Week Two

Sunday 25 November 2018

     Temps are in the 30's.  we headed to storage unit to pick up hunting gear, then over to Norman's property to do a little scouting.  Drove into Wellsboro to purchase some supplies(cheese and bologna) for opening day, then back to the Moho to sort clothes and make final arrangements for tomorrow.  We are planning to go out even though they are calling for rain.

Monday 26 November 2018

      3:30 woke up cold we were out of propane!  I got up dressed and went out to change propane tanks and back in.  Now it is 3:45 alarm was set for 4:30 so I just stayed up.  The good news no rain.  Diane decided to sleep in and I got ready to head out.  Arrived at Norman's at six and the rain started and seven.  I last until 8:30 but the steady cold rain did me in.  I headed home and Diane and Rudy were actually up.  I got changed and warmed up, had something to eat the headed over to check on the Ochenrider crew.  We pulled in just as Andy (Glen's step-son) was tracking Tony's buck, a nice 8 point.  They gathered that up and headed to the house to hang it up.  A few minutes after it was hung, Glen and Andy headed back out, rain, wind and cold wasn't keeping them in.  We left shortly after they headed out, went home and got a text  about 6:30 that Glen got a nice 6 point.  Andy had shot at it, missed and it went right up to where Glen as sitting.  Off to bed as Brad is going hunting in the Morning and I am heading to the Ochenriders with him (at 5:30 AM.....ugh)  

Tuesday 27 November 2018

     I dropped Brad off at Norman's hill about 6:15 then headed over to the Ochenrider house.  Tony and Glen were up and Andy was out hunting.  It was very cold and windy, so about 8:00 I headed back down to check on Brad.  He lucked out, where he was sitting he was pretty well protected from the wind, so he stayed out and I was to head back down about 9:30 to pick him up.  We both headed back to the Och camp and as Kate was working on breakfast, about 6-8 doe were heading down through the back gutter.  Andy was out front, but as he headed in he had seen them and was scoping them out as we looked out.  He turned after that only to see 4 more doe cross the food plot, so he pulled up a chair and hung out on the front porch until he was called in for breakfast.  After that it was packing for Glen and Andy, loading up the truck and then backing to the meat pole to load up the buck.  Glen got them loaded and tied down, good-byes were said, and as he tried to pull out, he sank in the soft ground....stuck.  Brad got his truck to pull him out, took 2 different chains, Kate to move

Our First Full-timing Camp Site

her car and about 30 min, but they got him out and he headed home.  Brad headed out for the evening hunt, I helped Kate get some laundry done, no luck for Brad, so we headed home when he got in.  Hung up the hunting stuff to dry and tomorrow.

Wednesday 28 November 2018

     No more hunting this week. We left around 9am over to rent a trailer and return all the hunting stuff to the storage unit.  Back to Don and Bonnie's to loaded up the four wheeler and Walker mower for delivery to Coudersport.  It was cold and wind blew across that hill top like crazy.  The trailer was a piece of crap, and I had to shovel snow off of it,  tie down hooks were bent, ramp was busted up and the lights didn't work.  But after an hour we were on our way.  Over to Coudersport and back with a lunch stop, post office stop, wine stop and gas stop. Returned the trailer and made to the camper around 4pm. and yes we had Rudy with us.  We started packing for our trip to Harrisburg tomorrow.

Thursday 29 November 2018

      Despite packing some last night we still did not get moving until 11am.  It was cold and windy with a few passing snow flurries.  I don't know why but the 3 hour drive took 5 hours.  We arrived at the campground after 4pm. Filled up propane tanks the first site was to uneven so we moved and ended up setting up after dark. Diane drove the truck and each time she hit the brakes or used the turn signals the dashboard would flash and ding oil change required/ trailer wire failure. Needless to say happy hour was late but very much enjoyed.