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
11/1/26 6:40 (if you remembered to set your clocks back) Goblins and shades danced through the trees all night, but the jack o'lanterns warded them from our camp. It is perhaps a little warmer than yesterday morning, or maybe I should say, a...
Good Morning
10/31/26 Happy Halloween. 7:30 It is cold. There is not yet enough light to be certain, but the sky appears to be clear. I have been forced from the warmth of my bed by the need to urinate. The fire, which had burned since Wednesday, is dead with nary an ember...
Good Morning
10/30/26 7:30 Robert departs today and Amy arrives. It didn't freeze last night, but I believe it came close. Looking through the smokehole I can see there is a light breeze fluttering the streamers. It was quite dark when I stumbled to the latrine at 5:00....
Good Morning
10/29/26 8:30 The thermometer inside the tipi reads 54F (12.2C). The one outside reads 32F (0C). I think they are both lying. There is no ice or frost, but it is damned chilly in here for 54F. I got up about an hour ago. We kept the fire going all night. The...
Good Morning
10/28/26 7:15 44F (6.66C) AQI 29 Overcast with steady rain. A quarter inch is predicted for today. Looks like we will set up in the rain. The truck is packed and ready to go. Perhaps we will find a fresh bloom of mushrooms. That would go well with our...
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!
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...
