Jason and Saiah just returned from their 2nd annual "God's Country" hunting trip. It's a special time for them to go out and hunt coyotes, rabbits, and this year, badgers. They both start eagerly anticipating their yearly trip. Saiah usually wants to pack things up a few weeks, or even a month before they depart. Our garage had necessities and essentials strewn everywhere for the past month or so.
This years trip had the addition of Jason's Mr. Heater, Big Buddy Heater, guaranteeing nice toasty warmth all night long. The first night it kept them toasty warm....until the rain and wind started blowing INTO the tent. At 2AM Jason was packing their things into the truck. Fun times! Funny, the cheapo Walmart tents with the oh-so-nice mesh screen for summer camping don't fair so well in winter like camping conditions. Not wanting a repeat of the first night, they slept in the truck the second night as well.
All in all, they had a good time, despite windy weather, which for those non coyote hunting type readers-that translates into bad coyote weather. Saiah was so excited to shoot her first bunny. This was the first time Saiah was able to hold the gun AND shoot it all by herself. They thought she had shot the bunny, but as Saiah said,"I shot a rock."
Due to the windy conditions, they had to be creative in finding things to do. Saiah enjoyed her time driving Daddy's truck. I guess she's a pretty good little driver...although she'll still have to wait until she's 18 to get her license!! They also explored around an old abandoned mining town and looked at mine shafts. No..they didn't go in any...phew!
Saiah, holding up Jason's 100th coyote!
The old mines
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