I spent almost 18 months planning and preparing. I purchased the Elk Tag, Deer Tag, and the muzzleloader authorization. I was supposed to get on the plane at 12:55 PM and arrive in Spokane, WA Friday (November 12, 2004) evening. I was supposed to be picked up on Saturday, travel to Kellogg, ID, and spend a week hunting trophy Elk and Mule Deer. The key word being “supposed.”

The guy who was going to meet me has had a family medical emergency, and will not be able to get away. I understand his predicament, but this is the second year in a row that my Idaho trip has been messed up. Last year I was supposed to come out, but my wife was diagnosed with cancer, and had emergency surgery. With the kids and all, I had to cancel because she was still recovering from the surgery. I figured, try again. Now the guy I’m supposed to meet up with has a family medical emergency.[:@] If God truly talks to people, is he/she trying to tell me something?

Anyway, you guys in ID, get the big one for me. In the mean time I eat another years worth of tag fees and airline tickets for not.[&o]