In this particular episode, Hank's son Bobby is enrolled to take an auto mechanics course at school. Hank gets excited and buys him an old junker to refurbish....trying to enstill in Bobby the need to learn self-reliance, and for Hank, to relieve stress. Hank lectured to Bobby that when life is going bad, he works on his cars. I feel that I need somthing of that nature to help me get away, but not with medicine or reclusiveness, but a real hobby.
I beleive I have recently found my peace in the outdoors. I feel like a man out there, and because I am pretty much a wuss, there is much to lear. My friend Bron is my camping buddy, and he teaches me a lot. He is a freaking genius when it comes to the outdoors. He rivals my stepdad, and you must understand just to be in the same league is an honor....or at least I feel that way.
It is one of my life goals is to run a business where city folk come out and learn how to camp and survive. I am telling you Bron is the shit when is comes to this stuff. He beat cancer 4 times!....he would kick Chuck Norris' ass( and apparently when Chuck wants an egg, he cracks a chicken, so I would say he is a tough mother) Needless to say he is a good friend and I look up to him.
He is misunderstood because he is not the brighest tool in the shed, and recently I was told I am his friend because he does not challenge me. Hear's the deal. That has nothing to do with it. I am an intelligent guy, but I don't know shit the things Bron does. That has to count for somthing. And I don't want to be surrounded by intellectuals.....they bore me, and annoy me.
Bron is a good guy. It hurt my feelings to hear that. He does not judge, lecture, or abuse. He is there no matter what. And that works for me.
Back to the point....In the last year we have been camping several times. I am starting to get really interested in it. There is somthing about being in the woods, having very few advantages against the wilderness, and surviving. (I mean, if you can survive with a tent, a fire, a .44 magnum, a pint of whisky, and enough red meat to drown a shark, you have problems)
I must admit that we do two star camping in that we tend to eat very well....but hey, we could kill some rodents if worse came to worse. All the same I am really looking forward to our next journey. We are going to Robber's Cave in southeast Oklahoma for 3 days. Apparently some robbers hid out there.....it was an easy one to name.
It is funny how people are perceived. I can only imagine what people think of me. But i have to be honest I probably would have to agree with them either way. I am out to change that....or at least come to peace with it in the wilderness.
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