My neighbor, several sites down from us, is Karl, a true westerner, a former bullrider and now crippled from riding ferocious bulls ... and hard, demanding work at west.
Karl's great grandfather owned a 46,000 acre ranch in Wyoming and was a close friend of Buffalo Bill, the western folk hero. When Karl's grandfather was married, Buffalo Bill was his best man and gave Karl's grandfather a wedding gift of one of his pearl handled revolvers.
Karl was supposed to get the gun in his grandfather's will. His uncle took the gun and never gave it to Karl. Karl says he would love just to hold the gun that Buffalo Bill used daily.
Karl is now using a walker and is bright intellectually and a fun conversationalist. I wish you could meet him.
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Friends are leaving us...for a time. Ken left for Seattle. Snarky left for Arizona. Jim and Pat left for Colorado. Monte and Carol leave tonight for Desert Gold park in Arizona. Don leaves soon for K&N park in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Doug and Alice leave in a few weeks for Yuma. Others will be leaving in the next month or two, heading for warmer weather for the winter. The resort here is still relatively full with many overnighters who are passing through. Soon, however, in November, the snows and cold weather will come, the winds will blow and this resort will have many empty sites. Dozens will ride out the winter here, several feet keep in snow. Helen and I will leave January 1, 2012, for Nevada Treasure RV Resort in Pahrump, Nevada and stay there for a month before heading for Texas to visit with dear friends in Alpine, TX. Donna and Manning are there and Floyd and Rubye are coming over from the San Antonio area. The six of us will join hundreds for the Annual Cowboy Music and Poetry Symposium in late February. Meanwhile we continue to enjoy our daughter and granddaughters nearby in Nampa (ID). Golf is great here and Helen loves the pool and hot tub. Boise offers many avenues of interest. Mission Aviation Fellowship is headquartered in Nampa. The Birds of Prey reservation is nearby, as is Bogus Basin, the beautiful snow skiing resort. We attend the Nampa Bulldogs football games and are proud of our two cheerleading granddaughters. We really enjoy our 'new' church family at Covenant Presbyterian led by pastors Phil and Brian and many capable, committed volunteers. Many fine restaurants, too, in Nampa and Boise. The fishing in Idaho is fantastic (if I could just find more time to fish!) I'm reminded of the sketch framed and hanging in our Roamer RV, given to us by Dick and Doris. It reads,"God does not deduct from the allotted time of man those hours spent in fishing".
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