Finally, things have slowed down for the winter. We had another anniversary and Election Eve, what will tomorrow bring us........

    Things have slowed down drastically here. Football is over for the boys and I am thankful. I wont miss the two separate practices in two different locations and games on the same field with sometimes hours in between. I am so ready for baseball when they are on the same team. As a reward for the boys outstanding academic achievements and football with one winning the county championship in his age group and other finishing as runner up in his, we thought it would be a good time to reward them with an adrenaline laced jaunt to Carowinds. For everyone now has no clue what Carowinds is, it is a amusement park situated on the NC/SC state line, just off I-77. Well I must say that it has changed much over the 30 yrs since the last time I was there as a teenager and the only ride that is still there from my younger years is the Carolina Cyclone which I remember was the newest coaster in the park. Well at 45 years young, my body sure as hell did not feel young after riding all the coaster and having my body go in directions it hasn't for many years. What coaster did we not ride, we rode them all.
     As the kids and I road up Fury 325's hill, all I could do was wonder, WTF!!! am I doing on this thing. I know why, it's for my kid's. So I had ND next to me and NW was on the end. All I could tell ND was just close your eyes and don't get sick. What made things worse, they wanted to ride in the rear car. Every coaster we rode, it was the rear car all the time. The rear car's on roller coaster are usually the fastest so as I look up and see the front cars go over, I said in my mind "Oh shit" and all of a sudden we speed up, over the top we go free falling easily 300+ feet to the bottom and them I hear this come from ND, "I HAVE FINALLY LIVED!!!!!" screaming his head off in enjoyment. Let me tell you, this coaster hauls ass in excess of 100 m.p.h. Well worth it if you are a adrenaline junkie. Here is a clip of the ride as we left the park around 1700.

  

The Vortex(Stand up Coaster)

Another shot of Fury 325

And another....

       The garden is going with late Summer/Fall crops which of course include collards, broccoli, cabbage, green beans and a second helping of tomatoes. I have half of the garden shut down so this past weekend, the boys wanted me to carve out a RC car track for them. Didn't take to long to construct . Sorry I don't have a picture but hey, the kids love it.

     As we close on the eve of election day in this country, I have no clue who is going to win. Who do I want to win, Trump. As I have said, I didn't vote for him in the Republican primary, but am supporting him through the general election as the Republican candidate. Who else and I going to vote for, sure as hell wont be Hillary Clinton. IMHO, I think anyone who votes for her should put there head behind a Jackass and have them kick you square between the eyes for being that damn stupid and an "India, Delta, 10, Tango". I mean really, look at all the crap she has done, with Benghazi, emails, Foundation conflicts of interest, manipulating her own political party, mishandling classified material (oh don't get me started on this subject), Iran Nuke deal, and her dead weight pedophile husband Bill. Even better, let's say that Congress has a "F"ing spine and actually goes through with impeachment proceedings on her, we are stuck with Tim "The Uni-brow" Kaine. You got to be kidding me.

    This past weekend, JUGM and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary. As we decided to sleep until we got up, well that didn't happen. We were woke up by the boys and they did this for us. All by themselves.

     Well that's all I have for now. Say a prayer, this country needs it....

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Same ole weekend routine till the end of the month.

    As we go into October, the temps are cooling off which I am enjoying. After living in Florida for 28 years, serving the majority of my military career there, getting married and having kids, running a commercial landscaping business for 5 years I have had enough of the heat so I am glad it is cooling off. The next thing I have to deal with is the leaves falling off all my trees. Would be awesome if we have a white Christmas this year but I know I am looking too far ahead.

    The kids football is in full swing now, the regular season has started. Both the kids teams are 2-0 with NW playing on the defensive line as a nose guard and ND as a guard. They are both in different age groups but next year they will be on the same team. I keep asking the kids all the time if they like playing so it looks like this will be their fall activity. It sure as hell wont be Soccer. Their seasons will end at the end of the month, barring playoffs.

    I have been watching some of the show on NAT-GEO, "Live Free or Die" I find it ok, but I find it ironic that this couple in the mountains of NC have aspiring dreams of being self sufficient on 1 acre of land and now are having to ask other like minded people for use of their property. I do like the guy who lives in the Okefenokee and how he lives his life out there. Neighbor of mine pick up a new addition to his property which has got me thinking into purchasing a couple. JUGM has a friend in Florida she keeps in touch with who raised two of them and had them butchered and filled there freezers up. I have always bought them in the past but I have the space to do it here now so more to follow.

    Well we are less than 40 days away from choosing our next President which bothers me. I am not too keen on the choices but I will vote for the lesser of two evils and not sit at home an pout like many in this country will. I sit back and think, how much worse will this country get if Hillary Clinton is our next president? Honestly, I think it will get drastically worse. You know she will go after the Second Amendment and that is no secret with her "Common Sense" gun control. So if you are a class III holder or have purchased items that require a "Tax Stamp", well you are in the cross-hairs first, trust me you are. Many years ago I had thought about obtaining Class III items and even created a gun trust in Florida but why? Why do I want to put myself on the Radar? I have shot automatic weapons in the military and they can get away from you if you don't know what you are doing? Suppressed weapons are good, but where will you ever be able to find 5.56 ammo that makes you completely silent? You sure as hell wont find it at Sportsman Guide, Cheaper than Dirt, or other retail outlets. You can find some .300 blackout ammo in the 220 grain variety and greatly reduced your noise signature, but good luck on the 7.63x39, 7.62x51, and of course the 5.56x39 I mentioned earlier. I have thrown thoughts around of playing with 5.56 ammo on the reloading presses to see what I can come up with. I may dolly around with it in the winter. I do have a range here on the property to do it.

     In my last post, it was brought up why Black Lives Matter is not classified as a hate group. That is a DAMN good question. I suppose the Southern Poverty Law Center thinks it is perfectly OK for a group of individuals that focus on race to go out to destroy property, create mayhem, and attack other races of people.  I got one better for you SPLC: CLOWN LIVES MATTER!!!!!

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