Clint N Outdoors

10/20/2022

Our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
PS: It is requested everyone who reads and believes it would paste it on their page. It’s a world prayer assignment, a couple of minutes for the health of all the sick, weary, and heartbroken.

08/22/2021

So you're moving to Florida....I have some truths for you.

Yes it is beautiful here, of what you can see thats not private property already, it's beautiful.

That's about it.

When you get here, you're going to endure one of the most horrible environments you have ever coped with.

It's HOT and I don't mean sitting in front of a wood stove enjoying it hot, I mean you are going to sweat every ounce of liquid you have drank in the last 20 years out of your crotch and off your back.

The bugs here are going to move into everything you think you have secured and laugh at you when you look inside and see them partying like extinction is tomorrow. The flying bugs will bite every part of your body, you can not cover up your body because of the heat and they know it. The ticks are going to crawl up your legs and nestle up like they own you.

Back to heat, because that's the most important. We dont have winter here, or fall, or spring.....we have 7 days of freezing weather in February and we go straight back to 100 degrees. The leaves fall here because they died from the heat.

It's wet here. Water comes from the top, water comes from the bottom, water leaks into your house, water wets you on your way in, water flows wherever it wants whenever it wants and it will destroy your belongings and you.....right after water happens.....steam. You will pressure cook until you are tender. Your belongings will rot and rust within a day. When it doesn't rain, you're going to catch on fire and burn, you and your woods and your house and your pet cat and this will be the only time in your life that water decides not to come.

You will endure sand. Sand will become an everyday, every second part of your life and you will learn to give up. You will clean the interior of your luxurious car for 7 hours and 15 minutes later there will be sand, it will jump into your car before you even close the door, it will follow you into your house and jump in your recliner while you're fumbling with the thermostat on your air conditioner waiting to get on you, the sand that is already on you will get in a fight with the sand in the recliner and you will lose their fight.

The little bit of grass you have and the rest of the weeds that have taken over your grass will never stop becoming a jungle, they will grow 17 foot high in exactly 7 days into the sand on your roof and you will have to pull the weeds on your roof and mow your roof grass. The stickers in your yard and on your roof will bite you on your leg like wild chiwawaws every time you go outside. The hitchhikers will swim in your washing machine and only stick to the crotch on your underwear, during the 7 days of freezing, the
spanish needles will take their place.

You will want to go swimming.....along with the other 268 and a half million people who also want to go swimming in the same spot. You will buy a pool, it will turn green every other day and you will never be able to stabilize it because of sky water and beaming sun rays and their friend algae. Your pool will drink shock like beer and party with the algae over night.

You will Neverendingly prepare for hurricanes, you will tie your yard down and your house and your belongings and the hurricane will never come until the moment you are not prepared, the moment you forget that hurricanes exist, it will come and wipe out your entire life, every tree will fall, every power line will fall, your generator will not run and you will be without power for at least a week in this heat. You will want gas in your car so you can sit in it with the ac on...but you won't get gas, because 714 million people already bought all the gas on their way to I95 the day before.

These are just a few things you should know about "Beautiful Florida". So pack your bags and head on down here, but don't blame us for not telling you.

08/03/2021

Florida springs.
Be careful is all I say.

This was a few years ago. Took the family to Ginnie Springs, a beautiful Florida water spot for a day of swimming and a little picnic. So as I was swimming in the crystal clear water, watching my son floundering around in his water wings, and just having a good ol time, my son suddenly stopped, pointed at the water and said "Look daddy, a lizard!"

I looked over and saw that no, it was NOT a lizard that was swimming over to us, it was a snake. After a quick examination, I realized that this was a Water Moccasin, and a large one at that, heading right for us!

So Yelling for my son to back away, I waded out to grab him and drag him back to shore. The snake was making a beeline for us, which is weird because most of the time they avoid human contact. I started to splash water at it, trying to slow it down enough so I could reach the shore before it got too close.

So as I was backing up, slapping water at a poisonous snake with one hand and dragging a laughing child (who had no idea what was going on) with the other, I reached close enough to the shoreline to grab a branch that had fallen from a tree. It was long and pretty sturdy. It was perfect for what needed to be done.

So as the snake got in close, I went all caveman on it and bashed it a dozen times with the branch. It worked. The snake started to float away, dead as a doornail. I then realized that all the people swimming around in this water would not take too kindly to bumping into a four foot dead moccasin, so using the branch, I launched the snake for a stretch of woods off to my right.

Well, I guess the snake was not balanced right on the branch, and I was full of Adrenalin, so instead of the woods, the snake flew high into the air, drifting off to the right where PLOP. It landed square on a picnic table. To make matters worse, it landed on a pile of shoes that a girl scout troop had left when they went wading in the water.

"Oh Crap!" was all i could think, as I began to quickly swim across the spring to remove the snake from the table, but as I was swimming, I heard them.. the giggles and laughter of little 12 year old girls returning to get their shoes. I stopped cold. I was too late. I began to swim away, trying to hide myself as I saw the first curly haired head approach the table. There was laughing, there was chatting and talking... then there was a pause.

And that is when the screaming started.

If you have never heard a dozen 12 year old girls scream in horror as they saw a large, bloody snake draped across their shoes, I cannot even begin to explain the sound. Even as i dove underwater, I heard the screaming.

Sometimes... at night... I still hear the screams.

TLDR- Killed a snake, launched it with a stick across a table filled with 12 year old girls shoes. the screams... they still echo in those woods to this very day.

07/05/2021

So thankful for all that served our NATION and still serves today!

Thank You from our family to yours!

02/20/2021

Interesting, he will be missed!

So successful professionally, Rush also faced some dark times personally – but when I went to visit him last year, I was profoundly encouraged by the faith I found. Here’s the story the rest of the media won’t tell you. 

08/22/2020

Beautiful