It's a Great Day!

"It's a great day!" At least if you are 10 and you get to act like Bear Grylls. (If you aren't sure, who he is - check out his site here or his show "Man vs. Wild".) Matthew has a survival book written by Bear Grylls. In reading it, he was inspried to cook meat outside in the firepit. So, we took some venison out of the freezer and had a "Boy vs. Wild" afternoon. Check out these pictures:

Here's the venison - speared, planted in the ground and seasoned with a special rub. We even added an apple tree branch in the meat to season it from the inside. Hmmmmm

Here's Matthew practicing his survival skills. You never know when you'll be stranded on an island (or in the woods) with nothing but a flint (yes, he can start a fire), some Weber hickory chips and meat. He's cooking his own strip of venison.

So, at the end of the day (after Matthew reviewed and approved the post), he sighed and said, "It was a great day. I started seven fires." It's good to be 10.