Lost Creek Longhouse Chapter 5: Disappearing Lake Regatta
(Click Here for Chapter 4) I had expected to have most of Friday morning to myself, but my cousin, Giovanna and her husband, Chase turned up right after breakfast. They must have gotten up at the...
Trying Out the Halti Laavu Pro
I bought a new tent! As Amy is quick to point out, the last thing I need is another tent. But I wanted it. I have been intrigued by Baker and Whelan tents for years. Basically, half of a small wall tent, they are designed for expedition camping. Open down the length,...
Lost Creek Longhouse Chapter 4: Camp to Eat, Eat to Camp
(Click Here for Chapter 3) Tuesday morning we decided to go into Trout Lake for breakfast. There was no cellphone service in camp and Robert was anxious to call his wife. We were expecting several new people to show up and I wanted to text them with a road...
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...
Good Morning
9/17/25 6:30 53F (11.6C) A lone crow, voice raw and cracking, flys north across the empty vault . The east begins to lighten, first a brilliant blue, brighter than the rest of the sky, changing hue, lavender, orange, yellow, before blending into a...
Good Morning
9/16/25 7:00 50F (10C) I look up into the pale blue sky. There is no wind. Birds are chattering, dogs bark. There are cars moving this morning; tires whirring and the burble of muffled exhaust announce their passing. I slept well last night and...
Good Morning
9/15/25 7:00 48F (8.8C) It is a cool morning, dark and breezy. The waning quarter moon rests on its back above a maple tree. The eastern sky begins to lighten, shades of lavender creeping into dark blue. A gunshot booms. A dog begins to bark....
Good Morning
9/14/25 6:00 59F (15C) No wind. Moon waning into the last quarter. Cloudy with rain predicted. The rooster is crowing and the dog is barking. The commotion echoes up the canyon. ...
Good Morning
9/13/25 7:00 55F (12.7C) A calm, cool morning, absent any wind. The half moon hangs high in a pale, blue sky, beginning the last third of its transit across the southern horizon. A train sounds its horn at the crossing near Pine Grove, loud even at this...
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