rounded out he weekend as we watched the snow drift in the yard. It looked like spring might be on the way last week, but winter has again secured it's icy grip...
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 14]

Swede wrote:
Lefty wrote:Swede where were you tonight?.

My wife and were in church. We go there Sunday morning and again in the evening. We attend a midweek service too. We had a bowl of cold cereal when we got home a little while age.

Yeah some of us need to spend more time at church ;)

If you were my Catholic friends you would had been at church watching the Super Bowl.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Swede » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 15]

Lefty wrote:If you were my Catholic friends you would had been at church watching the Super Bowl.


I have heard that the Boston team won. I did not watch a second of the Super Bowl or any replays. Go team!
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Swede » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 16]

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It snowed here last night. I just wanted to show everyone how we made it through the blizzard of 19. I can just see David Muir broadcasting from here in Oregon about this event.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 17]

My wife watched the 1/2 time show. Im proud to say I never saw more than 2 consecutive minutes of any of it and that was only in passing
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 18]

Cooling down the home made chicken noodle soup.



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Re: I Was Here

Postby Swede » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 19]

Are you going to be ok Lefty, or are we going to need to call for a rescue team to get you out?
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 20]

I was oe of those western Washington Oregon light-weights
I do have a little Kobota with a bucket and blade. Ill just wait fopr the melt :D
Strange: they did cancel schools today. Only 4 inches of snow.. My wife works 8 miles away at Indian Health. . The locals called in. Yet the one dentist who lives 35 miles made it fine my wife needed 4 extra minutes

Im going to make the rounds to check on the geese :lol:
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Tigger » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 21]

The weather news here were the cold temps last week. It hit -35F here last week...actual air temp. Windchills hit -70. My uncle was in Mexico and boarded the plane at an even 80F. He got off the plane and his car thermometer hit -38, so a 118 degree swing in temp for him over a few hours! We are supposed to get 6-8 inches of snow on top of the 2 feet we already have. Ho hum. Winter. It is what it is and keeps the riffraff out! I went out at lunch and it was -3. It felt warm.
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Postby Swede » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 22]

Tigger, it appears you could handle the blizzard conditions we have suffered through here. I hear we could have another bad one tonight. We will just have to wait and see. :D
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lsb » 02 05, 2019 •  [Post 23]

We haven't been above 1° since Sunday. Come on global warming!
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Re: I Was Here

Postby elkstalker » 02 06, 2019 •  [Post 24]

I'm with you LSB! At least we finally have some snow here, and all of the lakes have enough ice to fish safely.
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lsb » 02 06, 2019 •  [Post 25]

elkstalker wrote:I'm with you LSB! At least we finally have some snow here, and all of the lakes have enough ice to fish safely.

Elk are down too. This group was camped in my place for a day or two. They've dropped down the canyon a mile or so since then.

Supposed to be 12 below tonight then warm up to the 20's
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 07, 2019 •  [Post 26]

Just nice to see some elk even if they are high fence and rounded up to flock shoot :D

Our litigious school district closed school with 2 inches of snow
I’m as rural as it gets . My wife still drove off in her Camrey
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lsb » 02 07, 2019 •  [Post 27]

Lefty wrote:Just nice to see some elk even if they are high fence and rounded up to flock shoot :D


No high fence bud that's 4 strands of Barb wire
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Re: I Was Here

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 02 09, 2019 •  [Post 28]

I will add that I’m not entirely positive that Swede can cook anything that does not come in a metal can...Not positive tho :D
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Swede » 02 09, 2019 •  [Post 29]

For the most part I do not like to cook. You characters missed a rare opportunity not being here. I mentioned on another thread I cook beans at home, but generally will do about anything to avoid cooking. I will fry or microwave something or heat a can of whatever, but rarely cook. Frying includes hotcakes and bacon. I did enjoy RJ and his friend's cooking. I make the coffee for church. I think some of those characters think God called me to that ministry. In other words if you touch it you own it at church. They all act like they don't know how to use a coffee maker.
BTW: Lefty, is that how you became a Mormon? You could not make coffee. :lol:
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Re: I Was Here

Postby Lefty » 02 10, 2019 •  [Post 30]

Lsb wrote:
Lefty wrote:Just nice to see some elk even if they are high fence and rounded up to flock shoot :D

No high fence bud that's 4 strands of Barb wire

Just meant to joke a bit;
Just nice to see a group of elk. I was out last week looking around,.. Saw fresh track but never saw any elk elk. Started thinking I haven't seen a live wild elk in a month :cry:
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Postby Lefty » 02 10, 2019 •  [Post 31]

Swede wrote: BTW: Lefty, is that how you became a Mormon? You could not make coffee. :lol:

I use to make coffee every day for my brother,..Filled the thing with water, poured it in. One scoup of coffee. a new filter on Mondays Press start,.. anyone one can make it :lol:

I dont drink the stuff,.. I have other bad habits,Mt. Dew or Rockstar, and an addiction to the outdoors and my wife :D
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Re: I Was Here

Postby elkstalker » 02 19, 2019 •  [Post 32]

Was driving home from ice fishing the other day and saw a comical sight, rancher was grinding up a bale and feeding his cows in a corral, the elk must have heard the diner bell as the herd was lined out and jumping the fence into the corral one by one! It was -20 that morning.
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 02 19, 2019 •  [Post 33]

elkstalker wrote:Was driving home from ice fishing the other day and saw a comical sight, rancher was grinding up a bale and feeding his cows in a corral, the elk must have heard the diner bell as the herd was lined out and jumping the fence into the corral one by one! It was -20 that morning.


Damn, I hate when uninvited guests show up and you didn’t make enough grub for everybody :D
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