Just because

Nothing out of the ordinary going on with Hunter and Pika or any philosophizing about the past. Just wanted to write about the boys since I'm happy to see them. I just got home from the weekend up at the family cabin with my brother and nephew. Although most of the time was spent scrubbing and cleaning the 84-year old cabin (note to family, plastic bags over a big bucket of bird seed will NOT keep the mice out over a long, cold winter) it was a great time. Tae caught and ate a couple of fish, dug a hole to China looking for worms, filled it back up, he also beat both of us fair and square playing both Go Fish and Texas Hold 'Em. Taesan was digging his hole in a hooded sweatshirt and his boxers. All around just doing what 12-year olds do.

When we tried to kid him about his attire, bent over his shovel with determination all he replied with was, "A new shirt 60 bucks, new pants 20. Diggin' worms in your underwear, priceless." In the end, he was just as proud of filling it up as he was diggin' it.

Tae had me take a photo of his "Neil Armstrong moment" once the hole was properly filled in. Of course Neil didn't scrawl his name in the dirt next to the footprint.
Anyway, despite the fine time with family, I am pretty psyched to be back and see Hunter and Pika. Thankfully the house wasn't too hot in the 85 degree heat. It get's brutal later in the summer.


They've been following me around, sorta acting independent and all looking around but more or less right near me no matter if it is in the backyard, the side step drinking a PBR left over from the Friday BBQ or here in front of my computer. Although I'm sure Hunter will skulk off later to check out the neighbors yard if I leave him out too late. Once home I called back a friend that had called while I was away. He invited me to a dinner featuring "a pile" of wild morel mushrooms they harvested earlier in the day. As tempting and rare of a treat that this is, I politely declined using the recent 115 mile drive home as the excuse. In reality I just want to hang with the boys tonight. Even if you've been somewhere special and unique and beautiful with family or friends, with Hunter and Pika it's always good to be home.