As an old western observer, I probably have watched far more gun duels than is healthy for any individual. Most of those, including my favorite, "Gunsmoke," usually included a face-off between two antagonists out to wreck revenge on each other. Perhaps the prime entertainment in our lifetime, duels were once a matter of honor and occurred all too frequently in our past.
Hi, rambling friends. Let s start this new year with a story that is part of our local history. Let s step back in time to March of 1981. I had a 1980 Ford four-wheel pickup with deep mud logger tires that I thought could go through anything. One day, on my way home, I decided to take a different route to enjoy the country roads. I was on Sand Springs Road and went to the bottom of a hill, and suddenly, I was confronted with a challenge I was unsure about. The old country road was underwater for about 50 yards. Back then, we did not have the luxury of our roads being graveled with white gravel as we do today. I stopped my truck and thought, "this could be a problem!" Being young and invincible, I said, "Go for it." I backed up a ways, revved my four-wheel truck up, sped forward at a high rate of speed, got about 100 feet, and sank it to China. Here I am now in the middle of a swamp of red clay and mire and mad. All I could do was get out, talk to myself, and walk ho