Hi Judy, thanks I'll have to look around for that. Is it on the F&S site or a seperate site entirely?

Hi Judy, None of my friends hunt either. My husband is not an outdoorsman either and even camping with him is a headache. He does not like camping or fishing. I grew up camping, fishing, and shooting things with my dad. Now I take my girls camping once or twice a year. We have a trailer but it sits in the back of the property and has been there for 5 years. lol It's only been used once since we bought it brand new. So the girls and I tent camp. I didn't have a decent enough vehicle to pull the trailer till now. But I still like tent camping. We went to Tahoe over the summer and had 2 bears in our camp. One a smaller one and one a nice big blonde. She or he did not want to leave our camp till we all started blowing whistles. lol Than the last time I took the girls camping was a few months back and we had a coyote digging at our tent. Of course I had the .45 with me but didn't need to use it. I just smacked my mag on the tent door and heard it run off. Than I searched the tent for what the darn thing was after and found a dog food pellet. Longer story but I tossed the pellet out and laid awake the whole night. lol The girls slept soundly and we even caught 4 fish. This being their first fish I showed them how to gut and clean them. It made me feel so darn good watching them do it.

Thanks for the information I will go check it after getting everyone fed.

LOL Judy, Most of my friends are girlie girls. I'm a girlie girl too but I have a whole different side they don't see. I would never let someone go with me if I knew they'd scare something away. I'd probably take them to the nearest bus, train or plain, drop and go back into the woods to do what I came for. I don't have anyone to camp with so I take my girls.
I was sick for 2 years, (dr.s almost killed me) but this last year I've been really doing great. So I've been doing as much as possible with the girls. I take them out on hikes alot and up into the mountains on hikes. The last one was deeper than I expected so I'll have to start carrying when I go now just incase. I don't need any more bear or coyote surprises with the girls with me. Hubby said they fine 100k for bears if your life is not in danger. Now I don't know how true that is but I'm going to have to find out lol.
I heard coyotes are coming out during the day and attacking and dragging off people now. Too many incroching on their land.
And I'm one of those WITH YA girls lol

Moishe Thanks for the luck.

Happy New Year!
Thanks ladies. Jacee, I will have to start looking around now that the holidays are over. I've written down all you've given me.
I was ready to leave CA 20 years ago. Just haven't been able to yet. Hubby retires in 2 and the twins grad. in 3 1/2 and when they do I'm leaving. Been looking at property everywhere in the center, AR, MO, TN. I want a cool climate with tons and tons of trees and property lol.

Thanks again
Heather

Thanks Big O! Yeah my heart&Soul belong in the woods. And I can't wait. I'll take the necesities and my crafts. The rest I could care less about. Sell it off or give it away to the salvation army or the local church. They can use it, give it away or sell it to raise money for the church. I'm at that point in my life where material things don't matter much anymore. It's getting back to nature and teaching my kids what I can that matters most.