We are home! As Gordon MacQuarrie wrote, "Always good to get away...always good to get back home." On our ride back we stopped at a small town in Iowa. Our interaction there with the local folks, including the sheriff and what constituted the "old folks morning meeting" at the local breakfast club, reminded me of the many interactions we had with people on our trip in the middle of our country. It reminded me how much I appreciate them. Politics aside, and we never had political discussions with the folks we encountered, every person we met was friendly, courteous, apparently hard working (even if retired), and positive about their plight in life. I like where I live, and I like the country I live in. I hope all of you who read this feel the same.
I also hope all of you who hunt have a memorable season and enjoy your coverts and companions. Thanks again for responding to my posts.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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