April 10, 2025
Day 1,287 of the Adventure
Just like with everything, backwoods life can be repetitive at times. Sometimes for the good and sometimes not. I can think of quite a few chores and tasks that I could easily do without. Other than it would leave us vulnerable. Cutting firewood is a good example. It's a hard job, dirty, tedious and....... necessary. If I could enjoy the warmth of a fire in the wood stove without all the work, I'd do that. But that's just not part of the bargain. The same is true for swapping out implements on the tractor. Not complicated necessarily, just something that I never look forward to. I now understand why my late uncle Ed, owned 13 Allice Chalmers WD-45 tractors. He had one for each implement. I always laughed at it, now it makes perfect sense! He never had to switch out attachments..... ever! I'm sure I could come up with a dozen examples of the things I'd rather not repeat day after day. Then, there are the things I don't mind repeating. Coffee by a morning campfire is one. Coffee or iced tea on the back deck watching the sunset and the darkening woods. The sounds of owls and whippoorwills calling in the darkness, and..... deer wandering into camp. Deer visiting us is not always a daily thing, but it happens often enough to be considered routine. Still, every time one or more appear at the edge of the woods, we will make a quick step to the window and look. The tedium of it all!
Adventure Quote: “I want to caution you against the idea that balance has to be a routine that looks the same week in and week out.” ― Kevin Thoman
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