Why I love my job

Bill here, just wanted to let you know why I love what I do.

This weekend I went out to view a property that I hope will soon show up as a listing. It was a nice warm day and my wife and I were talking about going hiking at the Arboretum, but instead I asked her if she'd like to go with me and hike this property while I looked at it, and took pictures. I was stunned to hear her say yes. She is not nearly as enthusiastic about the outdoors as I am.

So off we started. I parked the truck inside the gate of this 120 parcel and we took off. I got the normal comments about "how can I enjoy the property when I she spent all her time looking down to watch out for cow flop. But as we walked through a grove of trees we spotted two bucks in the next pasture. We were both excited and I tried to maneuver to get a shot of those bucks before they took off. They saw me and started to run so I shot off some wild shots and hoped for the best. (I did wind up with one with the two bucks at the top of the frame). But now that got her enthusiastic.

Next we had to ford a pretty muddy creek and I wondered if she'd want to turn back. But no she was a trooper and we got across with a little trepidation but no incident. By this time she was getting into it. She had a an aerial photo and was tracking our progress as we walked. I was snapping pictures of this gorgeous property. It always amazes me how much beauty there can be just a few hundred yards away from a road, and this was no exception.

We found that 3 small creeks wound through some gorgeous old growth timber to form a larger creek. We found hidden fields and pastures that were framed by these creeks. We found a hidden pond that was not even visible either from the road or from the aerial photo. The land owner had done a great job of landscaping around this pond that made for a hidden retreat. All in all it was one delightful surprise after another.

But the best part was when we got towards the end of the downstream flow of the creek and through the timber something caught my eye. We had pushed a herd of deer ahead of us and they were running across an open field. I don't know how many had run before we noticed them but my wife and I counted 14. So with those two bucks we had seen earlier we were now up to 16 deer we had seen, and my wife finally got a little understanding about how much I love what I do.

Yeah I sure miss sitting in a cubicle all day.