The Journey Continues...

Hi everybody...

I thought this blog might need an introduction. Who am I and what do I write about?

Well...in a nutshell:

I'm a guy who was born in Philadelphia, grew up nearby in New Castle, Delaware, lived for seventeen years in Nashville, TN, and a year ago relocated to Lynchburg, Virginia. Phew!

I work for my alma mater, which is a thrill. I'm a BRM (Business Relationship Manager) for the IT/COMS department.

I love working for Liberty University. I graduated from here, and I played hockey here for two years. In fact the Hockey program is one of my customers, so it's full circle.

Speaking of full circle...

That's really what this blog --and this journey-  will be about.

I grew up loving the outdoors. I fished and hunted and hiked and explored. Then adulthood happened. Then marriage. Then divorce. My love for the outdoors, and hunting and fishing had to take a backseat to pretty much everything else. But I've gotten myself a second chance.

Now I find myself at Fifty-One, a single dad with a seventeen year old daughter about to enter college (at Liberty University!) and living in one of the most beautiful areas of this great country.

Since moving here, I've rediscovered my passion for fishing and hunting, and my love for the outdoors. I've decided to combined that with my other great passion...writing.

I won't tell you much about what lure to use to catch small mouth bass on the James River. Nor will I write about what size load to use to take a Virginia turkey.

But I'll have something to say about how good it feels to be back out in the woods and rivers like when I was a boy. I'll write about friendships from childhood, and dreams of big bass and large bucks.

I'll write about old bird dogs and new waders.

I write about the way it feels to be outdoors again at fifty. I'm excited to be resuming the journey.

I hope you'll come along.

         

                                                              --Craig