Miss my grandpa

ABOVETIMBERLINE · Mar 23, 2012

Three years ago today I lost the best friend, mentor, and grandfather a guy could ask for. Grandpa was always there for me and taught me so much. He instilled in me the importance of family, hard work and of course the love of the outdoors.
These are pictures of our last two hunts together about seven months before he passed.

Thanks for the memories grandpa

mlycrzy · Mar 23, 2012

Very nice tribute to you Grandpa. Looks like he enjoyed his time right to the end.

Paul_Crawford · Mar 24, 2012

Way cool!!! pc

rraney · Mar 24, 2012

Sorry for your loss

NMPaul · Mar 25, 2012

Looks like a great guy. Hope you can be the same guy to someone else.

littlebighorn · Mar 26, 2012

Hey A-Timberline,
Great pictures and tribute to your mentor!
Most of us had one, at one time or another and it is awesome that you are remembering him!
The only real way we can thank them is to keep "paying it forward" and mentor someone else! I hope you will have a son or even grandson to share some memories with!
Good on you my friend!

marley · Mar 26, 2012

Sorry for your loss and great tribute. My grandpa that taught me all that I know about hunting and fishing just passed 3 weeks ago. It was a rough one for me. My brothers and I are meeting up this year on grandpas favorite fly fishing river this august in his memory.

eldorado · Mar 26, 2012

Beautiful tribute to your Grandfather. Through you, your Grandfather's legacy lives on.

Eldorado

buglinbilly · Mar 26, 2012

That is so great that you appreciate and understand what your grandfather did for you. The real neat thing in all of this, is that he too got a great pay back for doing what he did.

Life has been great to me in almost every way. But there are two things in life that I have felt short changed in. One is that I never had a brother and the other is that I never had one grand parent. I was the youngest in our family and by the time I was born all my grand parents had passed. I had a great Mom and Dad, but having a grand parent is a huge and important part of life.

One other small regret I have is that I waited so long to marry. I was 35 when I first married, so that has made me an old grandpa. All my grandkids are under the age of ten, the the grandsons are all under age 5. I hope within a few years I can start taking some of them with me on my hunts as I truly realize the importance of the experience to which ABOVETIMBERLINE speaks.

You were very fortunate to have those times, but he has now passed the baton to you!

Handle it carefully.

Have a good one. BB

elkmtngear · Mar 26, 2012

Awesome pics, and a great tribute to your Grandfather! I hope you enjoy many hunts with your Family over the years.

Best of Luck,
Jeff
http://www.elkmtngear.com

OwnMoreBone · Mar 26, 2012

Ray, I miss my grandpa too, he has been gone since December 1975, he taught me alot about hunting and life....

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