Had a buddy in Astoria, Oregon who in his 40's got married to a really good-looking blond about 10 years younger than him. We had done some fishing together over the years but he really wanted to come big game hunting with me in Montana.

We first planned a deer hunt, which of course involved him getting a non-resident tag, which even then wasn't cheap and involved a drawing. She got sick just before he was supposed to leave so he couldn't come. A couple years later we planned a black bear hunt, which luckily is OTC but still not cheap for a non-res, and guess what? She got real sick a day or so before he was supposed to leave.

After three years he realized she "got sick" every time he was supposed to go on anything except a day trip, whether for fishing or hunting, and divorced her.


“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck