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Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin |  
| OP   Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 | 
Jeff
 thank you..
 tell me about your walking sticks
 
 one of  my favorites, used to be an osage orange, five foot smooth stick, with one sharp end
 
 where do you walk?
 
 I keep the New Covenant,
 when I fail....I am pulled
 back into place by HIM.
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|   Imperial_AS_Kicker Joined:  Jan 2006 Posts: 3,016 | 
It sounds so poetic when you describe what I see everyday from my deck.  I must quit complaining about not being able to get out and hike about it all and just enjoy it from my deck.  The bucks really do act goofy. The musky girls suck away all the buck brains.  Our turkey are just comming back into large groups for the winter.  All of our little fawns have lost their spots and now blend in with all the others, but they still jump, run, and play, you can't help but laugh at them.Snow????  I'm leaving that behind and heading south to Florida with hubby and dog next week.
 
 Anyways dear friend, I so glad you enjoyed the great outdoors with all it's simple splendor.
 
 Cindy
 
 " That which does not kill me only makes me stronger"
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Gosh Lon,
 that sounds like like a great adventure.  I love reading about Lewis and Clark's expedition and all your descriptiveness of the animals reminded me much of what they encountered... minus the grizzly bears (better for your sake).
 
 Take care and thank God for all the beautiful scenary.
 
 Tim
 
 AS may win some battles, but I will win the war.
 
 KONK - Keep ON Kicking
 
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|   Superior_AS_Kicker Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 967 | 
The Black Hills has been one of my favorite places to visit.  Have a great day.  Small amount of snow over the week end. |  |  |  
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Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin |  
| OP   Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 | 
Cindy,you are right about the goofy bucks..
 and the turkeys are in fglocks of 30-40 they look like big black rocks..untill they spread thier wings...
 
 We will be in Penn. Thursday night...you will be in warm weather??? good for you...
 
 I keep the New Covenant,
 when I fail....I am pulled
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| OP   Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 | 
Tim,I have seen only one Grizz, that was many years ago.... I was hunting black bear one spring, and I looked up high on the ridgte and I saw a huge bear standing on His back legs looking down at me...... gulp...
 
 I am a blessed / thankful man.....
 
 I keep the New Covenant,
 when I fail....I am pulled
 back into place by HIM.
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Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin |  
| OP   Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 | 
Smed,more snow here,  light and fluffy but turned ot ice because the streets were still above freezing.
 
 did you till your garden soil?
 
 I must plant more onions next year... wow they were good, so sweet....
 
 I keep the New Covenant,
 when I fail....I am pulled
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Hi Lon
 I have 2 walking sticks made out of Diamond Willow branches. Pearl white with stripes of a reddish hue running through them. Refinished to bring out the different colors. I live in Wisconsin, the edge of town is part of the New York Escarpment, where the Glacier receded. We go hiking in State Parks that were formed or part of the glaciers. My wife wants to snow shoe this winter. I will stay home and make hot chocolate for her and her sister when they return. I know my limits so I am OK with that.
 
 Started snowing here today, light flakes, no accumulation.
 
 I can not defeat you but I will not let you win
 
 Jeff
 
 Degenrative disc disease 2005
 AS 2008 HLA-B27-
 Fibromyalgia 2010
 Disability 2012
 Back to work part time 2013
 Enbrel, Cymbalta,Oxycodone, blah blah blah blah
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Joined:  Jan 2008 Posts: 21,346 Likes: 2 Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin |  
|   Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin Joined:  Jan 2008 Posts: 21,346 Likes: 2 | 
That's sounds like such an awesome day!  I'd have loved to have been there with you, but nice to be an armchair traveler just listening to your stories as well. So glad you had this day!   
 
 sue
 
 Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
 Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
 LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
 vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
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 no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)
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Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin |  
| OP   Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin Joined:  Sep 2001 Posts: 8,397 | 
Jeff,if we had consistent snow, I would try cross country skiing again. but to do it once, would be tough on my hips...
 
 I think I will get out my osage orange and see if I get a good stick...
 
 your area sounds great.  we have more antelope, than people here in wyoming
 
 thanks for the communication
 
 Lon
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