BackWoods Drifter

The dog days of summer. When you hear those words, what is the first thing that comes into your mind? Heat would most likely be the most popular answer. A large reason for that is because dog day’s occur right at the end of July through most of August. The hottest days of summer is [...]

I’ve always been a trader. I absolutely love to just trade things. Doesn’t really matter what it is either. My friend Ronnie was the same way. We had been trading, basically, junk back and forth since childhood. When I say trading, just in case someone doesn’t know, it would be like, for example, I’ll give [...]

The last post and a comment I made started me thinking about my friend Ronnie. He was one of my friends from childhood. I was fortunate to have two best buddies during my childhood. The first was Mark, I talked about him in the post The Biggest Fish Ever. My other best buddy was Ronnie.
Ronnie [...]

Not far from where I live now is a hollow called Sand Lick. This used to be the place we would go hunting the first day of deer season. A couple of years ago, a friend that I grew up with died from cancer. It was with him and his dad that I used to [...]

Years ago I used to hunt with my grandfather from my mothers side. I learn a lot from him in the seemingly short time he was around. One thing I learned was the different things growing in and around the mountains a person could use for nourishment if they needed. I bring this up because [...]