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After action report...



September 12th.



October 24th



Stepping out the door to go home.



5 weeks of hard hunting (w/several hunters).

Epilogue. After an all-day haul, I drove into Denver at the height of rush hour (no fun). Unloaded my car and put all the goodies into the freezer, reacquainted myself with my family and the the dog (who was pretty standoffish, I'll likely take her next year). Slept like the dead that night. Got up the next morning and completed putting away the guns, ammo, clothing, and all the other souvenirs of the trip. The next few days were spent catching up on the deferred maintenance left from my extended absence, and dealt with some unpaid bills and a few unanswered questions (house related stuff). As expected, it's still just late Fall here, fairly mild, even warm still. Still hard for me to balance the two worlds I've just experienced. The hustle bustle of this 21st century place and the more-plodding and yet clearly more-comfortable pace of the northern frontier. The good news is, however, that my perspective seems different somehow now too, less harried. Most things seem surmountable and less-demanding now (things that would have clearly irritated me before the trip). I do find myself missing the more-natural world and the uncrowded spaces in the quiet moments here but... part of them seems to have come home with me. Hope this lasts for a while.

Looks like, for the second year in a row, I will not be allowed to hunt a small island on Lake Erie due to Covid restrictions. Wrong side of the border. Shame as I really, really want to shoot a few more Cans in my lifetime. Killed my first Can at age 12, off the Chesapeake Bay and would like to bookend that 50 plus years later on Lake Erie if I can’t do the Chesapeake. My son said Cans are very rare back there right now. Like hens teeth or honest MSM, politicians or used car salesmen. Well I might know one good salesmen but none if the others.

It`s been a great read and no doubt your soul is re energised by such quality time !! Thanks for sharing.

Lloyd,
Thanks for sharing your adventure, I've enjoyed following it! God willing, we'll get to refresh ourselves next Autumn.
Karl

That was great Lloyd. As I read each post I could feel the stress leaving you. I hope you are able to make a six week sojourn to LOTW an annual event. It would be good for all of us if you continue to create threads like this.

Lloyd

Thank you for sharing this with us!

Parabola

It was my pleasure Gentlemen. Thank you all for the kind words.