I leave first thing tomorrow morning on an elk hunt. It’s a strange time to go hunting. We may be butchering days before Christmas. That’d be a first. I have an antlerless elk tag, and am hoping to have a chance at a calf. We’ll see. There’s so much snow now that the only way to hunt is by snowmobile, which my dad just acquired. So I’m going to spend a few days riding around the north on a mush sled behind a ski-doo. One of those things you don’t picture yourself doing.

Work’s been really stressful for the last couple months, and I officially burned out, so I need the break. I’m looking forward to only having a couple days of work until the new year.