Christmas Past
Yes, it’s getting here. Office parties, friendly gatherings, and shopping were all on the agenda for us the last week or so and will continue in the coming days.
I think of the old days.
It’s now much different than my years in high school and college. I spent my years of high school in military school just north of Greensboro at Oak Ridge Military Academy, and college attending Wake Forest in total from 1969 through 1978.
Christmas break was the absolute relief from finishing high school, college, and law school final exams!
Ellerbe never looked so good. Behind me was the world of school, long hours, and institutional food, and in front of me was the Christmas prime rib roast, casseroles, Mom’s homemade coconut layer cake, and our neighbor’s homemade stuffed breakfast sausage.
It’s funny how certain things about Christmas just stick out in your mind after almost half a century.
My Dad suffered a massive stroke my first year in military school in 1969, and my Uncle Elsie, my second Dad, passed in 1972. The doctors at Chapel Hill told us Dad would never be able to hunt or fish again by himself. He would be pretty much an invalid. They really didn’t know who they were dealing with, though, and by the time Uncle Elsie had passed away, it was me riding around in that old Jeep over Christmas break, along with a Dad who was decisively proving the doctors wrong.
We could still muster up two or three decent English Pointers, and that old silver 1969 Jeep Wagoneer still eased around the sandy trails here. Dad and good friend Mike Craven, who was my age and a former classmate at Ellerbe school and supplanted me in the driver’s seat of the Jeep while I was off in military school and college, usually came along for our Christmas hunting outings. The Dad that doctors said would never be able to do much of anything had fooled the docs, and honestly, he almost completely recovered from the effects of his stroke and could outshoot me once again if he had a mind to.
Yes, after a few bumpy years of family sickness and sorrows, Christmas break once again was filled with at least a portion of each day easing around the fields and woody edges of this farm following the fluid, smooth gait of beautiful English Pointers.
Once again, Christmas break just felt good again………….
I want it to feel good for you and your child or children or nephews or nieces or just special friends.
And that, my friends, is why on our 20th Anniversary, we offer the amazing pricing set out below so your special family or friends can come have that great Christmas Break experience with us.
We look forward to sharing some Christmas cheer with you!
Pick up the phone and give Carla a call!
Bill and Debbie
SPECIAL HOLIDAY PACKAGE
Full-Day Hunt with Lodging: $2000
single occupancy, unlimited bird privilege, breakfast, lunch, dinner, shells gratuity included
Half-Day Hunt with Lodging: $1400
single occupancy, unlimited bird privilege, breakfast, lunch, dinner, shells, gratuity included
Full-Day Hunt with Lunch: $1200
shells, unlimited bird privilege, and gratuity included
Half-day Hunt with Lunch: $900
(shells, unlimited bird privilege, and gratuity included
Experience Holiday Cheer With Us!
Twenty Years of Friendships Harvested with Gratitude
For more than 20 years, our greatest gift has been the friends who feel like family, and this surprise painting of Bill and Debbie’s home, “Headed Home,” by Bob Timberlake, is a beautiful reminder of that gratitude.
Hunt With Us!
Happy Holidays
from all of us on the farm, thank you for being part of our story!
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