March, 2019 - One Less Dog In The Hunt

March 21, 2019April 11, 2020

Getting Handsy

In 2012 we experienced a house fire. Though much of the downstairs portion of the house was merely water damaged, much of the upstairs portion was destroyed. In it there were a few items we tried to recover due to sentimental value. My middle son’s room was beyond recognition and very little remained. There was a cedar chest which had been acquired by my wife in a garage sale many years earlier. It contained pictures and mementos. We were able to recover it, but it was badly singed.

As I began to look for things to occupy my free time I decided to pull the chest out of the corner of the garage, where it had been since we moved into the new house. (BTW the outlet you see in the background isn’t wired in yet. The garage is also a work in progress, but I’ve put in a lot of work since these pictures were taken. Maybe I’ll give you an update later).

March 21, 2019April 11, 2020

Road-trip

Sometimes spur of the moment road-trips are the best kind. This trip was a four day, sixteen-hundred mile whirlwind of a trip from Oklahoma to South Dakota. We had a wide range of travel from Pierre to the Black Hills. Stops at Myril Arch’s Cattleman’s Club Steakhouse in Pierre, the Murdo Pioneer Auto Museum, The Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, Wall Drug, Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, and the Badlands highlighted the trip. Additionally there were plenty of back roads and exploring.

March 5, 2019February 7, 2021

In the beginning…

First of all, welcome to the first installment of One Less Dog In The Hunt.

Kind of a crazy name for a blog, huh? You’re probably thinking, “What the heck is that about ?”

Well, that’s the name of this place. To be honest (TBH as the kids say), it wasn’t my first choice. I ran through ideas like “off the wheel” or “one less rat in the race,” but those sites were either unavailable or way outta my price range. I’m a bit of a hick anyway, so I started to work on something which would fit my personality, and this is what I stumbled upon. Hopefully it will make a little more sense as we go along.