This is (of course) vintage Keith. I share his e-mail with Yous Kids having received his permission. I've also included a few pics from my dad's phone. Enjoy!
Hello Rudi,
Uncle Keith contacting you. (I think this is the first time
I have referred to myself as Uncle Keith on paper)
Had a great hunt with your dad a couple of weeks ago. His
300 yard shot on his big deer was quite something. Now both of us can be called
deadeyes but for different reasons.
Our biggest mistake of the trip was staying in some seedy
motel on the way home to save $29; it was bad- real bad. I only took bare
essentials into this room. I piled up my clothes for the next day on top of a
table on top of my shoes, thinking all critters weigh something... and due to
gravity, "higher is better." Your dad tried to move a table over and
it was a setup, it fell apart in his hands. The door was bent and had been
kicked in from the outside. My thinking is it should have been kicked out from
the inside. The real tipoff should have been there were no other cars in the
lot. The only people staying there were construction contractors with trucks.
Thinking back on this I believe they get an allowance for staying out of town
and get to keep what they save, kind of what Brian and I get from Kathy and
Cher. The difference is the contractors go to bed at three A M and get up at
Four thirty AM and chiggers take two hours to crawl from the floor up to
someone’s body, our timing was off. I crawled into the green sheets (color
coded for some reason that I never want to know about) and did not move. I woke
up in exactly the same position. I was hoping your dads snoring tone warded off
bugs just like a dog whistle works, but then wondered if the ultrasonic waves
were sending the mites my way. I firmly believe the carpet was scavenged from
other motels throwing out their old carpet, it really did not even have a known
color.
If we do this trip again I am thinking the Ritz Carlton in
Tupelo Mississippi.
All in all a great time. Rudi please do me a favor and
forward this to Alex and Anna.
Keith
