This weeks episode, and probably next week’s episode are going to be different. My family had our collective hearts broken on Friday, August 25, 2023. My dad, Tom Erickson, was driving to Sioux Falls on old 77, nine miles north of Beresford, when a man driving a giant tractor hauling silage, blew through the stop sign and collided with his car. He died on impact. I speak for a couple of minutes about how great Dad was, and then I play the episode I recorded with him back in March. Mourn with me for the first few minutes, then laugh along with us as I hang out with my dad and hear him tell stories in the way that only he could.
SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFallsShooting.com
My dad is back on the podcast this week. He was full of more stories, and we laughed so much. So much so that this 4 hour recording session is split into two episodes. Other topics: Taking Esia to airsoft, Shit details in the Marines, Flying commercial planes, famous people he flew, colorful people he flew, how Mom thought he died in a plane crash, that time Andy Interviewed Hillary Clinton, How Tom ended up in the SD Air National Guard, why dad was gone when I was born, traveling the world in the air guard, the difference between the air guard and the Air Force, pranks and goofing off in the old days on base, the movie M*A*S*H is superior to the TV show M*A*S*H but the book M*A*S*H is better than both.
SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFallsShooting.com
Robert Wyatt lives in the Salt Lake City area, is co-host of the PARAcast podcast (Spotify, Apple), and designs homes for a living. He’s also a rabid USPSA shooter, like me. We mostly talk shooting, but we also talked a fair bit about our Vietnam veteran fathers, and he started designing homes at 13 and still does. Topics covered: heinous safety violations, why our right ears our losing hearing, getting accidentally shot at, the PARAcast’s podcast is not about ghosts, Mormons are preppers? reloading mistakes and good advice we didn’t listen to, how to record podcasts, the USPSA coup d’etat, and much more.
SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFallsShooting.com
My dad, Tom Erickson, joins me on the podcast this week. We only scratched the surface of where it could go. We start off with the story of the elk he shot while pooping in Colorado, what 9/11 was like at the South Dakota Air National Guard base, and how he accidentally ended up joining the Marine Corps. We also talk extensively about his service in the Marines up through the Tet Offensive in 1968.
SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING will help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFallsShooting.com.
