Let the Games begin

Today marks the offical start of spring for me. You see, today is the first day of golf league.

What a concept the game of golf is. Strike a small ball with a metal club and try to get it in a hole a specified distance away. Sounds simple, but is far from it. The best part is that it truly is a personal challenge. There is no team to carry you through the bad times. When you are playing badly, it is very obvious. When you play well, there is no better feeling of acomplishment.

You are outdoors being mentally and physically challenged, I can not think of a better way to spend an afternoon. It can be a real emotional roller coaster from one hole to the next. You can go from a state of euphoria after a good shot an then to one of complete depression after a bad shot. Learning how to handle these emotional swings and concentrating on the next shot is really the key to sucess. If you can learn to handle these types of thing while playing a game, well then life becomes just that much easier.

(BTW this is a picture of my favorite type of golf ball. Just in case anyone wanted to do a little Birthday or Fathers day shopping)

Help Me

I am designing a new patch for this years day camp and want your opinion.


Please participate in the poll to the right side and vote for you favorite

Spring is in the air

I absolutely love this time of year. The smell of rain and freshly tilled earth. The sounds of the birds in the trees early in the morning. The excitement of hitting the first tee shot of the new golf season. All good things.




One of the thing I look forward to the most every spring is Cub Scout Day Camp. I have the great opportunity to be the day camp director for the Boy Scouts of America, Black Otter District, here in Montana. It is a volunteer position and I wouldn't trade it for the world. For one week every spring, we have about 300 kids come spend time with us in the "wilderness". They are taught basic skills like knot tying, knife safety, first aid, and other fun but useful stuff. All of the things they learn help them work towards their advancement in the cub scout program. Check out our web sight here.

Truth be told, I am a little bit of a ham when it comes to these types of things. I love getting into costume and playing a characer that goes along with what ever theme we have decide for the year. Last year our theme was a Bug's Life. So, I put together a large army ant costume and played a general who was recruiting for his bug army. The kids loved it. This year our theme is Knights of the Big Sky. I am working on a full suit of platemail armor, it should be a lot of fun.
















I am not sure what brings me the biggest thrill about being involved with day camp, the boys or the adults. I have such a wonderful and talented staff and enjoy spending time with them so much that I am always a little bummed when camp is over and we don't get to see much of each other until we start planning the next year. It also gives me such a thrill when I am at the store and a young boy just has to come up and say Hi and tell me what a great time he had at camp.


I hope everyone has as much fun this springs as I will. I am off to build a castle.

A little about me.

I absolutely love the great outdoors, which is a real bonus living here in Montana. It is my opinion that any time you spend fishing, hiking, golfing, scuba diving or camping God will add that time to your alotted time here on earth. I am not sure, but if done right, I think I may be able to live forever. I may be a stinky old hermit that lives in the woods, but it will be forever! So I thought I would share some of my favorite picture of Montana with you.

In the beginning

I am starting this blog at the request of my sisters, mother, and wife. I have been visting their pages for a couple of weeks and really enjoy seeing just a little bit of what is going on in their minds and in their lives. We don't live close (except for my wife, she may think I live too close at times) and we don't get to see each other as much as I would like, so this is a great way to close that distance.

Thanks for getting me going girls!