Status Updates From Becoming Teddy Roosevelt

"He held outdoorsmen in the highest esteem and equated them with patriots. 'Hardy outdoor sports, like hunting, are in themselves of no small value to the national character and should be encouraged in every way.'"

"Roosevelt turned to Sewall, put his hand affectionately on his shoulder, and asked him how he liked it all.
'Well,' said Sewall, 'I'm mighty glad to have come and seen it, and it'll give me something to talk about for all the rest of my life; but I'd rather go fishing for a steady thing.'
The president laughed heartily, then in a confidential whisper said, 'So would I; but for goodness sake don't say it'."

"As the men from Maine felled cottonwoods to be used for their log house, Roosevelt eagerly helped out....One night, after a day of felling, TR to his amusement overheard one of the local hands ask Dow how the cutting was going. 'Well, Bill cut down fifty-three,' Wilmot reported, 'I cut forty-nine, and the boss, the boss he beavered down seventeen.'"

Can't beat Maine lumberjacks with an ax! 🤣🤣

"Curiously, this was Sewall's first time on horseback - in Maine, folks didn't as much ride horses as use them to pull things - and TR found it a hoot. He wrote Bamie, 'They looked the pictures of dreary discomfort, Sewall remarking that his only previous experience in the equestrian line was when he 'rode logs'."

"Now doctor, I am going to do all the things that you have told me not to do, for if I had to live a life such as you have pictured to me, I wouldn't care how short my life was."

That's telling 'em! 🤣🤣