The ride back home was mostly uneventful. We loaded up the truck, had another great breakfast at the lodge, said our goodbyes, and headed out. First stop was the butcher shop where we picked up the elk meat. The good cuts were cut into steaks, tenderloins, backstraps, and roasts. The balance was made into ground burger and breakfast sausage. When combined with the mule deer, we now had about 350 pounds of meat packed in 5 coolers. I guess the families won't starve this winter!
Next stop was the taxidermy shop to pick-up the elk, which was there getting primped for mounting. Should be an a great mount when it is done!
We hit the road for home by about 9:00am, departing Dillon, Montana. Destination for the evening was Fargo, ND area. We ended up staying in Moorhead, MN instead, as all hotels in Fargo seemed booked (they said it was the Canadians down from the border towns to shop).
We agreed we would try to be on road by 7:00am. So, I woke-up, and looking at the clock noticed it was a little after 6:00. I jumped up into the shower, and coming out a few minutes later, was reminded by Dad that it was daylight-savings time...so it was actually now 5:20am, not 6:20am. Oh well...Dad proceeded to get ready, and we hit the road by about 6:05.
Like I said...uneventful the rest of the way. We arrived home at about 3:00pm.
Trip summary, by both Dad and I, will be last posts....
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