When I was a kid, maybe 12 or 13, my Dad and I packed on horseback into the Uintah Mountains of northern Utah one summer. Spent about a week camping in the mountain valleys and fishing for trout. Good, good times.
I've got pictures from the trip, and some wonderful memories, and now this - found in the back of a drawer the other day, where it's lain forgotten for years...
That's a carving that I did from a little chunk of aspen during that trip. I sat around the campfire at night and whittled it with my trusty Schrade Old Timer pocket knife.
It's darkened with age and has developed a few stress cracks....
But then again, so have I.
I turn 48 years old today. A little wear and tear is to be expected :)
12 comments:
If you ever find your way BACK to the Utah Uintahs, give a shout out! The wife and I will hook you up with a home cooked dinner on your way through.
I'd love to return one day and show Mrs. Paladin the sights... we'll take you up on that!
Happy Birthday, Paladin. Ah to be young again...
Happy Birthday young guy. I hope it's all you want it to be.
I took my first backpacking trip in the Uintahs back when I was about seven years old (I'm sixty now). One of my favorite camping regions.
Congrats! Young whippersnapper!
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Thanks, Friends! I never knew I had so many old farts reading my blog :)
Happy Birthday, Old Timer! You've got several years on me... well... one, actually... but that still counts, right?
Have a great day, my friend.
From an old fart in the UK Happy Birthday enjoy your day,glad your back blogging i realy enjoy what you write. BTW im a bit older than you
64 next birthday.
Happy Birthday Paladin. From another old fart.
Happy birthday!
Thanks for everyone for the Birthday wishes... it was a good day, indeed :)
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