A couple of weeks ago I picked up a small consulting job over in Marion County. Not wanting to spend three or four hours in the truck for a few days and being to cheap to pay for the gas I decided tostay in the Ocala National Forest and test out just how good my car kit was. All I took was what I normaly carry in my truck, the wife was OK with it but asked me aren't you going to pack? I keep a pretty good kit in the truck cooking gear , MREs, 2 man tent fishing gear and all sorts of goodies but I figured with the weather so nice what the hell let's see what wer'e missing. Everything went well for the three days I wa there seting up camp in the afternoon and tearing it down in the morning and going to the job. To well in fact.
When the job was done I was driveing home and kind of bumming out about being in town so when I got back I watered my garden checked on the new stuff I planted the day before leaveing and started packing up my big pack and some more gear. When the wife got home I asked if she minded if I went out to the State Forest for a few daysbeing the good girl she is she told me be careful and take my cell phone[ I hate the dang thing} and I was off again she took care of my garden { which is kicking butt} and came out to where I was camping and spent part of the weekend withme and I got to spend aother week in the woods , Saw the ranger a few times , my wife when she came out and a few hikers on Sunday, but the rest of the time it was just me and the woods. Did a lot of fishing some hikeing and lots of practiceing of skills I haven't been useing much since I moved to town Also lost about ten pounds and regain some of my sanity.
Yes I had a geat time and boy do I have a lot of reading to do here I see almost 8 pages of unread posts, so I better get busy.
