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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!
Summer Pancakes Over Easy
This is more of a suggestion than a recipe since I used a mix and didn't measure anything. I made pancakes over easy for breakfast this morning. I started with Krusteaz Buttermilk Pancake mix. Yeah, I know it's not that hard to make pancakes from scratch, but I have...
Peas Porridge
Peas Porridge is a simple, hearty meal with ingredients that keep well on the trail. Ingredients 3 cups dried peas any sort of pork from a ham bone to chopped bacon 2 cups broth, substitute bouillon if needed for trail life 2 potatoes 1 onion 2...
Bushcrafty
If you're not bringing a cocktail shaker you are doing it wrong. Bushcrafty: Two ounces Irish Whiskey, two ounces Shanky's Whip, one ounce filtered stream water, one-quarter lemon, one quarter lime-both squeezed and dropped into the cocktail shaker with a handful of...
Dutch Oven Trailer Trash Casserole
Trailer Trash Casserole: Tater Tots, diced onion, ground beef, Cream of Mushroom Soup, cooked in a Dutch Oven, finished with grated cheese melted on top. Ketchup added to taste. Ingredients 1/2 bag of Tater Tots 1 diced onion 1/4# ground beef per person 1 can...
Barlow Trail Long Rifles Rendezvous
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Bro’s Camp 2026
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Forest Hills Black Powder Brigade Spring Rondy 2026
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Happy Mom’s Day
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Good Afternoon
4/21/26 65F Calm, overcast and humid. It sprinkled a little this morning, but not enough to prevent me from mowing. After lunch I returned the keg. Since I was in the neighborhood, I dropped by the range to burn up some black powder. While there, some hungry deer...
Good Morning
9/24/26 6:30 Partly cloudy, no wind. It feels cold this morning, colder than yesterday. Daylight is just beginning to seep into the forest. It was completely dark when I walked down the fire tack trail an hour ago I am back in my bunk now, listening to ravens...
Good Morning
9/23/26 8:00 Approximately 2,000' elevation. Cool but not cold, probably about the mid-forties (7.5C) Light overcast with no breeze. It's the first day of fall. Biscuits and chanterelle gravy with eggs on top for breakfast. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
9/22/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) AQI 15 Partially cloudy but no wind. Swallows dance with my floaters, black specks against the sky. They soar and flutter, then vanish as suddenly as they appeared. Today is the last day of summer. It is also Mom's birthday. Aluminum...
Good Morning
9/21/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 No wind. Bright, blue sky waiting on the sun. The day before the Autumnal Equinox. A crow complains somewhere behind the nieghbor's barn. Walter has taken post on the deck, keeping vigilant watch for intruders. There are none....
Good Morning
9/20/26 7:00 50F (10C) AQI 28 Blue sky with a hint of a breeze. Yesterday, I cut some pumpkin rings and hung them on the drying rack in the tipi. I am waiting until they allow fires to do more. We went to Dave's for a birthday party for mom later. She will be...
