Huckleberries: His habit of peeing outdoors started early

A few weeks ago, Huckleberries told you about the birthday present Julie McAndrew gave her Coeur d’Alene banker husband, Jimmy – a subscription to the St. Maries Gazette Record.

Jimmy grew up in rural St. Maries. Huckleberries said at the time that you can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy

The same applies to Julie’s first cousin once removed Steve Green, 69, of Coeur d’Alene. He grew up peeing outside. And he plans to continue to do so at a cabin that he’s building near Weippe.

Steve and Julie’s father, Howard Judd, grew up on farms in Fraser, Idaho, near Weippe. The first cousins share the same birthday, three years apart. In an email to Huckleberries, Steve said his family didn’t have indoor plumbing until he was 8. By that time, the habit of peeing outside was ingrained. It still is, says Steve, much to his wife’s chagrin.

Quoth Steve, tongue firmly cheeked: “It is tradition and I feel that it’s very important to carry on my heritage.”

Steve isn’t indiscriminate about marking his territory. At the cabin site, three miles from the old family farm, he has installed a urinal on a tree with handlebars for his biker buds and a fire hydrant nearby for their dogs.

They are welcome to use my farm boy facilities,” Steve says. “It’s the country boy hospitality thing to do.”

Steve aims to please/ DFO, Huckleberries Thursday. More here.

Question: When did you last relieve yourself outdoors?