Camping With Dave McF
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Picnic on Pistol Creek
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Pistol Creek
Winter was dry. Spring was drier. By the time June rolled around, it was impossible to deny: we were in the middle of a full-on, record-breaking drought. We went all summer without a drop of rain. Day after day the temperatures crept higher - a few weeks in the...
Processing Tipi Poles
I need forty poles for the longhouse I want to put together next spring, so I stopped by Trout Lake Ranger Station to buy a permit. There are only two plots where harvesting poles is allowed and the selection isn't great, but what are you going to do? ...
Three Days of Gluttony
3-day Menu Day 1 -Lunch Scotch eggs, wrapped in foil and heated by the fire during set up -Dinner Hot Dogs. buns, ketchup, mustard Baked beans Day 2 -Breakfast Mountain man breakfast with biscuits -Lunch snackage and drinks -Dinner Pot roast with taters, parsnip,...
Good Morning
1/20/26 7:45 27F (-2.7C) Cold with a uniform gray overcast. Fog shrouds the surrounding hills. A faint breeze swirls the freezing mist around my face. Someone is already at it with a chainsaw across the street. We got home from the coast last night, having...
Good Morning
1/17/26 7:30 37F (2.7C) Cool, clear and beautiful. It was 69F when we got here yesterday. Partied late, just got up. Fishing fleet was out all last night, still out this morning. Walter seems to be enjoying himself. I got up about an hour ago. It was still dark...
Good Morning
1/16/26 6:30 34F (1.1C) It is quiet, calm, and cloudy this morning. Dry, with very little dew. A tiny sliver of moon glows wanly through the clouds beyond the maple. Tomorrow morning it will be absent altogether. Walter Dawg is nearby, ever vigilant, ...
Good Morning
1/15/26 6:30 35F (1.6C) Overcast and still. The rooster is complaining. Ducks chuckle down by the creek. A dog barks in the distance, far up the canyon. Walter is laying by the back door, staring this direction. The general tenor of this morning is muted and...
Good Morning
1/14/26 6:30 28F (-2.2C) Calm, cold, clear and frosty. The moon is just a fingernail low in the southeast. I didn't hear coyotes but Walter did. He was barking earlier, but has settled down for now. Ducks rise from the pond, muttering "good morning." They...
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