I have gone to the Bristol night Race for the past 5 years and this race is the best for a list of reasons.  First and foremost is the people at the Bristol Track go overboard in helping, and making sure that us people in wheelchairs can have the chance to enjoy the race.  I have been to lots of tracks and I live in Indiana so the Indy 500 and The Brickyard  are in my backyard practically.  But after years of going there I will never go back to those events due to I have had the Bristol hospitality and the arrangments made for us paralyzed patrons and our guests.  The parking at Bristol and the seating is unrivaled anywhere.  The attendants at the track are kind and help without challenging you as if you were a criminal or a problem for them.  Facilities are always clean and access is unlittered so there is no rolling over lots of garbage with your wheels.  But the big thing is how all of us get to park so close and in the same assigned spot each and every year.  This has allowed friendships to to develop with other devout race fans in wheelchairs.  I am one of the biggest Dale Earnhardt Sr fans that has ever lived.  Racing changed for me after his accident as I know it has for lots of others too.  But I still make the trek each spring and fall to Bristol not just for the great race but for the people too. 

 I met Bryan and Britney several years ago at the race and our seats are right next to each other there.  So we tailgate and party before and after the race, cooking out and talking about our other passion - hunting   Yes, we are paralyzed and it makes it more of a challenge but we both actively hunt.  Bryan invited me down for a March 30th turkey hunt and I am looking forward to it.  It is a week after the race but I will be back for a weekend of turkey hunting and fun with a really cool guy and his fiance Britney.  He is holding a big shed antler of mine.  I have been trying to get him to come to Indiana and deer hunt with me sometime.  I can’t wait to explain how I climb up in a 16 ft treestand now with a rope and pulley hooked to my 4 Kawasaki Mule.  Not for the faint of heart to watch    But a guy has to do what he can to shoot a big buck with a bow.  Bryan just a few more weeks man and those Volunteer Turkeys are in serious trouble.             

This lion as photographed is supposedly in Martin, MI on the deck in the snow pacing and looking in the windows as this man’s kids played on the floor.   He rushed and got a camera and was able to document it. 

Would that unnerve you?  My kids look out the window now for the big kitty  

 Come on up for a bowl of milk kitty

The guy said he hasn’t seen a mouse all winter.  Now he knows why !

The “cowboy” Joey Menegatti as I have said previously is just an awesome guy to share hunting camp with because there is no finer hunter, sportsman, or partner to hunt hard and long and have a great time doing it with.  The first day of March came roaring in like a lion but Joey was deep in the Colorado Mountains and the snow hunting cougar with a bow and his favorite MUZZY broadheads.  Besides being an accomplished elk and deer hunter Joey likes to harvest predators and his first choice for hunting is his Mathews bow and his MUZZY broadheads.

Here are some pictures of the cat in the tree thinking about pouncing on the cowboy  

 The cat right before he met the new 2007 Muzzy’s of Joey’s.

Below is Joey posing next to his big cat.

 Congrats Joey on a great mountain lion with a bow.

This pike is a real monster.  Have you ever seen anything like this?  I have seen barracuda do this but never a pike.   The small pike is a 14lb fish so how big is the big pike? I got this from my buddy in Michigan.  His friend is a fishing guide and took these photo’s.

Just had to forward these pictures. One of my brothers fishing clients caught a pike in Muskegon lake. While catching the pike… another pike (jurassic park size) came up to feed. He ended up netting both of these pikes. The biggest should be put in guinness book of world records. Check it out!A friend of Dave Derks caught this fish in Muskegon Lake. The third pic shows how it was caught. He never hooked the larger fish. 35 minutes to land them both…….the larger one just wouldn’t let go.