by Vernon Wade | Mar 1, 2022
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by Vernon Wade | Feb 8, 2022
Winter camping can mean carrying heavy backpacks in deep, slippery snow. Awkward at best. But if you can slide your loads across the snow what was a hindrance can become a help. Something as simple as a cheap, child’s sled can make all the difference in the...
by Vernon Wade | Jan 25, 2022
Preparing for an upcoming snow camp, Andy and I set out today to see how we’d do on snowshoes and check out potential campsites within our walking distance. Andy borrowed snowshoes from our brother, Dave, I had a new roll-up deer drag I had never used....
by Vernon Wade | Dec 4, 2021
OK, technically December 3rd is still fall, but the day was short and it was cold. ...
by Vernon Wade | Nov 6, 2021
Friday evening, September 17th, 2021 the drought ended with the first significant rainfall in many months. The Gifford Pinchot National Forest lifted its ban on campfires which had been in place since the beginning of June. More than four inches of rain...