I still spend a lot of time outdoors through work, instructing with the local youth group and having fun on my own or with my family. I am in the field for at least part of the day, about 4 days per week.

I have had bad knees since I was a teenager and in the past couple of years they have really limited the scale of my outdoor adventures. I need to have surgery again but really do not feel like being laid-up through the long recovery time. Maybe I will start the process in January after deer hunting and Christmas holidays are over.

I usually check ETS Forum in the morning before work and again after supper with a cup of tea. I watch very little television anymore, although I am hooked on Survivorman and Ray Mears!

Mike