Two of my best friends wives had me on a mad dash to SLC. We went camping, the weekend after I hit the Salmon Fly hatch on the Henry's Fork. Mom said, "Go, we are going to have a baby in another month and a half, times are changing" She was supposed to come, but she didn't feel well.

Anyway, she is an amazing woman in a million ways....but one is memory. I was camping with a friends new girlfriends family.... She remembered that name, the hospital tracked them down, some of them were coming down the mountain in cell service......and I found out my son had decided to come out 6 weeks early...... They drove back up to tell this "E.J." guy that he was going to be a dad in about minutes....

I was well into a cooler of beer and some bourbon around a campfire, but the girlfriends of some best friends(now their wives), drove me to SLC(3 hours away) and I made it to the birth of my son with at least 20-30 minutes to spare.....

Little Man, you make me proud every day..... That day 15 years ago, I couldn't have imagined the pride and joy you would being to my life. I say happy 15 to you today..... I love you.

Image
Image

P.S. Don't wreck one of our cars.....:-)
[Reply]

Happy Father's Day, bro. :-)
[Reply]

That is a great memory EJ and thank you for sharing it with us:-)

:-)...I was just thinking of the coffee being pumped into you during the drive back to the hospital!


[Reply]

Yeehaw, great story, happy fathers day, E.J and all :-), well worth missing the hatch for, about the only thing tho :-)
[Reply]

Super Sweet!!!:-)
[Reply]

very cool my brother.
[Reply]

That's a great story. Happy Birthday to your son :-)
[Reply]

Great story! Congrats!
[Reply]

Great stuff E.J.!! :-) :-)
[Reply]

Great Story, E.J.!:-) Thanks For Sharing!:-)
[Reply]

A fine young man you got there EJ.:-)
[Reply]

Great story man!
[Reply]

:-)

Awesome post, brother
[Reply]

Great post, EJ! Happy birthday to your Little Man!
[Reply]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing and have a great father's day!
[Reply]

Great story, EJ, congrats to you all. :-)
[Reply]

Great stuff EJ. Congrats and happy birthday to you son.
[Reply]

Very cool :-) Happy Fathers Day, Happy Birthday to the youing man!
[Reply]

Great post brother.
[Reply]