Other than fishing and hunting?


Antiques.

My wife looks for WW2 items and I am always looking for salmon fishing tackle. Most anything nostalgic can get us excited though and we are on the road almost every weekend. Last fall, we took a trip to California to visit my sister and hit 34 shops on the way down and half a dozen more on the way home, all over the course of seven days. We aren't opposed to garage and estate sales either.


We can't afford any high ticket items- our budget is usually less than $50 but it is still fun just to see things like an ivory chess set for $25,000 or a first edition of Moby Dick for $15,000
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In the legend of King Arthur, the Fisher King was a renowned angler whose errant ways caused him to be struck dumb in the presence of the sacred chalice. I am no great fisherman, and a steelhead is not the covenant of Christ, but with each of these fish I am rendered speechless.