I have 2 first cousins ( Pickens) who live and teach in the Ithica area and every October, my son would be playing tennis at the Cornell Univ. Open tournament while I was in the UP. Washington,Pa is only about a 1/2 hr from me.
A big regret is that I never took GBE up on his offer to visit him at OH back in the early 90's. Jim Fergus ,when he was writing the "Hunters Road" wanted to interview George but George declined until he told George that he had spent the day with me. George said that if Harold(me) thought enough of him to spend the day hunting with him that he would consent to the interview. There is a chapter about me in that book entitled "Looking for Mr. Grouse". I carried a Parker 16 VH that day.
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