It was at about this date in my column that you should have got more information on The American Prairie Reserve; I wrote about it a few weeks back. Things don’t always go as planned…sometimes you just have to go with the flow. As I said in last week’s Journal, we had experienced car issues […]

There are two kinds of people in the world…those who have been to and seen Mount Rushmore, and those who haven’t; up until just recently, Vickie was the latter. We had finally arrived in Rapid City, South Dakota and taking the 30 minute drive up Highway 16 was high on our to-do list. First, I […]

I just recently had a birthday…no big deal now, each year past 50 is just another number. Many of you know what I am talking about; what is odd however is that as each year rolls by I feel like it’s the simpler things in life that have value. My good buddy, Kenny Williams, and […]

Last week I told you that me and dad were in northern Illinois…camping at Kankakee River State Park; I thought the first day on the river would be the worst, truth is-the river conditions my first day out were indeed the best. The second morning found the Kankakee River running at 11,000cfs (cubic feet per […]

Sunday, June 8th found me and dad off on another ‘road trip’; this time we were headed to northern Illinois for some smallmouth float tube fishing and golf. My oldest son, Harrison, which many of you remember from a few years back, is now finished with college and working at Mistwood Country Club. Our plan […]