Filling the Permit

Filling the Permit

Friday morning my brother went with me to help get the last 8 tipi poles to finish filling my permit.  Even though I made it out of the house by 9:30 (an early start for me) it was late by the time we got to the woods. We spent a good deal of time stuck in...

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Voyage on Pistol Creek

Voyage on Pistol Creek

            Pistol Creek was shaping up to be an excellent choice for a new campsite, but the trail in was a concern. It is a long haul for the tipi covers and heavier gear – doable, but might there be an easier way?             The obvious solution was to float our...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/26/26 6;00 Blue sky with some clouds low in the southeast. It is comfortably cool as I sit here drinking water, but not so much so as to raise a chill. I shall make some tea in a moment. Jason is still sleeping. He arrived at the trailhead yesterday just as I...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/25/26 5:45 59F (15C) Clear sky, barely perceptible breeze. It is quiet and comfortable this morning. Walter was ready to come in by the time I was ready to go out, so he is inside eating breakfast and I am soaking in the tub, sipping tea. Good morning.  ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/24/26 6:00 59F (15C) Clear, blue sky with no wind. Walter has temporarily run out of bark and it is quiet for the moment. Good morning.                                  ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/23/26 6:00 65F (18.3C) Calm and clear with some haze around the edges. It is pleasantly cool. I can smell the faint perfume of woodsmoke. Yesterday, it smelled like BBQ and the haze was so thick I couldn't see the mountains. It was hot and muggy. A rain...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  7/22/26 6:00 67F (19.4C) Cloudy, still, quiet. Puffy white clouds hover motionless above me. Autocorrect and predictive text turn what I write into gibberish as soon as I look away AI is pervasive, unreliable, and an unrepentant pollutant of information,  art,...

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