You don't know what you're building..

This little cabin doesn't look like much....well, at least it isn't much to look at. I helped build this cabin sometime in the late 1990's ( I can't remember the exact year). My dad and our hunting buddy, Joe Johnson, headed up the construction. We built this hunting cabin in one day. I thought it was awesome. We built another one just like shortly after we built this one. My dad had this 2,460 acre lease for longer than I had been alive. We killed a lot of deer, turkey, ducks, and made lots of great memories here. About 10 or so years ago, the land sold to a gentleman who had a dream of having an exotic animal hunting resort. That dream is now a reality named Triple S Wildlife Ranch. It's a hunting ranch that allows you to hunt exotic game from all over the world without having to travel all over the world.

When I was helping build that cabin, I had no idea what it would become. I was just glad we didn't have to stay in our tiny overhead camper anymore (overhead campers are not friendly to 6'2" young men such as myself). It was a simple one room cabin with no running water, but we did have electricity and propane gas. It was so great to get a good nights sleep before getting up at 5am to head off to my deer stand. When we found out the property was being sold, I was very sad. I shot my first deer here with my dad.  I got stung by bumble bees here.  I had a pet mouse in my deer blind here. This place seemed like it was our family land, but then the cold reality that it was only a lease set in.  Would I ever get to hunt here again?

Well, I'm not sure if I will ever hunt there again, but many trophy seekers have. And some of them stayed in the cabins I helped build. Who knows who may have stayed there. A corporate executive taking a weekend to give his son the experience of a lifetime. A doctor who wanted to hunt an African exotic.  Brothers reunited for one last hunt of a lifetime. A congressmen.  A veteran. A president. Who knows? When we built those cabins I had no idea what they would become a part of. They seemed small and no thrills at the time, but for those visiting the 3000 acre Triple S Ranch, those cabins are part of their once in a lifetime experience. You never know what your building....

P.S. - I did contact the ranch to see if I could go on a reunion tour. Believing for a chance to see this place again. I'll keep you posted. 

P.P.S. - the ranch is for sale for a cool $4.2 million. If you forgot to get me a Christmas present, I would gladly accept your donation to purchase this land ;-)