Good Morning

Good Morning

      9/24/25 6:00 49F (9.4C) Dark and clear this morning.  The stars are still out. It was quiet. A prop plane churned by. Then the dog across the street heard something. His barking set off Walter who is now protecting our perimeter, loudly...
Outhouse Camp August 2025

Outhouse Camp August 2025

My brother Andy, my friend Jason, and I all had our birthdays within a week of each other. Obviously, a birthday camping trip was in order. It would take some effort to work out the logistics. Jason is employed at an orthopedic clinic, with weekends off. Weekends are...
Good Morning

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 Afternoon

Good Afternoon

Walter accompanied Michael and I into the woods to look for mushrooms. Even though we have had recent rainstorms, it was too dry and we didn’t collect many specimens for the amount of ground we covered. We did find a few rubbery chanterelles,  a small chicken of...
A Day In the Woods

A Day In the Woods

We had been hearing rumors of boletes being found at higher elevations, so Amy loaded Michael,  Walter and me into the CrossTrek and we headed north of Trout Lake.                              ...