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Summer time as a teenager was to have a great swimming place. We had one. Dorchee Bayou north of Dixie Inn. We called it the blue hole. I never new why we called all the good swimming hole the blue hole but we did. Loaded up brothers Pontiac Chieftain with ice chest, colas and lunch and a couple of buddies and made the trip. The last few miles up a dirt road being careful not to get stuck and arrive early.

Bayou is spring feed and cool with nice swimming beach and a mighty willow tree with a ro… Continue

Why I don’t like alligators. Back in the 80’s I owned a camp on Toledo Bend Lake on the Texas side near English Marina. Fishing and wildlife at it’s best. Only downside was a gator named “Two Notches”. At some time in his life he had encountered a boat propeller and lost two notches on his tail.

Two Notches spent the summer at Golden Shore Marina just north of us and as I understand it… they fed him! A lot questions come to mind. Why feed him? Why feed an animal with no hair? Don’t feed any ani… Continue

Friend of mine told me about a little lake in Arkansas called Dierks Lake, full of fish. That’s all I needed to hear, load up the camping gear in the boat and SUV and me and the wife were off for a nice weekend.

Set up camp, nice view of the lake, headed out for a quick fishing trip before dark and a thunderstorm came in, we rode it out in the boat but when we got back we found the tent had blown down. That was my sign but I did not heed it.

Put the tent back up and blew up the air mattress, h… Continue

Friday starts with sever storm warnings. My daughter who is afraid of bad weather always spends the night with us in bad weather. That includes her two pug dogs who goal in life to lick your legs right after you get out of the shower.

Non the less I make a trip to Academy Sports to buy fishing baits and a life vest for a fishing trip and stunned to find fishing baits are $5 a piece. Are they made out of oil?

Well I only bought 4 and decided to buy a hook sharpener to make them last at least ti… Continue

I remember those days well! A biscuit was usually it from last night; if you were lucky maybe some may hall jelly or a few preserved figs helped but usually the old biscuit.

Stayed hungry all the time, I had to stand in the same place twice just to make a shadow. When we played hide and go seek I could hide behind the flagpole for three days without being seen.

Watched all those other kids eating those meat sandwiches, bag of chips and a nice piece of fruit.

Made up my mind one day when the l… Continue