The Walkabout Company Blog

Happy 4th July to all the Cowboys & Cowgirls out there !

Happy 4th July to all the Cowboys & Cowgirls out there !

 

 

 

How many years have you enjoyed your Walkabout Hat ? Send me your story and pictures

Walkabout Hat I have been amazed over the years to see so many happy Walkabout Hats enjoying their Walkabout across this great land with their owners! 23 years later and still going strong. It has always been about the Journey, not the destination.

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Bacon wrapped jalapeno peppers stuffed with duck & cream cheese

Tasty Bacon wrapped peppers stuffed with creme cheese and duck, yummy !

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Pictures, Images & Photography. The Digital Age

Pictures, Images & Photography. The Digital Age
Ernest Christie BBC World Famous Director Cameraman Dad ( BBC World Cameraman of the Year, 1967 ) learned to develop his film and pictures under his bed, its the only darkroom he could use at the orphanage . I was lucky with full access to some of the best darkrooms in the country, whats a darkroom you say ?

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Farm to Table, Mom made me do it

Farm to Table, Mom made me do it
Fresh Alaska Salmon I like to know where my food comes from. Mom made me do it, well that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I remember when I was knocked out, flat on the floor, for defending a sandwich mom made me for lunch once.

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What's my Hat size, or Gee Ye Ole Walkabout Hat does not fit anymore !

What's my Hat size, or Gee Ye Ole Walkabout Hat does not fit anymore !
Gee the Large is to big ! and the medium is to small ?  Have no fear here are a few tips when buying you next hat. This summer check out this amazing Stetson Soakable Cool Mesh hat from Walkabout.

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What is a " Walkabout " anyway ? Or better when will you be taking yours

What is a " Walkabout " anyway ? Or better when will you be taking yours
" My whole life is, has, and will always be one continuous Walkabout. We all at some point will go on our own, you just don't know how, when or where, be it  physically, intellectually or emotionally, you will at some point go on your own Walkabout "

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Fly fishing the Colorado river headwaters & going the extra mile.

Fly fishing the Colorado river headwaters & going the extra mile.

By then I could see all the fishermen (boats) were either leaving, or watching me like I was some kind of fool. Some kind of crazy person, waders, fly rod and all. I rose slowly and made one cast some 30 feet out where the water flow eased, and well the rest is history.

Tight lines and Fish hard.

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Jump forward & Walkabout is Born, 1992 another turn in the journey of life

Jump forward & Walkabout is Born, 1992 another turn in the journey of life
Five of the 7th Cavalry's twelve companies were annihilated; Custer was killed, as were two of his brothers, a nephew, at Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the LAKOTA and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand. The battle in 1876 was fought in the Banks of the Little Bighorn River.

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The Beginning

The Beginning
Son keep an eye out for those trees ahead, make sure you dont hit them ! " as we buzzed the tops at some 210 miles an hour. We all know trees dont move, or do they ? Dad had a good laugh as he pulled us up and away, Those trees were Giraffe and yes, they do move !

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