Mountain Wind Family Chapter IV

In this episode I lead off a bit with some explanation today to give a perspective..and this one showing Donald, now a teacher, who helps show us around the property as a kid as well as other family members doing daily routines....There are many many more videos with Mountain Wind Family and many more to come...please continue on watching. Yes there are wild animals here in the great inland northwest.Actually I wish I would see more, but usually I hear them. Theyseem to be just afraid enough to stay out of sight. Although I have seen some pretty remarkable things that didn't pop up on Main Street Cleveland. Deer of course are plentiful. Hunters seem to know that we have deer too. They trek up here every fall for the big kill. Personally I do not like deer meat. Did have it once for our tenth anniversary back in California...BBQ'ed and enjoyed, but last time I had some around
here was when a neighbor (it seems like I have a lot of neighbors) brought me a hind quarter. 'Twas in the middle of summer. He was just being friendly. Said he had more than he needed. As you have read, I have no way of storing meat, so I figured we would cook it that night.
Wrapped it in a plastic bag and put it in one of my more esotericcabinets in the trailer/cookhouse. Promptly forgot about it and for weeks I wondered what in the heck was that terrible smell. Took it out of the cupboard with a long stick and threw it down the old outhouse. Sorry deer. One night in a deepening snowstorm, about 1 AM, I was driving out to pick up the kids from a school dance. They have dances real late here. Why do they think parents who live on tall mountains want to go out at -15 degrees at early AM hours? No phone! Carry a blanket and a dozen matches and a quart of scotch. Anyway, on the way back up the mountain I saw my first porcupine. It waddled in front of
the rig and I had to drive slow to keep from hitting it. I am sure it also wondered what the heck I was doing out that night. I could barely see it with all the snow piling on my windshield.

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