My road to preparedness began with an eye opening experience I was 19 right out of highschool dumb as a box of rocks. I was on my way to work and listening to the radio when a breaking alert came over saying that one of the twin towers had been hit by a plane. On to work I went thinking some dumby not watching what they were doing done ran into one of the tallest buildings in the world. Upon my arrival at work they were all standing in front of the tv and the coverage of what was going on made me feel like I may not have woke up yet and was dreaming but I wasn't! I don't want to talk anymore about that but lets just say that was the jump I needed to start the engine.

Now a little about me. I grew up in a very small town in the hills of TN all activities consisted of being outside. I was fortunate to come up that way that puts me a little ahead of the curve. Hunting, fishing, camping, canoeing, hiking, gardening, and raising livestock is just the way of life around here. Moving along...

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