Continued. . .

He would miss the harley and the conviences of modern society but he would do his best to stay away from them for awhile. He traded the harley to a bike dealer in town and bought one strong mule with the cash. With the excess cash he bought a good wool coat, an old beaten .44 lever action rifle and 3 foothold traps for beaver and coyotes. Lastly he bought a cheap military sleeping bag and a hudson bay blanket where he bought the traps.


He was already into a deep wild valley when he was overcome with anxiety of how back in he was. He was walking along an ancient summer creek leading the mule looking for sign of beaver to trap come late fall. He had trapped back east but wasnt that great at it yet. He'd learn. Just like he'd learn to hunt this wesern wilderness as well as he did back east.

He loved the wild ways now but knew he'd probably trap this year then head back into civilization next come spring after the last trap was pulled.