Casa de MUDD ....... after all these years.

April 01, 2015, 06:26:00 PM

The long overdue meeting, concieved in China nearly five year ago was originally entitled "A Royale Reunion"

Spring Break opened up a grand opportunity for father and son to make the road trip from Petoskey, Michigan to Ashland Missouri.

Destination: Casa de Mudd,

Here is my son, KaiYi, beginning his
weekend long hug-fest on 'ol Uncle Mudd:

GREASEMAN · April 01, 2015, 06:40:00 PM

Awesome!
Looks like a great weekend

JDBerry · April 01, 2015, 06:52:00 PM

Great looking kid Tony! Looking forward to the story. ..OE

Cyclic-Rivers · April 01, 2015, 07:02:00 PM

April 01, 2015, 07:20:00 PM

Mudd will be along within the hour...he has much to contribute.

James,
Kai is the little guy I told you about. He will carry "Witchy" when the old man can no longer shoot...

April 01, 2015, 07:44:00 PM

Here's Macatawa suitin'up for the Dual.

Actually kind of excited to begin a long anticipated weekend of just plain fun....

Mudd laid out an assortment of longbows - more than a dozen of which I could pull most. Got to shoot Mudd's Vixen and Northstar. Nice!

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ronp · April 01, 2015, 08:04:00 PM

Way cool!

Wudstix · April 01, 2015, 10:09:00 PM

Paul/KS · April 01, 2015, 10:52:00 PM

Looks like a fun time for all but don't let Mudd give the boy yodeling lessons... :eek:

:D

Ric O'Shay · April 02, 2015, 04:29:00 AM

How cool is this? Way cool I say!

Green · April 02, 2015, 05:23:00 AM

This will be good!

Moots · April 02, 2015, 07:17:00 AM

What a great trip.

April 02, 2015, 08:40:00 AM

Mudd has been having some computer issues this morning...

We think they have been resolved.

He will jump in soon.

Mudd · April 02, 2015, 10:55:00 AM

Working on it.

lt-m-grow · April 02, 2015, 11:09:00 AM

Should be fun...

Your son KaiYi has a very cool name and one I had not seen before. How do you pronounce it - KI YEE?

April 02, 2015, 12:12:00 PM

Dave...yes,

Kai was born in China. Both parts of his name have significance:

Kai = "return victorious" as in a soldier coming home from battle.

YI = literally - "clinging to struggle" meaning unrelenting perseverance.

lt-m-grow · April 02, 2015, 12:50:00 PM

Wow. That is awesome.

Mudd · April 02, 2015, 02:46:00 PM

Friday...Tony and Little Kai arrived in Columbia in the early afternoon so Janet and I loaded a few bows and hit the road.

The initial meeting with Tony was exactly as I expected...it was like meeting an old friend that I hadn't seen in awhile.

Meeting Kai was a different story..that little man captured my heart from the outset.

We immediately headed to the range to fling some arrows.

I am missing a lot of pictures so Tony will have to fill in the gaps from the range.

Tony and I got to shoot the "Brother bows" both Osage Royales.

Here's Tony showing good form.

Kai is preparing to shoot his 1st ever arrow.

After a few hours of flinging arrows Janet and I headed back home to give Tony and Kai a chance to rest up as we had a big day planned for Saturday.

There's a whole bunch of pictures on my laptop that I have yet to figure out how to get to photobucket so that I can use them.

God bless,Mudd

Mudd · April 02, 2015, 02:56:00 PM

Early Saturday morning Tony,Kai and I stopped in Jeff City where we picked up another friend Kenny AKA "Cobweb" and we were off to St Clair to meet up with another Tradgang member Butch (The Yard Gnome".

Our plans were to hit the "Truth and Outdoors" expo. A

The big draw for me was getting the chance to meet Byron Ferguson.

There was a ton to see and do.

Kai loved every minute of it.

April 02, 2015, 04:05:00 PM

On Saturday evening brother Mudd planned a great meal.

A huge platter of grilled venison steaks, garlic mashed potatoes and a pile of beans...What a treat! I have not tasted a good venison steak for too many years.

And later we had a chance to shoot a bit before the sun set on a perfect day.