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Summer Solstice Cookout
My wife was having her book club over to our house for dinner. It seemed prudent to retreat to the woods for the evening. My brother’s wife is a member of the book club, leaving Andy unsupervised. It didn’t take much coaxing to get him to join me. ...
Lost Creek Longhouse Chapter 3: Settling In
(click here for Chapter 2) It had been a warm, clear day when we started Saturday, but by mid afternoon the sky had gone slate-gray and opened up on us. We made camp in a torrential downpour. Mike had to leave before we were done setting up; Jason, Robert, and I...
Blast From the Past
Mike and Amy and I did a short wander in the Gifford Pinchot, hoping to find some boletes or some late season morels. Aside from a nice flush of Amanita, we got skunked. We swung by South Prairie, but Disappearing Lake has...
Lost Creek Longhouse Chapter 2: Setting Up
(click here to go to Chapter One) Our longhouse was essentially two tipis married with a ridgepole spanning the distance between them. Panels of canvas covered the center. This was the first time (and maybe the last) I attempted it. I brought thirty-two...
Lost Creek Longhouse Chapter 1: Getting There
Ultra-light camping is all well and good, but I had a somewhat different approach in mind for the expedition to Lost Creek. I wanted to build a longhouse. I wasn’t exactly sure how to put one together; I did know it would take all the canvas I had and a...
Good Morning
7/25/25 9:00 58f (14.4c) No wind yet this morning. The fog is burning off, leaving behind sunshine and blue sky.
Good Morning
7/24/25 5:45 61f (16.1c) The sky is a pale blue plate, glowing with the indirect light of the sun, still hidden behind the mountains. The morning hums with promise. ...
Good Morning
7/23/25 7:00 50f (15c) Clear and calm. A moment of quiet. ...
Good Morning
7/22/25 7:00 54f (12.2c) Clear, blue sky with only a whisper of a breeze carrying the faint odor of spray. The sun is peeking between the firs on the east fence line. ...
Good Morning
7/21/25 6:30 54f (12.2c) Still and cloudy, grey around the edges with patches of blue overhead. We got some rain...
