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Bryce Angell – The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I\u2019m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoying life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I drove to Sportsman\u2019s Warehouse. Thought I\u2019d buy a brand-new cap. My mistake was walking through the doors. They had me in their trap.
\nI\u2019m not talking \u2018bout a mouse trap. Snares his nose and won\u2019t let go. I\u2019m alluding to the shopping trance. Why couldn\u2019t I say no?
\nI grabbed a cart and made a beeline to a hat-filled crate. But switched gears to a sign that read, \u201cFifty dollar bag rebate.\u201d
\nBelow the rebate sign were sleeping bags hung in a row. One sleeping bag was rated down to 45 below.
\nThe floor attendant tempted me. \u201cIt\u2019s the best sale of the year!\u201d I had to have the 45-below with all my gear.
\nThe bag was extra heavy. Totaled nearly twenty pounds. But I stuffed it in my shopping cart. I had to make more rounds.
\nI was feeling so elated with my brand-new sleeping bag. I wasn\u2019t checking prices. That would surely raise a flag.
\nI pushed on past the hats and caps. Found a Levi coat to wear. I didn\u2019t need another but it\u2019s good to have a spare.
\nI bought a pair of mittens that I doubt I\u2019ll ever use. I\u2019ll save \u2019em for my wife in case we take a winter cruise.
\nI purchased ammunition. That is when I heard the cue. I had too many bullets for a single .22.
\nSo, I bought another rifle. What the heck, it\u2019s just one more. Then I moved on with my frenzy, hadn\u2019t covered all the floor.
\nAha! My eyes beheld a sight designed for all to see. A brand-new shiny wall tent that would soon belong to me.
\nI grabbed a woodstove for my tent to sleep warm through the night. Then I realized my purchases were climbing out of sight.
\nWe totaled up my plunder. I was surely caught off guard. Two thousand fifty dollars, I said, \u201cPut it on my card.\u201d
\nI\u2019d spent a ton of money with no permission from my wife. Should I give my wife the rebate? Fifty might just save my life.
\nAlthough I\u2019ve never learned to save, for sure a shopping sap. But, this time I saved ten dollars \u2018cuz I didn\u2019t buy a cap.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bryce Angell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I drove to Sportsman\u2019s Warehouse. Thought I\u2019d buy a brand-new cap. My mistake was walking through the doors. They had me in their trap. I\u2019m not talking \u2018bout a mouse trap. Snares his nose and won\u2019t let go. I\u2019m alluding to the shopping trance. Why couldn\u2019t I say no? I grabbed a cart and made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cowboy-poetry","8":"category-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22832,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22830\/revisions\/22832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}