Tenacious

 Back from my weekend Rendezvous.  It's a "primitive" weekend spent camping in canvas (or under the stars), throwing knife and hawk competitions, shooting black powder muzzleloaders, cooking over open- fire, etc.

Attached a photo sequence of my friend Jim C. who came up with his flintlock (note the spark that starts it all in photo two).

This year's "Mountain Man" competition consisted of:

• Knife and Hawk throwing attempting to cut a playing card in half.
• Starting a fire with flint and steel.
• Shooting a moving target.
• Shooting at and snuffing out a flame without hitting the candle.
• 18 steel targets of various sizes and shapes scattered in the woods (the trail is rather hilly and treacherous).

The winner was Bert S.  What makes this special is that he's approaching 80-years old.  He also stumbled and fell twice on the trail.  And, what makes this even more spectacular,  ol' Bert recently had a knee replacement and is due back surgery very soon.

Tenacious!

Bert has been at this game a long time.  And, like so many in this hobby, he's a great guy.  Humble and good-natured, but a quietly fierce competitor.

I learned a lot this weekend just being around ol' Bert.  LIKE, sometimes you fall down.  But if you keep picking yourself up, move on to the next target, take aim and fire . . . sometimes you win!

Stay tenacious!

Carpe diem Life,
David