Probably should be an African Safari I took with my late wife when our kids were young.
But really it’s a a caribou hunt off the Steese Highway near Davidson Ditch NE of Fairbanks. The second day of hunting she turned to me and said “I’m pregnant with our second child.”
I don’t remember if we shot many ‘bou that weekend. I remember using the ATV trailer as the flat spot to pitch our tent on. I recall it was cold, autumn cold, not freezing cold.
I was in the attic today and saw the backpack and boots and the binos I’d bought for the trip. Seems like just yesterday.
Lori’s gone on to be with the Lord a long while back. I don’t know if there is hunting in heaven, but I hope so, and I hope she’s found a good spot.
That child is now our son and a Soldier, a medic stationed in South Korea, closing in fast on his 30th birthday.
But I can remember the day and the smells and the land and thinking we’d live forever.....
