by Tim Thompson | Aug 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Cover Photo by Tarutoa on Unsplash] When I first bought my boat, I thought it was just to get better access to fish. I didn’t realize all the pleasant extras I’d get with it. It provides something fun to do on the weekends. It’s fun to just be on...
by Tim Thompson | Aug 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by – a passing stranger] – [Yes, that’s me in the middle of that crew] – When I was in college in Oklahoma, my parents lived in the greater Miami, Florida area. As you can imagine, my house was popular at fall and spring break. My...
by Tim Thompson | Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by zherui-zhang on Unsplash] Dad (Douglas Thompson) took full advantage of his time as an enlisted man in the Air Force and absolutely loved it. He’d been in for eight years and he said many times he would never have left except for his calling into the...
by Tim Thompson | Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by Abby Savage on Unsplash] This is a tale with an epilogue nearly 45 years later. I was on my way from Miami , Florida to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1966. At that time it was a five day road trip. Roads weren’t the same then as they are today. Most of the...
by Tim Thompson | Jul 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by Matthew Wyche on Unsplash] At the time of this little event, I was about eight years old. We were living in Murphy, North Carolina and my mom worked as a teacher in Unaka, North Carolina. My grandma also lived in Unaka. So, we had...
by Tim Thompson | Jul 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
[ Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash] (This is really a set of tales from all over Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Iowa and Oklahoma) I’ve had many occasions to deal with snakes in my life. Partially because I lived in the country quite a...
by Tim Thompson | Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by Maddie Vaughan on Unsplash] I’ve loved motorcycles since I was a little kid. I’ve had dirt bikes as a kid and as an adult. One of my earliest childhood memories is when I was about two years old (1969 for context); we were walking...
by Tim Thompson | Jul 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by Yurii-Khimanin-on-Unsplash] While living in Kentucky, we had several friends with boats. After enjoying theirs on several occasions, my wife started to warm up to the idea of having one of our own. We discussed budgets and types of boats for...
by Tim Thompson | Jun 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo above by Eric Welch on Unsplash] Never agree to go out just one more time. Certainly not when doing something with an element of risk like skiing, motocross, parachuting, etc. I’ve seen it happen so many times. The day is going great. ...
by Tim Thompson | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
As with the extremes in winter, so go the extremes in spring. When there’s been plenty of snow in the winter, plenty of water follows in the spring. Spring of 1967 came with some serious flooding in Fairbanks, Alaska. The state had some warning and sent...
