This is an e-mail from my “terminal” friend Roger Mateer today. “I saw my doc this morning. He says my brain is still failing as is my body, yet I’m still doing better than I should be. He said I should continue hunting and having fun. He was impressed when I showed him the water buffalo I got on my hunting …
A Wild Surprise 70th Birthday Bash
This week I celebrated my 70th birthday. No! That’s not true. This week hundreds of wonderful friends held a surprise party to celebrate my birthday. My staff, my family and my friends made this one of the most blessed days of my life. It started with a surprise dinner at Mellow Mushroom in Franklin, TN. That dinner was a celebration but …
Lost with Tim Hawkins, John Branyan, David Pendleton, and Daren Streblow
In the two previous installments of this story I shared about two lessons I learned from being lost in the wilderness with four of my weird and beloved friends. Part 1: “Pride comes before a fall” and Part 2: “Don’t ignore warning signs.” Finally I get to tell you about the swamps, moose, a remote cabin, a lost sole, and …
Lost with Tim Hawkins, John Branyan, David Pendleton, and Daren Streblow
Last week I posted the first of the lessons I learned from getting Lost in the mountains with Tim Hawkins, John Branyan, David Pendleton, and Daren Streblow. If you missed it you can read it here. What follows is the second installment of that adventure complete with maps, some great pictures and another life/life saving lesson.
Lost with Tim Hawkins, John Branyan, David Pendleton, and Daren Streblow
It was scheduled to be a simple scenic adventure with four of my comedian friends; a “three hour tour” at the most. (Shades of Gilligan’s Island) It ended up being 12 hours of “Lost in the Wilderness” Over the next several posts I will tell the story and the lessons learned on the adventure. Enjoy the first installment.