Good Afternoon
8/11/26 The wind being favorable and the wildfire smoke having abated, Walter, Mike and I decided to spend the day by a stream in the woods. We arrived late morning and found we had the place to ourselves. Except for Cocaine Bear. Quickly retrieving our bear guns, we...
Good Evening
8/4/26 7:45 p.m. 78F (25.5C) The sun setting through the smoke from the Grasshopper fire.
July 4, 2026
Barlow Trail Long Rifles Rendezvous
Thursday Arrival at Camp ...
Bro’s Camp 2026
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Good Morning
8/12/26 5:45 62F (16.6C) AQI 32 The sky is hazy blue in the dull light of dawn. It is calm and windless, smelling faintly of smoke. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
8/11/26 7:45 62F (16.6C) AQI 64 Clear blue sky with a faint odor of burnt plastic. A white cloud of smoke sits low on the SE horizon, beyond the canyon rim. There is no breeze. I got up late this morning. The sun is up. Walter barked beyond my endurance, so...
Good Morning
8/10/26 7:00 59F (15C) AQI 32 The sky appears clear and blue, but the air smells burnt and I can see haze in the distant trees. The rooster is crowing and Walter has found something to bark about. Probably the orchard workers picking pears across the road....
Good Morning
8/9/26 5:15 58F (14.4C) AQI 18 No wind. The air is good this morning. Mostly clear, with a few wisps of clouds, very little haze and only a faint whif of wood smoke. The last sliver of the moon is rising in the east. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
8/8/26 5:30 59F (15C) AQI 80 Walter rests on the deck; the fingernail moon reclines on a maple branch overhead. There is a breeze, and the air quality index has improved, but smoke lies in the canyon and it smells worse than yesterday. Like a campfire someone...
Oooo Mommy
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Book Club
Book club was at mom's house tonight, so Andy brought mom up here for dinner while our wives were otherwise occupied. I spent the day scouring the house and cooking. We had pork loin and cornbread. Andy brought a salad, wine and beer. After dinner we had drinks,...
Morels for Breakfast
Between the drought and fierce competition, I have not found many morels this season. But this morning I did have three mushrooms and about as many stalks of asparagus. I scalded the morels in water while I chopped and fried some bacon. When the bacon was...
Lusk Creek Militia
Walter Dawg joined Cap'n Ron, Michael and me on a winter excursion into the Gifford Pinchot. ...
Because I Can
When I was a child I couldn't wait to be a grown-up, when I could do whatever I wanted to. I could have cake and ice-cream for breakfast!
