The Mountain Man and Randy Chapter 4
Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009
by Cecil Nye
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It was cold in that old cabin sitting on the mountain that morning.
Lodged way back in the middle of the last range of hills on the back side of that old mountain trail. The one leading up to the snow capped peak on the top of the biggest mountain range any man or woman has ever seen.
Big Jim Brown kept looking at that snow capped mountain peak this morning.
Are you ready for the long trip down the mountain Randy?
Randy just laid there looking at his master and best friend; he knew that Jim was making plans.
He watched as Big Jim Brown took them pots and pans off the wall behind the old cast iron cook stove, to cook a big piece of venison from that deer they brought home.
There were beans and onions cooking with herbs they traded for, from trapper Bob.
Cooking in that Dutch oven in the fireplace.
They counted the minutes that led into hours and the hours into days, until Randy would be well enough to travel down the mountain trail to the Indian village they had been invited to spend the winter at.
The fire burned bright, and Randy watched the red and yellow flames turn the bottom of the Dutch oven to a glowing orange color. The dog is always fascinated to see the fire and the cast iron cookware.
It's been close to two months since Randy had been all busted up and it is time to make the trip now. Soon they will be on the trail to the old Indian village where Jim and Randy have traded furs several times in the past few years.
The Indians always liked seeing Jim and Randy, because they always knew that he had things they wanted and he would trade for things too.
It was always a welcome feeling for them and Jim both, they have become good friends.
He had packed his old winter coat and a new pair of boots that he had traded for from a town on the other side of the mountain. The cast iron cookware will have to wait, because they will be using it one more time.
Its something every camp has, at least one set of cast iron pots and pans.
they may be heavy but a good set of cast iron cookware will last a lifetime.
The wonderful smell filled that old cabin tonight as Jims cooking was almost done.
They would eat and make plans for the long trip to the Indian village in the morning.
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)ok, so what happens next? Hurry man, we HAVE TO KNOW!!!!LOL, great story, keep it upThank you very much, This dang thing called a job keeps me from doing more at a time than this. But there is more on the way.a likely story...and you expect us to believe that? Come on...already read the next insstallment...lol
Good stuff - good breaks and I can feel the warmth of that cookin' fire!your very kind, thank you so much
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