By: Bears Butt

I couldn’t find the lyrics nor the music for this song, but it was a part of a you tube video showing a guy cutting down a huge tree and missing two buildings with the falling of it.  They gave credits for the song as “Rendezvous, by Jack Bowers”, but I couldn’t find anything on line.  The song was pretty catchy and so I wrote down the words, here they are:

 

THESE OLD MOUNTAINS HOLD ME CLOSE
THESE OLD MOUNTAINS HOLD ME NEAR
I’M RUNNING LOW ON TRUST
AND I’M RUNNING LOW ON GEAR
SO SOON I’LL TAKE THE TRAIL
THAT LEADS ON DOWN TO RONDEEVOO
THEY ARE HAVIN DOWN ON LOWER GROUND

PACK UP THE MULES
PACK UP THE MULE
WELL I GOTTA GIT ALONG TO THE RONDEEVOO

MIKE AND JOE ARE COMIN
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THEM THERE
THEY SPENT THE WINTER HUNTIN, TRAPPIN BEAVER
HUNTIN BEAR
DON’T THINK THAT THEY’LL BE TRADIN
FOR POWDER BEADS AND LEAD
THOSE BEAR HIDES THAT THEY HAVE
WILL MAKE A WARM AND COMFY BED

PACK UP THE MULES
PACK UP THE MULE
I GOTS TA GIT ALONG TO THE RONDEEVOOO

WE’LL CLAP AND SING A NEAT SONG
PUT ON LOTS OF FAT
SPIN YARNS AND TALL STORIES
ALL ABOUT THIS AND THAT
THEN HAVE US A CONTEST
TRY TO WIN SOME LOOT
IF’N WE’RE THE WINNER OF THE
DADBURN TURKEY SHOOT

OH YES—PACK UP THE MULES
PACK UP THE MULE
I GOTTA GIT ALONG TO THE RONDEEVOOO

MY MULE AND I BEEN HUNTIN
ABOVE THE OLD AL PINE
AND HIGH UP IN THEHILLS
TENDING OUR TRAP LINE
BUT SOMTIMES WE GET LONESOME
FOR NEEDIN US SOME FUN
BESIDES I GOT A HANKERIN FOR A BRAND NEW HAWKIN GUN

OH PACK UP THE MULES
PACK UP THE MULE
FOR I GOT TA GIT ALONG TO THE RONDEEEVVVOOOOOOOO

 

Just in case somebody want to put the words to music.

Bears Butt

June 29, 2014

Written on June 29th, 2014 , Uncategorized
By: Bears Butt

I wish I would have taken a picture of the plate of food, but I didn’t….sorry….We had company come in from California for a couple of nights and so we felt it very important we feed them well.  Our first night we served them BBQ t bones with baked spuds and salad…always a good plan.  It was very yummy with lots of left overs.  Yesterday morning, without asking our guests which sounded best to them, I took the liberty to just cook a variety of meats and then serve it with hash browns, scrambled eggs and toast.  That went very well, because the meats included Ham, Bacon and Sweet Breads.  They had not tried Sweet Breads before and so I served that in the middle of the table still in the frying pan and they could taste them at their pleasure….as usual, they loved them and so every last morsel was consumed!  I loved that.  I even sent them home with a batch ready to heat and eat, and two packages of the raw product for them to separate on their own to get the feel for how much work goes into preparing them…OH and also I rubber banded a “Bears Butt dot Com” card to one of the packages and a note to search for “Sweet Breads”….They were happy.  But all of that is not why I’m writing this, it’s because of the meal that was served last night that drew me to writing this:

 

ELK STEAKS WITH HONEY AND LEMON GLAZED CARROTS

I was at a loss as to how to prepare my meal for them and so I sat back and thought I should marinade the steaks in something different than they may have had in their past.  I came up with a whiskey marinade that consisted of 1/4 cup of whiskey, 1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce and a large tablespoon of Garlic Powder.  I combined the ingredients in a plastic bag with a zip top, made sure all the garlic powder was mixed well and then dropped in the elk steaks.  Those of you who have processed your wild game know that the pieces do not come uniformly sliced and so this was a mix of some large and some smaller chunks of good old elk steak…just like I like them.  I sealed the bag up trying to get as much air out of the bag as I could.  This I set aside on the counter top to make sure the meat came to room temperature before I cooked it…just my way of doing stuff, and kept turning it whenever I thought about it.  This marinaded for about two hours.

Well, with the meat on it’s way, I had to come up with a side dish and could not find much on the internet.  I had looked in the refrigerator and saw that we had a full bag of baby carrots and thought to myself those would be a great side dish, but not just boiled and served with butter, salt and pepper, but it needed a twist of some kind.  Back to the internet and I found a honey/lemon glaze recipe.  That sounded good to me and so I mixed up the concoction for that.  This is how I put it together, not entirely following the recommended recipe I had found.  I suppose I changed it enough to be able to call it mine, but I won’t.

For the 1/2 bag of baby carrots I planned on cooking for the four of us, I mixed up 1/4 cup of real honey, 1/4 cup of lemon juice, 1/4 cup of chopped yellow onion and two tablespoons of butter (margarine).  I heated it in the microwave to liquify the honey and then mixed it all very well.  Setting it aside until we actually got ready to fix the meal.

Along with this I would boil up a few red potatoes and serve that with drippings gravy.  I knew dang good and well I would not have any drippins in order to make the gravy but I found an “instant mix” beef gravy packet in the cupboard and that would have to do.

When Winemaker got home I conversed with her about my plan and all was well except the sound of the carrots.  Sweet and sour carrots did not strike her as something we should be serving our guests and so she added that just in case they didn’t like the carrots, she would steam some fresh out of the garden broccoli heads…Ok, there you have what was finally served.

When it came time to put it together and get down to eating, I boiled up the carrots and the spuds, made the gravy for the spuds.  Drained the carrots and poured the honey/lemon mix over the carrots and mixed them all together to coat them well.  Out at the BBQ grill the steaks went on a very hot grill and then turned down to low while I kept the steaks turning round and round on side one (ain’t no sense having the grill lines all going the same direction).  When I felt like they had been cooked enough, I flipped them over and did the same round and round turning.  When I thought they were about done I asked Mike (one of the guests) how he felt they were done to that point…He said they needed more time to become Medium Rare…once we concurred they were at that point in we went to eat.  The ladies were ready and so were we.

With it all served up and all of sitting down, I just had to try the carrots first…it was the “Iffy” dish on the plate….With all my senses on the flavor of the carrots I took a bite….To my surprise they were EXCELLENT!  And everyone else thought the same.

So for all you game hounds out there with a freezer full of good old wild game steaks…get after this meal!  You won’t be disappointed!

Enjoy!

Bears Butt

June 29, 2014

Written on June 29th, 2014 , Recipes
By: Bears Butt

We all know what it’s like shooting and cleaning our muzzleloaders. Some clean theirs more often than I do (I’m very bad) and even when I do get around to it, I don’t take the time I should…does it show?

Well, I came across this video and maybe, just maybe, it would allow me to continue with my ill practices of cleaning (or not) and yet give my rifle the accuracy it needs to consistently kick you guys’ butts on the line. Take a look at the video. Even though it says to apply this stuff from both the muzzle end and the breech end, I’m sure by applying it only from the muzzle end, you could get the coating you need.

Bears Butt
June 25, 2014

Written on June 25th, 2014 , Uncategorized
By: Bears Butt

With summer upon us a lot of folks are in the building mode. So, I have to admit to you that I’m terrible at making sure something is level. I don’t have an eye for it in any way shape or form. I stumbled on this video by accident and it sure makes sense to me. I can think of a lot of ways to use this system. Have fun with it!

Bears Butt
June 23, 2014

Written on June 23rd, 2014 , Uncategorized
By: Bears Butt

It’s a cold and raining day here in Northern Utah and what better to do after the chores are done, but to visit the web for interesting stuff. I stumbled on this You Tube video on how to make your own Shoot and See targets and it goes even further with showing you how to make your own Self Healing shoot and see targets! Simple, easy and cheap! I’m going to be making me some.

Bears Butt
June 17, 2014

Written on June 17th, 2014 , Uncategorized
By: Bears Butt

OK!  Now that you have had a chance to see what the semi auto pellet gun is, check out this guys next video about its accuracy.  I’m very impressed with this gun, but would NEVER pay over $1,000 for a pellet gun…sorry guys.


 

Bears Butt
June 15, 2014

Written on June 15th, 2014 , Uncategorized
By: Bears Butt

I had not heard of a semi automatic pellet gun until yesterday when I found this on You Tube:

 

Enjoy!
Bears Butt
June 15, 2014

Happy Fathers Day

Written on June 15th, 2014 , Uncategorized
By: Bears Butt

Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there!

 

Written on June 14th, 2014 , Uncategorized
By: Bears Butt

main_firefly

Some 25 years ago we were down in the field with our two boys and some of their friends, helping them set up for a camp out.  It was just after dark and Winemaker and I were about to head home and leave them to their camping, when suddenly there were little flickering lights all around us.  Fireflies!  They weren’t everywhere, but they sure were noticeable. The kids immediately went in pursuit and it didn’t take them long to have several of them captured up!  What I remembered most about them was how badly they stunk!  Yuk!  But aside from that they were cool to see all lit up.  Like little LED’s and flicking all around the field.  These little creatures are not well known around Utah and especially 25 years ago.  Everyone we told about seeing them called B.S. and finished their statement with “There are NO fireflies in Utah”!  Well, Ok then, I guess we were just seeing things and catching them in our dreams, but they still had an awful smell about them.

So, just last year, 2013, the folks at BYU finally found some closer to their campus and wrote this article.

http://news.byu.edu/archive13-jun-fireflies.aspx

I’m sorry you have to highlight and copy this link to see the video and read the article, but that is just how it has to be.

So, last night for Conner’s 13th birthday celebration, Weasel and Hot Spark allowed him to bring some friends down for a cookout and birthday celebration which included a camp out in the same area where 25 or so years ago Weasel got to see his very first firefly and sure enough, last night they saw Fireflies!  How cool is that!?!

Bears Butt

June 13, 2014

Written on June 13th, 2014 , Uncategorized
By: Bears Butt

goodbadluck

A mix of things happened today.

First off I had a long day planned for me at the VA Hospital Complex in Salt Lake City for Agent Orange related testing.  I hate driving into SLC and today proved once again how bad it really is.  About Lagoon, I passed a truck full of gravel but before I got past him, BLAM!  Big rock right in the middle of the windshield!  Well, there takes out another part of a day for windshield replacement and also a chunk of change out of my deductible pocket.  I’d call that “Bad Luck”.

Well I made it to the VA place with lots of time and found a parking spot right up on the front line.  They told me to get there two hours early to get blood work/Xray and EKG done prior to my real appointment for a physical.  I call that “Good Luck”.

When I finally found where my blood would be drawn there was a short waiting line and the “waiters” were friendly and we had a great conversation.  Sometimes the “waiters” are ornery and bitchy…not today..Good Luck.

The lady who drew my blood didn’t seem to want to stop, she took like 6 viles and left my arm feeling like I was there to give a pint…Bad luck.

Then to my surprise, they told me I had to pee in a bottle….Why?  I asked and the guy asked me where I was going to work?…I told him I was there for a physical for Agent Orange related stuff…he said…O!  I peed in the bottle…Good luck.

Then it was off to another part of the complex for my X ray.  I had to ask directions several times in several hallways but finally ended up at the X ray place.  The behind the counter liked my “bears butt” shirt…Good Luck.

The X ray technician was very friendly and we made several jokes about different things.  He took X rays of my chest, from the back and from the side…Good Luck.

Then down another hallway, close to the X Ray place to where they were going to do my EKG.  I had never had an EKG before and so I was very concerned about it being a procedure that would cause me not to be able to drive home.  I had no idea.  I signed in at the desk and sat in a chair.  There was another guy there and we struck up a conversation.  He was cordial enough but very opinionated and did a lot of bad-mouthing the VA hospital for incompetence.  I have not seen any of that in my two visits and told him as much…he said I was lucky….I count that as Good Luck.

In the room where the nurse (doctor?) was that did the EKG, she had me take off my shirt and lay on a board covered with a sheet and a piece of white paper and then she stuck round or square (not sure cuz I only got a glimps of them) around my stomach and chest.  Then she hooked up all these wires, she said there were 10 of them. I take her word for it because I was more interested in her adornments (body parts).  Then she said to relax and think of pleasant things.  I told her that a man who has just been hooked up by such a pretty woman should have a few minutes to relax before the test.  She told me there was no time.  I have no idea what she did next, but soon she was saying to get up and put my shirt back on and please take the EKG graph with me to my appointment.  She was cute.  Good luck/Bad luck.

Well, now I was done with the pre-stuff and my appointment was just 45 minutes away.  I had to once again ask where this building was that I was to go to and the nice volunteer information lady pointed me in the right direction.  I walked and it was a pleasant walk even though it was quite a ways.  I arrived a half hour before my scheduled appointment and the desk guy checked all my paperwork and then called for the male nurse to come and take me away.  He wasn’t nearly as good looking as the last Nurse (doctor?) I had seen, but he was friendly and took my blood pressure, temperature and heart rate.  Good luck.

I waited in a hallway for about 15 minutes and soon the desk clerk came over and said the person ahead of me for his appointment was stuck in the “Blue Room” and so they were moving me ahead…Good luck.  Actually, they didn’t have to tell me anything about ‘the other guy’, I wouldn’t have known anyway….just move me along!

So, now I’m sitting in a Doctors examination room.  He is a doctor from India and hard for me to understand but we finally figured out what was going on as he asked me questions and made comments about my medical past, personal stuff, preferences about different things, old surgeries and general doctor related things.  As I was sitting there he was constantly looking at his computer and moving the mouse around and generally acting like he was playing Candy Crush, all the while asking me questions and responding with “Good”, or “That’s nice”.  My first indication that he was actually looking at my medical records was when he said (asked), “You were in Viet Nam in 1971-1972 correct”?  I said, “No, 1969 to 1970”.  He said “Good, You passed that one.  I was just checking to see that you were telling me the truth or even listening to me”.  Good luck (not really as I was telling him the truth and listening).

Before we went to the next step of the process…the part I hate with the finger wave and all…He said the results of my blood, urine and X rays had been inputted into the computer.  He read off my results:  A slight showing of emphysema in my lungs from my years of smoking…Nothing to worry about, he said.  No problems with liver, thyroid, prostrate or anything else.  My bad cholesterol was .3 above where it should be…another no worry call.  Heart beat normal, blood pressure good.  Good luck.

So after about 30 minutes of questions and answers he had me strip down and get to the “dirty work” of the physical.  When all that was done, he told me “You go and get out of here!  You are a healthy man!  And a happy man”!  And you know what else…no finger wave!  VERY GOOD LUCK!

So here I am one very Lucky Guy!  No health problems that showed up in all that testing.  I managed to get to SLC with only a broken windshield and got very good news, so my trip home deserved a special stop…In and Out Burger in Centerville where I order up a number 3 and drank 7-up with it!  YES!  Good Luck!

On my way home I had to stop at Smith And Edwards to trade vehicles with Winemaker.  I sat with her while she ate her lunch and told her about my exam….not the part about the good looking nurse tho.  She was happy about the results.  Then I headed for home.  Still had to get with Bob and go over the fur sale results and split up the money and still had to go and check my beaver traps.

Got home to relieve MaPa’s from his locked up state….he only had one accident in the house and I cleaned it up easily.  Good luck.

Met with Bob, we agreed on everything and split the money fairly…Good Luck…(Thanks for the help Brek and Weasel).

And then headed for the field to check the beaver traps.  You know life is really good when you have all your faculties, can see, hear, feel, breath….you know, all the good stuff.  That is the way I was feeling as I entered into the farm today.  Nothing pressing except checking the traps and hopefully having Mr. Beaver caught up solid.  There was no activity of a beaver anywhere.  My traps were empty, except for the last 3…they were gone!  Bad luck!

I put my hip boots on and went to where the traps were set….nothing….no traps.  Not a lot of torn up looking property around there either.  Unusual for an animal to be caught in a trap and then get away with 3 traps all hooked together and not be anywhere close by.  These 3 traps were all wired together at the trap rings and all were securely wired to a 2 inch tree root that protruded from the bank of the creek.  When I wrapped the wire there I thought I might have an issue should a beaver get caught, he might figure out that the traps were tied there and chew off the root, but no other animal should do that.  HMMMMMM.  Bad luck.

I looked up the creek, I looked down the creek, I looked out into the swamp to the North, I looked out into the pasture to the South…nothing!  Bad luck.

I went back to the place where the traps had been set and examined the point of where I had wired them to the root.  The root was clearly broken and looked like it had been chewed by an animal, but in my mind, NO animal is going to know that at that exact spot if they chewed through it they would get away from there, even though they have 3 traps to deal with, probably one on a foot and the other two dragging behind.  If a wild animal is caught he is going to try and get away.  He will pull to the end of the chain, tear up the surrounding area and eventually exhaust himself and either drown, die of over stressing or lay in the grass and wait.  What I saw was a very suspicious.  I suspect foul play here.  Bad luck.

So, with that, I returned to my vehicle and proceeded to take off my boots and I noticed the drivers side rear tire doesn’t have much treat showing…Bad luck!  But hey!  I have a totally unused spare tire that has NEVER been off the vehicle!  Good Luck!  I’ll change it out when I get home.

I pull into the garage and go right to work getting ready to replace the badly worn tire with the brand new tire that is under the cover on the back of the rig…been there since 1999.  The old tire off, the new tire on…life is good!  Good luck.  Then I want to put the old worn out tire on as a spare and put the cover over it.  The cover will not fit on this tire!  What gives?!  I try and try to get the spare tire cover to fit over the tire and it just will NOT fit.  In my frustration I check the size of the tire…P265 75 R 16…..I check the new tire I just put on the truck…P245 75 R 16!  Damn!  Different sizes!  Bad luck!

Good luck/Bad luck kind of day!

Bears Butt

June 11, 2014

 

 

 

Written on June 11th, 2014 , Uncategorized

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