Fall in Die Weide - Archery and Trail building

Today we visited again after another way-too-long two week hiatus. I'm building a cabinet for our 85 year old next-door-neighbor and I've been working like crazy to try to get it done before Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I was defeated by the weather, of all things. It has been super humid the last week and the finish I'm using on the cabinet takes a lot longer to dry in this humidity. I'll have it done next week though.

Anyway, about the land - We took along our recurve bow, which is set up at 24 lbs so both my wife and I can both shoot it. I had in mind to buy at least 35 lb bow, but when I tried it at the bow shop, I found it a bit tough to draw for me, which would have put it out of reach for Inge. So for now, we'll practice and build our strength with it at 24 lbs. After we get relatively proficient I'll buy the recurve arms to bump to 35 lbs. Originally I bought 6 arrows, of which two were lost in the tall grass the first time around. However, Inge's coworker said he had lots of old arrows and he gave us a bundle of arrows. Not ten minutes after arriving at the land, I looked down and spotted both of our original missing arrows buried in the grass. Now we have 20 or so arrows, which makes it fun to shoot a lot before going out to gather arrows. Inge and I both hit our box target reasonably well. I shot a lot less than Inge because my shoulder is still giving me troubles from the accident.

After our bow shoot, we went into the woods to trail blaze. We hacked brambles and small shrubs to clear a trail through the woods. It's a bit easier to work through in the fall with less foliage to deal with. In the long run we plan to have several trails through the forest, but it will take a long time and we'll always be battling the brambles. We saw boar and deer sign in the woods though.

On the Penny, puppy front, we arrived and walked out to look around and no more than 5 minutes after we arrived, she was off like a shot for the neighbor's to visit her siblings and mother. We never saw Penny again until we dropped by to leave. She is staying with the neighbors for the holiday weekend as we're going to visit Melissa in New York City.