http://www.aspenpost.net/2006/12/19/im-where-i-want-to-be/ Think Global : Post Local Wed, 7 Jan 2009 02:36:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.aspenpost.net/2006/12/19/im-where-i-want-to-be/#comment-1601 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:51:28 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2006/12/19/im-where-i-want-to-be/#comment-1601 Thank you Star Eagle for your comments. The story or stories is/are in the journey. They are also when you are on the summit... (sense of reflection, over-coming, accomplishment, bewilderment as you look out at so many more summits to climb... hence life!, hence more motivation!)... and yes, the stories are on the journey home or to basecamp, too. My dream has always been to have a ranch up here in the high country, write books for a living (hah!), fish alot, raise horses and perhaps a small registered cattle herd, and most importantly... run a high country outfitters guide service.. hunting/fishing, backpacking, etc. I'd be in my element for sure by luring the city slickers and corporate bigwigs out and letting them experience what its like to be cowboy in the high country... sort of like the movie "City Slickers." I'm as comfortable in a suit and tie as I am in a hat and chaps! Yet the real reward, I think, would be in sharing the Cowboy experience with those who probably wouldn't ever have the chance to do such a thing. You ever need a hand, give me a holler! Thanks again -- Jon (P.s... my cowboy skillet cobbler just might bring in repeat and referral business! hah!) Thank you Star Eagle for your comments. The story or stories is/are in the journey. They are also when you are on the summit... (sense of reflection, over-coming, accomplishment, bewilderment as you look out at so many more summits to climb... hence life!, hence more motivation!)... and yes, the stories are on the journey home or to basecamp, too.
My dream has always been to have a ranch up here in the high country, write books for a living (hah!), fish alot, raise horses and perhaps a small registered cattle herd, and most importantly... run a high country outfitters guide service.. hunting/fishing, backpacking, etc. I'd be in my element for sure by luring the city slickers and corporate bigwigs out and letting them experience what its like to be cowboy in the high country... sort of like the movie "City Slickers." I'm as comfortable in a suit and tie as I am in a hat and chaps! Yet the real reward, I think, would be in sharing the Cowboy experience with those who probably wouldn't ever have the chance to do such a thing.
You ever need a hand, give me a holler! Thanks again -- Jon (P.s... my cowboy skillet cobbler just might bring in repeat and referral business! hah!)

]]> http://www.aspenpost.net/2006/12/19/im-where-i-want-to-be/#comment-1289 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:23:57 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2006/12/19/im-where-i-want-to-be/#comment-1289 Great story. I can relate because I grew up in a big town in Dakota reading all about the mountains and the hunting in them. I wanted to grow up and live on a ranch in the mountains guiding hunts and pack trips. My dream came true and I have been doing just that for the last 24 years. Your line, "what happened next made me NOT a fisherman", followed by the tale of two fighting rams hit very close to home. While I somewhat enjoy fishing, I am always happy to have a assistant guide who loves to fish. Why? So while they hang around the lake fishing and feeding my group lunch, I can take a select few (or one, or none) clients with me and we can climb one of those high ridges or peaks. Oh yeah! As magical as all the high country is, there is nothing like the energy of being on the very top of it all. However, the real magic is found in the journey to the top and, as you well know, the journey back home. The key...the journey! You are a very good writer B. Jon...carry on! Star Eagle Great story. I can relate because I grew up in a big town in Dakota reading all about the mountains and the hunting in them. I wanted to grow up and live on a ranch in the mountains guiding hunts and pack trips. My dream came true and I have been doing just that for the last 24 years. Your line, "what happened next made me NOT a fisherman", followed by the tale of two fighting rams hit very close to home. While I somewhat enjoy fishing, I am always happy to have a assistant guide who loves to fish. Why? So while they hang around the lake fishing and feeding my group lunch, I can take a select few (or one, or none) clients with me and we can climb one of those high ridges or peaks. Oh yeah! As magical as all the high country is, there is nothing like the energy of being on the very top of it all. However, the real magic is found in the journey to the top and, as you well know, the journey back home. The key...the journey! You are a very good writer B. Jon...carry on! Star Eagle

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