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Happy place. #19144143 01/24/24 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,795 Likes: 56 Montana J Jim_Conrad OP Campfire Kahuna OP Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,795 Likes: 56 Montana I am sitting up on the hill with a cold beer. Sun is shining...no wind. The land is completely covered in frost. Kids are home. I am watching my sheep about 3/4 of a mile off...and listening to my guard dogs bark. They are really going at it. I can recognize some individual barks. Pretty content. You lot have a happy place? Just that. I am MAGA.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144155 01/24/24 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 29,786 Land of milk and honey...for s... J JSTUART Campfire Ranger JSTUART Campfire Ranger J Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 29,786 Land of milk and honey...for s... Anywhere my girls are. These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144173 01/24/24 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,821 S Stix Campfire Regular Stix Campfire Regular S Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,821 Spring. Before it gets too hot. Watching my rice sprout. Fall when the rice is being cut. The smell of the dew and the geese coming down for the winter making noise overhead.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144175 01/24/24 Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 18,544 Likes: 11 Colorado antlers Campfire Ranger antlers Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 18,544 Likes: 11 Colorado When I’m high up in the mountains, and other wild country. Afoot and alone. Every day on this side of the ground is a win.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144194 01/24/24 Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,571 Western Pa C Chumleyhunts Campfire Regular Chumleyhunts Campfire Regular C Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,571 Western Pa Any time I'm in the woods/wild alone or with my boys "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, used up, worn out, bottle of Jim Beam in one hand and a .45 in the other, loudly proclaiming WOW-- What a Ride!"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144198 01/24/24 Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 28,348 Likes: 6 TN A alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 28,348 Likes: 6 TN

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144204 01/24/24 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 297 Likes: 2 H hitman Campfire Member hitman Campfire Member H Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 297 Likes: 2 Being Home in NW Michigan in the Summertime for couple wks Huntin turkeys in the Springtime anywhere they are Last edited by hitman; 01/24/24.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144230 01/24/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,231 Likes: 24 E earlybrd Campfire Ranger earlybrd Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,231 Likes: 24 I do

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144246 01/24/24 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,215 Likes: 11 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,215 Likes: 11 Colorado I have a few. One's my back porch picking my guitar. One's where I used to take our retriever to chase pheasants, One's a stretch of trout stream and the rest are up in the mtn's a few miles from the road where I've hunted several years. Been thinking about where I'd like my ashes to go, I may write up three places where my boys would have to hike in a ways. One last kick in the ass, LOL!! A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19144288 01/24/24 Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,948 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! T Tide_Change Campfire Tracker Tide_Change Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,948 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! Yessir. Eagle Cap Wilderness, Matterhorn. Watching my goats:

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146035 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,122 Likes: 8 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,122 Likes: 8 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario Cheers Jim !! You know mine. Dining table, with family & dogs ! Paul. "Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146056 01/25/24 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,330 Likes: 43 Flyover Country Teal Campfire 'Bwana Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,330 Likes: 43 Flyover Country Me

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146060 01/25/24 Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,377 Likes: 1 SCgman1 Campfire Tracker SCgman1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,377 Likes: 1 Morning coffee under the carport with a couple of dogs.........listening to chris plant on the radio..... Grilling out in the same location with animals while sipping Bourbon a close second......

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146183 01/25/24 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,627 Likes: 4 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns R Raeford Campfire Ranger Raeford Campfire Ranger R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,627 Likes: 4 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns On top of the ridge overlooking home. FJB & FJT

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146414 01/25/24 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,790 Likes: 11 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,790 Likes: 11 Either Texas or Idaho My porch in Idaho. Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146511 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario "Everybody's got a happy place." These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146514 01/25/24 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,471 Likes: 2 State of Jefferson T T_O_M Campfire Outfitter T_O_M Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,471 Likes: 2 State of Jefferson Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad You lot have a happy place? Probably not. I am happy a lot of places most of the time but most/all of them would come with times of terror and times of major aggravation as well. Seasonal happy places maybe? Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip. Here be dragons ...

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146528 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146538 01/25/24 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 Likes: 2 B Bristoe Campfire Oracle Bristoe Campfire Oracle B Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 Likes: 2 I live on my happy place. I stumbled across it 6+ years ago and God said, "Here,...this is for you". I bought it for a song. I view it as the reward for all the bullshit I've been through. Maybe that's right,...maybe it's not. But something must be going on. I left home at 19 without a clue as to how to get by in the world--and everything that has transpired since then has put me here in this situation that I've done nothing to deserve. I just got up and went to work every day for a half century and it worked out plenty good enough to satisfy an old country boy from the sticks of western Kentucky. I know other people who did what I did and never ended up with schitt.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146553 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146561 01/25/24 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 Likes: 2 B Bristoe Campfire Oracle Bristoe Campfire Oracle B Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 Likes: 2

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146567 01/25/24 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 Likes: 2 B Bristoe Campfire Oracle Bristoe Campfire Oracle B Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 Likes: 2

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146571 01/25/24 Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 7,968 Saratoga County, NY R RS308MX Campfire Outfitter RS308MX Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 7,968 Saratoga County, NY On an Adirondack trout stream, fishing for native brookies. Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146649 01/25/24 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip The black hills. Damn near anywhere in em. Camp is where you make it.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146667 01/25/24 Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,155 Likes: 2 Okanagan Falls, BC BC30cal Campfire Outfitter BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,155 Likes: 2 Okanagan Falls, BC Jim; Good morning to you sir, I hope you're all well. Thanks for the thread, as on a bunch of levels it's a subject near and dear to my heart. My good wife used to laugh and say if I went missing, if the Appy was gone, I'd be home by dark and if she was still in the horse pen, then I was in the workshop. For me, having a place where I can go and reflect or get centered or meditate on the uncertain vagaries of life - or all three - is neccesary. All the best to you all Jim. Dwayne The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146677 01/25/24 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 14,488 North Texas RiverRider Campfire Outfitter RiverRider Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 14,488 North Texas Anyplace I can sit in silence and solitude with a rifle. Don't be the darkness. America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146696 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Running a combine.[img]http://[/img] These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. wabigoon #19146735 01/25/24 Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 5,147 Likes: 1 WI hillestadj Campfire Tracker hillestadj Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 5,147 Likes: 1 WI Originally Posted by wabigoon Running a combine.[img]http://[/img] Mhmm, very nice Donald

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146741 01/25/24 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 59,180 Likes: 3 WI. R Redneck Campfire Kahuna Redneck Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 59,180 Likes: 3 WI. When I'm on one of my Harleys.... Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146786 01/25/24 Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19,612 Likes: 15 MAGA B BillyGoatGruff Campfire Ranger BillyGoatGruff Campfire Ranger B Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19,612 Likes: 15 MAGA Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad I am sitting up on the hill with a cold beer. Sun is shining...no wind. The land is completely covered in frost. Kids are home. I am watching my sheep about 3/4 of a mile off...and listening to my guard dogs bark. They are really going at it. I can recognize some individual barks. Pretty content. You lot have a happy place? Just that. I can see it in my minds eye. Can even hear them dogs if I concentrate. MAGA

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146796 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Hangin' with Snoopy. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146803 01/25/24 Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 258 CARROLLTON Ga N nahma_mich Campfire Member nahma_mich Campfire Member N Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 258 CARROLLTON Ga Fishing on Ogontz Bay in the U.P. for Smallmouth.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146818 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario A warm puppy. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146830 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Fishing. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146844 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Supper with Paul, newto 99s These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146921 01/25/24 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,230 Nebraska J Johnny Dollar Campfire Regular Johnny Dollar Campfire Regular J Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,230 Nebraska Pretty much anywhere in the the Sandhills and especially if is by the Dismal or Elkhorn or one of the Platte rivers… “My horn is full and my pouch is stocked with ball and patch. There is a new, sharp flint in my lock and my rifle and I are ready. It is sighted true and my eyes can still aim.” Kaywoodie

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19146937 01/25/24 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,632 Likes: 20 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,632 Likes: 20 Metairie, LA Behind the bars is one of my best happy places. In the woods is another. On the water. Any other place in nature.

Re: Happy place. wabigoon #19147010 01/25/24 Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 28,348 Likes: 6 TN A alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 28,348 Likes: 6 TN Originally Posted by wabigoon Supper with Paul, newto 99s I'm still waiting on an invite, Brother

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19147051 01/25/24 Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,877 The RED part of MD S StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,877 The RED part of MD Sitting in the tree stand when it's snowing. "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19147062 01/25/24 Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,877 The RED part of MD S StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,877 The RED part of MD Sitting in the tree stand when it's not snowing. "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19147065 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario One place it's not, That's in a MRI machine. My wife had one for the spot on her lung. Carry on. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19147071 01/25/24 Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,877 The RED part of MD S StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,877 The RED part of MD "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19147087 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Rock", party. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19147217 01/25/24 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 14,302 Likes: 1 N.E.Wisconsin H Huntz Campfire Outfitter Huntz Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 14,302 Likes: 1 N.E.Wisconsin Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19147805 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. wabigoon #19147807 01/25/24 Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 28,348 Likes: 6 TN A alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 28,348 Likes: 6 TN Originally Posted by wabigoon Me too, brother

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19147998 01/25/24 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,790 Likes: 11 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,790 Likes: 11 Either Texas or Idaho Being on the lake is never bad. Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148055 01/25/24 Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 9,471 J Jcubed Campfire Outfitter Jcubed Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 9,471 Sky islands in Southern Arizona, up high at sunset, watching the shadows of the mountains walk across the valley floor below...and the colors from gold to red on the grass flats peppered with mesquite trees. Yeah, that will do.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148123 01/25/24 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,904 Likes: 3 On a raid Scotty Campfire Tracker Scotty Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,904 Likes: 3 On a raid Someplace in the wilderness. Like where I hunt or fish.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148136 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Liver, an' onions. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148152 01/25/24 Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 9,149 Likes: 8 T TimberRunner Campfire Outfitter TimberRunner Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 9,149 Likes: 8 In the cold, in late January, it's a sunny day, but the sun isn't up. 5-6 dozen duck decoys in front of me, a southern wind, melting ice and a big enough water hole that decoys are swimming. Standing next to a tree in shin deep water. I'm gonna kill ducks. But that scenario is special. No pics, even though I have them. You have to imagine the chill, the sunrise, the two stroke fumes, the dog whining, the shotgun actions slamming shut. Gives me chills thinking about it.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148162 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 21,918 Likes: 7 Clinging to our God and Guns Dillonbuck Campfire Ranger Dillonbuck Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 21,918 Likes: 7 Clinging to our God and Guns Not really . Just am. Not happy, sad, or excited. Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148190 01/25/24 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 933 Idaho L lochsa Campfire Regular lochsa Campfire Regular L Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 933 Idaho In the backcountry and wilderness of Idaho.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148192 01/25/24 Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 2,930 BC K kolofardos Campfire Regular kolofardos Campfire Regular K Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 2,930 BC I can't leave the coast because the happiest place is on the water. If I can bring dinner home, all the better.

Re: Happy place. EdM #19148211 01/25/24 Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 2,930 BC K kolofardos Campfire Regular kolofardos Campfire Regular K Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 2,930 BC Originally Posted by EdM Being on the lake is never bad. Beautiful! How do you like the Scotty? Thought it was more of a Canadian thing?

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148231 01/25/24 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 25,542 Likes: 9 Valhalla SE AK & WA A AcesNeights Campfire Ranger AcesNeights Campfire Ranger A Joined: May 2008 Posts: 25,542 Likes: 9 Valhalla SE AK & WA S.E. Alaska followed by the interior of Alaska….no place on earth is comparable on a beautiful day. No place on earth is as inhospitable either but that’s what makes it so extraordinary. If I can’t sleep I just think about a float plane ride through the mountains and I’m drifting off… �Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr. --------------------------------------------------------- ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148250 01/25/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Might as well be happy with what we got! These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148305 01/25/24 Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 3,330 Likes: 11 Utah B Ben_Lurkin Campfire Tracker Ben_Lurkin Campfire Tracker B Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 3,330 Likes: 11 Utah Since you asked: Yours in Liberty, BL

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19148382 01/25/24 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,790 Likes: 11 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,790 Likes: 11 Either Texas or Idaho Indoors Idaho ain't bad either. Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: Happy place. EdM #19149509 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,122 Likes: 8 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,122 Likes: 8 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario Originally Posted by EdM Being on the lake is never bad. Truth ED ! Especially with your Son & his dog !! Paul. "Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149511 01/26/24 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,795 Likes: 56 Montana J Jim_Conrad OP Campfire Kahuna OP Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,795 Likes: 56 Montana Great stuff everyone. I am MAGA.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149539 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,627 Likes: 4 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns R Raeford Campfire Ranger Raeford Campfire Ranger R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,627 Likes: 4 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns Just over the porch roofline, up on the ridge. FJB & FJT

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149545 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,304 Likes: 7 bc Canada 673 Campfire Outfitter 673 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,304 Likes: 7 bc Canada It would be somewhere like this, my happy place requires a connection to the land.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149547 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,627 Likes: 4 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns R Raeford Campfire Ranger Raeford Campfire Ranger R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,627 Likes: 4 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns #2 With a yak underneath me my fishing pole & cooler. FJB & FJT

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149642 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 16,752 Likes: 7 Minnesota R Rooster7 Campfire Ranger Rooster7 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 16,752 Likes: 7 Minnesota Watching the sunrise in the Badlands of ND, soft breeze beginning, bow in my lap, coyotes start trying to locate each other after a night of hunting, knowing at any moment, the big Muley from the previous evening might come by... The deer hunter does not notice the mountains "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149811 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Trying to comfort Gilbert when he was ill. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149843 01/26/24 Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,790 Likes: 1 O Osky Campfire Tracker Osky Campfire Tracker O Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,790 Likes: 1 A hi bench in the Wolf mountains, clear day with the dark blue Bighorns in one direction, the Pryors in another direction. A clear calm summer morning running calm water up near or in the territories, smiling clients in the front of the boat heading for their fish of a lifetime. My ashes will be divided between the two. As the saying goes, I’m a lost citizen of nowhere. Osky A woman's heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth and I can find no sign on it.

Re: Happy place. wabigoon #19149851 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,438 Likes: 62 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,438 Likes: 62 TN Your happy “place” is a stuffed animal? PLACE? SMH

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149863 01/26/24 Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,842 Likes: 1 Dakota Territory P P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,842 Likes: 1 Dakota Territory Wherever you go, there you are.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149865 01/26/24 Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,842 Likes: 1 Dakota Territory P P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,842 Likes: 1 Dakota Territory Wherever you go, there you are. So nice I said it twice... Last edited by P_Weed; 01/26/24.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149871 01/26/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,231 Likes: 24 E earlybrd Campfire Ranger earlybrd Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,231 Likes: 24

Prairie pwr Jim_Conrad #19149924 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 492 Likes: 1 SD. U Upperplainsman Campfire Member Upperplainsman Campfire Member U Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 492 Likes: 1 SD. I like it out here on the prairie. Last edited by Upperplainsman; 01/26/24.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149931 01/26/24 Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 3,867 Likes: 2 NC Mountains B BuckHaggard Campfire Tracker BuckHaggard Campfire Tracker B Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 3,867 Likes: 2 NC Mountains Anytime spring through fall.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19149937 01/26/24 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 368 SW Oklahoma Brokenarrow Campfire Member Brokenarrow Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 368 SW Oklahoma About anywhere with this little guy Your life is made up of two dates and a dash, Make the most of the dash.

Re: Happy place. Brokenarrow #19150015 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 492 Likes: 1 SD. U Upperplainsman Campfire Member Upperplainsman Campfire Member U Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 492 Likes: 1 SD. Thanks Broken, those photos are day brighteners right there.

Re: Happy place. wabigoon #19150059 01/26/24 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,182 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,182 Northern California Originally Posted by wabigoon One place it's not, That's in a MRI machine. My wife had one for the spot on her lung. Carry on. Sending up prayers. Wishing you and your wife all the best. Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: Happy place. Upperplainsman #19150099 01/26/24 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 368 SW Oklahoma Brokenarrow Campfire Member Brokenarrow Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 368 SW Oklahoma Originally Posted by Upperplainsman Thanks Broken, those photos are day brighteners right there. You're welcome, Grandkids give a tired life new meaning. That kid is only 5yrs old and already a fishing fool, crappie are his favorite. Grandma sent this picture in and they put him on the CH9 news. Your life is made up of two dates and a dash, Make the most of the dash.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150111 01/26/24 Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 2,432 NC Featherweight6555 Campfire Regular Featherweight6555 Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 2,432 NC Down @ the coast in NC. I'm partial to the Gulf Stream off NC or hunting dang near anything. Somewhere around 10-12 weeks for a stream run and then catch a good forecast. Been tough to do the last few years. "Aim right, squeeze light" " Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not" NRA Life, GOA

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150115 01/26/24 Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 4,657 Likes: 4 Northern California RUM7 Campfire Tracker RUM7 Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 4,657 Likes: 4 Northern California Either balls deep or up on a mountain with no one around for miles. Each scenario has it's time and place. "The Ballpark burgers were free, why not eat them?" - Wabi-

Re: Happy place. slumlord #19150125 01/26/24 Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,948 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! T Tide_Change Campfire Tracker Tide_Change Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,948 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! Originally Posted by slumlord Your happy “place” is a stuffed animal? PLACE? SMH I'm kinda scratchin' my head about this one. Apparently thread titles aren't his strong suit. Originally Posted by wabigoon Rock", party.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150300 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,438 Likes: 62 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,438 Likes: 62 TN

Re: Happy place. slumlord #19150305 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,122 Likes: 8 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,122 Likes: 8 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario ^^^^^^ Dude, you got a cool ice cream machine ! ^^^^^^ Paul. "Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150306 01/26/24 Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 23,686 Likes: 1 western VA J jackmountain Campfire Ranger jackmountain Campfire Ranger J Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 23,686 Likes: 1 western VA Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad I am sitting up on the hill with a cold beer. Sun is shining...no wind. The land is completely covered in frost. Kids are home. I am watching my sheep about 3/4 of a mile off...and listening to my guard dogs bark. They are really going at it. I can recognize some individual barks. Pretty content. You lot have a happy place? Just that. Day drinking, it's a thing.

Re: Happy place. New_2_99s #19150312 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,375 Likes: 27 North East Urth Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,375 Likes: 27 North East Urth Originally Posted by New_2_99s ^^^^^^ Dude, you got a cool ice cream machine ! ^^^^^^ I thought it was fer sodie pops The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150327 01/26/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,722 Likes: 3 Orygun H Heym06 Campfire Tracker Heym06 Campfire Tracker H Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,722 Likes: 3 Orygun Tide Change posted one of my favorites, the Wallowa Eagle Cap wilderness. Spent lots of time there, growing up in the valley below. It's right up there with the Umpqua drainage, and the coast.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150330 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,969 Likes: 10 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger 1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,969 Likes: 10 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA Steelhead fishing. Or trout angling. 1Minute

Re: Happy place. New_2_99s #19150367 01/26/24 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,438 Likes: 62 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,438 Likes: 62 TN Originally Posted by New_2_99s ^^^^^^ Dude, you got a cool ice cream machine ! ^^^^^^ Since we established that a PLACE can be a teddy bear, a door mat, a grandfather clock, a peach cobbler Hell why not a pressure chiggun fryer??

Re: Happy place. slumlord #19150372 01/26/24 Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 23,686 Likes: 1 western VA J jackmountain Campfire Ranger jackmountain Campfire Ranger J Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 23,686 Likes: 1 western VA Originally Posted by slumlord Originally Posted by New_2_99s ^^^^^^ Dude, you got a cool ice cream machine ! ^^^^^^ Since we established that a PLACE can be a teddy bear, a door mat, a grandfather clock, a peach cobbler Hell why not a pressure chiggun fryer?? You forgot a bowl of popcorn mixed with jelly beans. W T F

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150423 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario The cabin These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. jackmountain #19150435 01/26/24 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,795 Likes: 56 Montana J Jim_Conrad OP Campfire Kahuna OP Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,795 Likes: 56 Montana Originally Posted by jackmountain Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad I am sitting up on the hill with a cold beer. Sun is shining...no wind. The land is completely covered in frost. Kids are home. I am watching my sheep about 3/4 of a mile off...and listening to my guard dogs bark. They are really going at it. I can recognize some individual barks. Pretty content. You lot have a happy place? Just that. Day drinking, it's a thing. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens..... I am MAGA.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150439 01/26/24 Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19,612 Likes: 15 MAGA B BillyGoatGruff Campfire Ranger BillyGoatGruff Campfire Ranger B Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19,612 Likes: 15 MAGA Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad Originally Posted by jackmountain Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad I am sitting up on the hill with a cold beer. Sun is shining...no wind. The land is completely covered in frost. Kids are home. I am watching my sheep about 3/4 of a mile off...and listening to my guard dogs bark. They are really going at it. I can recognize some individual barks. Pretty content. You lot have a happy place? Just that. Day drinking, it's a thing. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens..... Youve got a good start for a good song there MAGA

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150440 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Heym06 #19150544 01/26/24 Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,948 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! T Tide_Change Campfire Tracker Tide_Change Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,948 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! Originally Posted by Heym06 Tide Change posted one of my favorites, the Wallowa Eagle Cap wilderness. Spent lots of time there, growing up in the valley below. It's right up there with the Umpqua drainage, and the coast. Heym06 - that's a collage of pictures I took in 2018, after I recovered from 4 major abdominal surgeries. I was gutted like a deer from stem to stern, 4 times in an 18 month period. While I was convalescing and going through therapy to regain my core strength, I kept dreaming about summiting the Matterhorn and Sacajawea one more time in my life. My hope was to see some Rocky Mountain Goats, so I took along a spotting scope. (I left my backpacking fly rod and spinning gear at home to save weight.) Little did I know I'd be within 35 yards of some goats, and didn't need the scope after all. Meanwhile, trout were rising everywhere you could see, all across Ice Lake where I had set up my base camp. Go figure! My doctors and surgeons all told me I wouldn't be able to do it, but I'm a fairly stubborn sort and I was going to prove them all wrong. Joseph is my retirement home now, and I hope to be able to make that trek annually until I eventually croak. Not a bad place at all to check out of the planet - and one of the best kept secrets of Oregon.

Re: Happy place. Tide_Change #19150584 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,375 Likes: 27 North East Urth Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,375 Likes: 27 North East Urth you're gonna ruin that secret if you keep posting here! The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150622 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario We must like this place, we spend enough time here These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. wabigoon #19150628 01/26/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,231 Likes: 24 E earlybrd Campfire Ranger earlybrd Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,231 Likes: 24 Originally Posted by wabigoon Nice cat feesh👍

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19150720 01/26/24 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 20,824 Hollywood irfubar Campfire Ranger irfubar Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 20,824 Hollywood Anywhere in the mountains.... my favorite is the hi country, like this Originally Posted by Judman PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.

Re: Happy place. earlybrd #19150724 01/26/24 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 20,824 Hollywood irfubar Campfire Ranger irfubar Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 20,824 Hollywood Originally Posted by earlybrd Originally Posted by wabigoon Nice cat feesh👍 That's a carp... dummy.... and the fish is a rainbow trout.... jeesh.... Originally Posted by Judman PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.

Re: Happy place. Jim_Conrad #19151045 01/26/24 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 61,203 Likes: 28 Iowa/NW Ontario Northern Pike, under the slot size These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Happy place. Valsdad #19151069 01/26/24 Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,948 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! T Tide_Change Campfire Tracker Tide_Change Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 3,948 Likes: 1 Beaver Nation! Originally Posted by Valsdad you're gonna ruin that secret if you keep posting here! Nah, nobuddy pays attention to my pontifications. 🤓

Re: Happy place. wabigoon #19152435 01/27/24 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,215 Likes: 11 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,215 Likes: 11 Colorado Originally Posted by wabigoon Is that a leopard skin thong you're using for a hatband Wabi? A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Happy place. irfubar #19152448 01/27/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,231 Likes: 24 E earlybrd Campfire Ranger earlybrd Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,231 Likes: 24 Originally Posted by irfubar Originally Posted by earlybrd Originally Posted by wabigoon Nice cat feesh👍 That's a carp... dummy.... and the fish is a rainbow trout.... jeesh.... LOL