From NJ to NC and now back to PA. jest could not keep away from the Mountains..they have a grip on my soul....I feel your pain Flashpoint, I lived in NJ for a while. I was lucky enough to live pretty close to the Pine Barrens to get away to. We live in PA now, on a 2.5 acre lot at the end of a culdesac. AG fields are behind us. I hunt several different Game lands and try to make the best of it. Always dreamed about living back of beyond, but life had other plans. I do however take notice of those days in the game lands where I don't see or hear any human noise.
Yes! You did. Just spotted this post. How you doin'?Hmmm, I think I've crossed that bridge while rabbit hunting with a smoke pole.
Some pics around home. All of these are minutes away. "Mountains have their own ways Pilgrim... "
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From NJ to NC and now back to PA. jest could not keep away from the Mountains..they have a grip on my soul....
Stumpkiller, it sounds idyllic with one exception.......it's still here in NY.We live on 20 acres in East Bug Nut, NY (about the middle of the state 20 miles above PA).
The land is not "yours." No matter what the deed says, or what taxes you are paying on it. It was there long before you, and will be there long after you are returned to the dirt it is made from.
You are simply its steward, it's caretaker. Take care of it.
Had a friend that like to say he lived so far out in the sticks, he did get the grand ole oprey till MondayWe live on an acre lot. Neighbors on both sides and across the street (front yard). Our back yard overlooks the Treasure Valley and as of yet, it's still agricultural land but I fear not much longer. In fact, our entire tract is all 1 acre lots. It takes me 15 minutes to drive to our club's range. There is good hunting within an hours drive. Not rural but not city either. This is our view from the back yard. That is interstate 84 in the foreground.
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I think it is a common way of thinking amongst native peoples connected to the land.Sounds like you are speaking as an aboriginal from Oz
Can't agree more, we are just borrowing it for a very short time. Before "whitey" came along my little piece of Texas belonged to the Indians, Spain, Mexico, and the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas. Then came a cattle rancher ,a Mennonite preacher, a Texas Ranger, and then Me. Who's next? But if you really want to get technical and Biblical about it, who owns the cattle on a thousand hills? Earlier I said borrowing it, but actually God is letting us use it briefly.The land is not "yours." No matter what the deed says, or what taxes you are paying on it. It was there long before you, and will be there long after you are returned to the dirt it is made from.
You are simply its steward, it's caretaker. Take care of it.
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