David's Adventures

Eight Weeks!  That's how much waiting time until the 51 st Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake.  I hope you purchased your ticket when...

The order forms have FINALLY arrived (apparently the printer had equipment problems), and it’s time to order your tickets to the 51 st Annu...

Today my wife and I were talking about how things have changed over the years.  It wasn’t a discussion about how things were better in the ‘...

In the early 1970’s I loaded my canoe on top of my car and drove to a lake in northeast Texas.  It was called Lake Texarkana at the time I w...

Recently my wife and I took some time to browse through a few antique boutiques, thrift stores, and just plain junk shops.  I grew up with m...

I’ve received several inquiries as to when I’m going to post again, and I apologize for waiting so long.  I’ve been rather busy with a li...

It’s not often  a backyard barbeque lasts for over fifty years, but the Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake is one of those rarities.  In t...

Biggie and Sir are BFF’s.  They enjoy being neighbors, taking walks together, and playing together.  But until this week they have never ha...

I spent much of my formative years on a working farm.  It was there I learned the basics of raising various crops for food—or so I thought...

Biggie is a very attentive dog.  He knows what is going on around him at all times, even if he appears to be sleeping.  For instance, I was...

Well, it’s over, and I almost don’t know what to say.  Almost.  The 50 th Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake was unbelievable to say the ...

Two more weeks.   It’s almost here, and I’m ready, but I’ve been ready for almost a year.   This year is the 50 th Anniversary of the Feed...

A few days ago my 98-year-old neighbor came bouncing out his front door to catch me in my driveway.  “David," he shouted, “I’ve go...

We’re getting close.  Just 10 more weeks and the 50 th Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake will be in full swing.  Friday, September 21, 2...

New Post on July 8, 2019.  51st Annual Wild Game Feed. Fifty years.  Half a century.  Wow!  This is a Big milestone for any organization. ...

Do you remember the name of your first grade teacher?  I certainly do.  And over the many years since then I have never been able to diminis...

I never really enjoyed being a kid.  Yeah, I had a lot of kid experiences, and from a kid’s perspective, they were fun, but I never felt I ...

About this time each year I become somewhat troubled and a bit anxious about the Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake.  I don’t know what’s ...

Recently I was in a sporting goods store and I saw something that brought back a flood of memories.  It was a frog gig.  I’m certain it coul...

Biggie and I have something in common—we both have white hair.  In the first photograph you can see the old white-haired man (me) holding ...

That’s right.  On September 21, 2018 (the third Friday in September) the Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake will turn 50 years old.  And ...