Urban Trek Premiere

Impressive. Very impressive. Your skills are complete young Robertson...

I must say, this is inspirational and motivational. Good thing I finally got my tent today and can officially "hit the road" on Okinawa for this long holiday weekend. I will head north and see how it all goes. It will be interesting and exciting, especially since Buddy is going with me. I will also have pictures of this experimental and premiere Trek once I return. I am not going to take the computer with me this first time out.

Dev, thanks so much for the inspiration and your personal comments you sent today. It means a lot to me. I need friends and family for encouragement right now. Also, thanks to Lubi, Ken, and Wayne for their concern and offers of support. I appreciate ALL who are in my life and provide guidance, support, and love.

It isn't as easy as I thought it could be and actually, I have some reflecting to do this weekend and must follow that up with a life decision shortly after which may affect my journey. I will end the suspense by clarifying that this change would adjust the Trek to only 6 months instead of 12. What is the positive side of this? This would cause me to backpack Europe instead; easy trade off, I think, and it would be bring me back to HI to go to work in a great job with a great friend of mine. Now if only I can convince Lubi to come back to HI around the same timeframe... The glass is always half full.

Live long and prosper.
May the Force be with you.
Semper Fi, Mac!
CROM!!!

Grandpa's Dream

There has been a lot of discussion lately about a business that our Grandfather, Basil, has been proposing and wanting to do for years. Now, he has finally committed to making it happen.

It is about garnering acres of land in SD and raising pheasants there and allowing hunters, for a fee, to freely hunt on this wonderful estate. We all believe in Grandpa Basil's dream and want it to succeed and will support where we can. Personally, I will have a very short period of time while I am at home after retirement to assist and have "enlisted" family and close friends to help out. They have all produced amazing results. Many thanks to (in no particular order) Adrienne, Lubi, Ken, Dev (all graphics credit), Ricky J, and Christian. Grandpa, we all need you to provide some guidance at this point.

From Christian, " If you use Pheasant Haven, you pick up all the mis-typed searches. :) Maybe avoid the cutsie names. It should be something that appeals to hunters, and inspires visions of bagging plenty of birds. Also, maybe it should feature Grandpa's name: Basil P. Robertson's Blah Blah Blah. When you attach a name, it seems to add authority and "experience."

...and Adrienne," I agree with Ruck... I like Basil P. Robertson's Pheasant Haven (or Heaven). Market it as if he's been doing this pheasant crap for YEARS and is an expert passing on his know-how's to out-of-state hunter's with big pockets :)

...and Dev, "I’m inspired by the heritage of the Robertson family and leaning toward a Native American theme… Plus think about the image/logo possibilities!!"

...and Ken, " For many reasons (a white boy who has only driven through SD once and has never seen a pheasant in the wild) I’ve not been adding my 2 cents, but I think Dev and Adrienne are on the right path. Combining the Robertson’s Native American roots with the type of hunters you wish to attract should be the way to go."

...and my 2 cents, “So you want shoot pheasant?” Is this in keeping with the native accent, eh? Huh, ennit. Can we incorporate that?!!?!??! “Shoot pheasant, ennit?...aaayyyy!”

Here is a list of proposed names for "Pheasant Heaven" (working title):
Blotan Hunka - (War Leaders/Chiefs) www.blotanhunka.com
Skope Mahpiya – (Crooked Sky) Pheasants www.skopemahpiya.com
Siyosa - (Pheasant) www.siyosa.com
Heyata – (Out in the Country) www.heyata.com
Kokoyahala – (Rooster) www.kokoyahala.com
Gun Arrow www.gunarrow.com
Pheasant Quest www.pheasantquest.com
Sundog Hunts www.sundoghunts.com
Broken Wing www.brokenwing.com
Bird Journey www.birdjourney.com

Pheasant Shoot

Pheasant Fisher

Pheasant DreamHunter's Dream

Basil's Pheasant Farms

Robertson's Hunter's Haven

South Dakota Skyland Farms

Skyland Pheasants

Robertson's Pheasant Thunder Farms

Skyland Thunder Pheasant Farms

We are all committed to providing assistance where required, but it is obviously up to Grandpa Basil to realize his dream and put all the pieces together to ultimately make it happen. Again, "Ask. Believe. Receive."