Post by fasteddie on Nov 18, 2007 11:40:38 GMT -5
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: No more Mr Nice Guy
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I have been taking a friend's kid up to my son's camp in Italy Valley for 4 seasons . I wanted to drive up during the day as I have had trouble getting up the hill even in 4 wheel low. The kid couldn't be down there until 5 - 5:30 pm so I drove alone and got setup at camp . Jeff was going to have to walk up the hill with his gear so around 5 pm I started to go down to meet him . There was snow on the ground and things were wet. I slipped , went down and met the ground real quick , hit my elbow , bad knee and twisted my ankle . Layed there for about 5 minutes before I dared try to get up . Ankle hurt like hell and I tried to walk it off . Went to the bottom of the hill and waited for 35 minutes and came back up . Called the kid's house around 6:30 and he hadn't left yet .
Ankle hurt and I tried to get comfortable on the bed . Around 9 pm the kid called and said he was at the bottom of the hill but had a problem . He left the bag with his license , slugs , etc at home and had to go back for them . He returned this am and so did my oldest son Matt .
Didn't sleep much last night as I was in pain . Hobbled out to the stand and was in it before 6 am . At 6:20 I had a large doe within 10 yards of me but it was still dark and I hadn't chambered a round . Stayed there until almost 11 am and didn't see anything else . Told my son that I was going to pack up and leave as I couldn't walk around up there anyway and wanted to make sure I could drive my stick shift home and work the clutch .
Got home , showered and iced the ankle . I put some "Bio-Freeze" on it and that helped . Warning -- wash hands very well after using Bio-Freeze and before taking a leak ! It's feeling better but I am still limping . No swelling and no black & blue .............
If I had just sat on my butt at the cabin rather than going out to help , I would still be at camp !
Went to church this am . Ankle is feeling somewhat better . Still PO'd that my weekend hut was screwed up !
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I have been taking a friend's kid up to my son's camp in Italy Valley for 4 seasons . I wanted to drive up during the day as I have had trouble getting up the hill even in 4 wheel low. The kid couldn't be down there until 5 - 5:30 pm so I drove alone and got setup at camp . Jeff was going to have to walk up the hill with his gear so around 5 pm I started to go down to meet him . There was snow on the ground and things were wet. I slipped , went down and met the ground real quick , hit my elbow , bad knee and twisted my ankle . Layed there for about 5 minutes before I dared try to get up . Ankle hurt like hell and I tried to walk it off . Went to the bottom of the hill and waited for 35 minutes and came back up . Called the kid's house around 6:30 and he hadn't left yet .
Ankle hurt and I tried to get comfortable on the bed . Around 9 pm the kid called and said he was at the bottom of the hill but had a problem . He left the bag with his license , slugs , etc at home and had to go back for them . He returned this am and so did my oldest son Matt .
Didn't sleep much last night as I was in pain . Hobbled out to the stand and was in it before 6 am . At 6:20 I had a large doe within 10 yards of me but it was still dark and I hadn't chambered a round . Stayed there until almost 11 am and didn't see anything else . Told my son that I was going to pack up and leave as I couldn't walk around up there anyway and wanted to make sure I could drive my stick shift home and work the clutch .
Got home , showered and iced the ankle . I put some "Bio-Freeze" on it and that helped . Warning -- wash hands very well after using Bio-Freeze and before taking a leak ! It's feeling better but I am still limping . No swelling and no black & blue .............
If I had just sat on my butt at the cabin rather than going out to help , I would still be at camp !
Went to church this am . Ankle is feeling somewhat better . Still PO'd that my weekend hut was screwed up !
