Robb, my prayers go out to ya buddy. I can' t imagine how that must be for your family. Keep us posted.

Wayne, I hope to be in the same spot. I' ll be very angry with you if you don' t at least drop by for a sandwich during lunch one day. I' ve asked Fred to get together for a hunt too, but don' t know what his schedule will be like with his hounds and stuff. I really like that camp, and it sure makes life easier if you know the area around you. I' ve been over every inch of that damn ridge chasin' birds now, and even behind camp up that steep ridge by the gravel pit. Last year a family drove in and set up camp in the pit. Sounded like a Washington Militia meeting up there. I was really worried about stray bullets. Turns out that it was a family of several generations that were riding ATVs around the area for the weekend, and one of the guys was a WDFW warden from another area. Nice guys, but scared us with all the lead flying up the road. I hear you on the ATVs, and have no problem where they' re legal. But when I try to avoid those places and they follow me anyway, that bothers me. I mentioned to WANWTF about maybe a get together if any other forum guys were gonna be in the area. If not, we can eat a steak and drink a cold one for ' em.