The Rokslide Social Distancing for Hope Thread

[EastMT]

Well I have been really enjoying the time with my boy. Mom had a knee replaced over a week ago, so I’ve been off work as much as possible to keep him busy. We have been walking a few miles through the corn, grapefruit, orange, and onion fields.(surveying apocalypse supplies lol).

There’s a large wet land in the middle of this area, full of birds and bugs, the bugs excite him like it was a big muley. He’s 5 so a blue dragonfly is about the top of the list.

With my wife the teacher and head craft maker laid up, I’ve learned to make dragonflies and butterflies out of TP rolls, paint Jackson Pollack abstracts, burn through $500 worth of construction paper in about 45 min haha.

I have worked away from home a lot, recently accepted a transfer to another state where it’s cheap, warm, and I get to spend every day at home, work at night. I have to go to work every day no matter the circumstances, I’m in the Ag industry and gotta keep the shelves stocked!

I feel like it’s been really good for my family to be locked in, not all running 10 directions, can just sit on the back porch and watch the corn grow, sip a Land Shark. We will be fine, we are gonna lose some great people but when this is through I think most will appreciate a few smaller things in life and not whine as much.

 

[HuntHarder]

FINALLY some positive thinkers!! Working as usual here. Have made some extra time with the family tho. With the scarcity of diapers I figured, what better time to try and get my boy potty trained. 18 months old and 10 times harder than my daughter was to potty train! It's been interesting. Spraying his pee like it's coming out of a fire hose. Then there is those couple of baby ruth's I found on the floor. It's been fun getting excited about going in the potty.

 

[EastMT]

Also hot stay at home Dad tip......butter packed tightly into a Betty Crocker 1/4 cup in the microwave for 20 seconds will make a small hand grenade, trust me on this.......

 

[flatlanderhuffandpuff]

I've been hoping some would see the silver lining. I would love to see a shift in our way of life in this country as a result. We don't all need to consume so much and that would lead to some more free time to spend with family. There has clearly been a shift in people seeing how little they can rely on themselves and wanting to change that, I think it could be a huge positive.

I'm actually working more than normal being in a critical industry. We have been pretty well stocked now so I shouldn't have to go to the store for anything at all. I've been taking some time to build a chicken coop which will give my wife and kids something to enjoy till this situation is over. Glad to have a yard so they can get out of the house.

I am focusing on getting some other home projects wrapped up since we are about a month from our spring gobbler opener. Once things settle down a bit I'll get back to training for OTC archery elk season.

 

[5MilesBack]

About the only thing that has changed for me is the closed dining rooms in restaurants. I eat out quite a bit. Thankfully I got a hair cut about two days before our state shut them down. Hopefully they'll be back open by the time I need another, otherwise I'm going to have to cut it myself. That shouldn't be too difficult as I keep it shorter now than when I was in the military.

I threw my lower back out August 7th, and it's been a real bear for the past 7 months. But I tested it out and stressed it out a bit yesterday taking out a giant cottonwood tree. Digging out the stump will take some time and effort, but if my back survives that it should be good for hunting season.

My niece is graduating college this semester, but she's currently down in Texas with her best friend hunting hogs on her friend's grandparent's place. That's pretty awesome because she's never shot a gun before that and has shown no interest before. I may have to get her a bow now and teach her how to hunt elk.

Life is good on this front, and I make most of my money from the stock market, so it's been a good time for that too. Bring on September, but until then.......keep pressing on.

 

[robby denning]

Thankfully I got a hair cut about two days before our state shut them down. Hopefully they'll be back open by the time I need another, otherwise I'm going to have to cut it myself.

Just make sure and post a pic. I gotta see this.

Thanks for chiming in man,

 

[robby denning]

The other cool thing I'm seeing in these posts are dads spending more time with the kids. Same here. That's good, really good.

Keep it coming guys.

Headed out to cut firewood this morning with Cash (breaking his sleep-until-10 cycle). Wouldn't even be thinking about that on a normal Friday, just "hi ho hi ho, it's off to work I must go"

 

[Skerhunter]

So far the social distancing aspect has been nice. No changes to work yet, life sure has seemed to slow down (which I am enjoying)! Been getting a lot of outside projects done around the place. Thankfully turkey season is open now and I have a ton of birds to chase around the house!

 

[KurtR]

Getting a new puppy on april 11 th . Bonus is my son will be home with him since no school. We have been going walking with the little house dog every night and when diesel sees the leash he goes crazy.

 

[gburk]

Took the boys down to the coast for a long planned fishing trip. Lots of dinks caught and good times had!
Timely St. Paul reference in chalk! thanks Robby

 

[Squamch]

I've been going for a daily hike with my 2 1/2 year old son. Checking out all kinds of different tracks, birds, tidepools, etc.
Getting the rear axle bearing fixed on my 4runner, using a swing press and mother earth to press the old bearing off and new one on.

The little guy helped with the wrenching on the runner too.

 

[robby denning]

Timely St. Paul reference in chalk!

thanks, Sophie drew that on our back patio yesterday after she found out we're going fishing.

your fishing trip with the boys looks pretty inspiring.

 

[timekiller13]

I am an emergency nurse so things are in full swing for me. 60+ hour weeks plus on call for the foreseeable future. Enjoying my day off today. Teaching my youngest how to ride her bike, oldest is mixing a deer jerky marinade as we speak.

Turkey season is around the corner. I have not turkey hunted in 10 yrs but my youngest is begging to go, so I am making plans to take her out. My oldest has zero desire to hunt, but loves to trout fish and hatchery season opens soon. Maybe a cast and blast day soon?

 

[gburk]

your fishing trip with the boys looks pretty inspiring.

I figure if i take them down there enough they'll learn to fish it ... and then they can teach me

 

[Justin Crossley]

My little garden shed project is coming along. It's been fun teaching my son how to build. We will be working on the roofing today.

 

[DRP]

I work at a power plant so I still report to work everyday. I have 3 kids in high school and they are driving mom nuts at home. She has them pulling weeds, wiping down cupboards in the kitchen, painting, ect. I took my son up for a walk and he found his 1st brown elk shed of the year.

 

[Justin Crossley]

I've been grilling a bit too. Working on a couple recipes for bear camp.

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[twall13]

Great time to get the kids in the mountains to burn some energy and realize they can live without electronics for a bit. I'm still working full time at the moment but the wife is not loving the home school thing so getting everyone out of the house while still practicing social distancing is important.

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[mtnwrunner]

Absolute great post Robby. Very well said. Ive been practicing social distancing like forever so that's all okie dokie with me.
We were notified yesterday that we are to stay home for 3 weeks with paid administrative leave. Okay, if I must.
Still have to be available for callouts and emergency stuff but that will all work. Gonna be doing a lot of reloading and shooting-----developing some loads. Probably be doing some shed hunting also.
Phone is going crazy with texts from friends throughout the country which is a good thing. Have a buddy in Ketchum who is sicker than hell and got tested yesterday----said it was brutal but it is remaining upbeat.
And i'll be moving shortly so a good chance to gather and box things up.

So, yeah, stay positive and WASH YOUR FRIGGIH HANDS!


Randy

 

[mj23polaris]

Haha feel like nothing has changed for me, I social distance all the time. it's that time of year for sheds, my hounds keep me busy as they love getting out and running around and watching the snow melt has me excited for bears

I feel like we're gonna get through this and things will be better than before all this commotion. We just need to keep it together and help each other out if need be




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