Bushcrafting, the weed addition: Bugout patch

too larry

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I got down to the river just at dusky dark. There was a light on in the house across the river, but the AC was not running, so I don't think anyone was home. Anyway, no one came running out when I stripped off and went for a swim. I swam until good dark, then walked up to the new bathroom the county has just put in at the boat ramp. No lights or receptacles, but it has running water, which made it a breeze to wash the mud off my feet and get my shoes and socks back on. There was a couple of locals talking with their trucks running, which took away some of my enjoyment. And they passed me on the way back to the house {about 2 mile from the boatramp by road} but this walk, in this time frame worked out just right. I figure I'll be doing it again soon.
 
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Late yesterday afternoon we had a dry thunderstorm. Lots of lightning and thunder, but no rain. It had been so hot I was waiting to walk, so I had to go if I was going to. As I was leaving the wife showed me where a hiker had taken a picture as he was being stuck by lightning. lol The picture was pretty cool looking. A column of fire. His shoes and most of his clothes were burned, but he lived.

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That is a truly amazing pic; the chip in the camera scans vertically from right to left to build the image and by a stroke of luck (couldn't help myself!) it caught the duration of the lightning strike in the frame, in the same way the scan will catch the flicker of HID lighting when it's driven by a magnetic ballast.

The strike looks like it lasted less than 1/60th of a second from what I can tell, the aftereffects of cooking the atmosphere also appear in the image.

I'm glad to hear the (un)lucky shutterbug lived to share his once in a lifetime shot!

I should ask around to see if this pic would be of interest to weather researchers.
 
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ttystikk said:
That is a truly amazing pic; the chip in the camera scans vertically from right to left to build the image and by a stroke of luck (couldn't help myself!) it caught the duration of the lightning strike in the frame, in the same way the scan will catch the flicker of HID lighting when it's driven by a magnetic ballast.

The strike looks like it lasted less than 1/60th of a second from what I can tell, the aftereffects of cooking the atmosphere also appear in the image.

I'm glad to hear the (un)lucky shutterbug lived to share his once in a lifetime shot!

I should ask around to see if this pic would be of interest to weather researchers.
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I found it on Google. That will lead you to the story. The wife saw it GMA or some such. His trailrunners were melted.
 
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Last night's hike was a two part thing. Part one was grape themed. My cousins live in South Florida and can't come up right now, and their grapes are ripe. Me being the nice guy I am, I worry about stuff like that. So I went by and picked as many as I could eat. {The wife and I had walked over earlier in the day and picked a gallon, but I made sure we saved enough for my night time snack}

On the way over I stopped and picked up a stash can as well as a backpack sized rolling tray. I ate a few handfuls of grapes, then set about deciding what to smoke. I ended up picking CP1 {BP}. I got it cleaned up and packed in my little one hitter. After dumping the entire contents of the stash can onto the tray, one bag of weed at a time, I remembered I had accidentally taken the lighter from that stash the last time I had used it. With tears in my eyes, I packed it all back up and ate a bunch more grapes.
 
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too larry said:
Last night's hike was a two part thing. Part one was grape themed. My cousins live in South Florida and can't come up right now, and their grapes are ripe. Me being the nice guy I am, I worry about stuff like that. So I went by and picked as many as I could eat. {The wife and I had walked over earlier in the day and picked a gallon, but I made sure we saved enough for my night time snack}

On the way over I stopped and picked up a stash can as well as a backpack sized rolling tray. I ate a few handfuls of grapes, then set about deciding what to smoke. I ended up picking CP1 {BP}. I got it cleaned up and packed in my little one hitter. After dumping the entire contents of the stash can onto the tray, one bag of weed at a time, I remembered I had accidentally taken the lighter from that stash the last time I had used it. With tears in my eyes, I packed it all back up and ate a bunch more grapes.
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Bad hiker! You never carry an extra lighter?

It's essential equipment! It could save your life!

And your buzz!

Lol
 
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I was ready to hike back to the camp to get a lighter, but I decided to look through my backpack just to see. It was my woods pack, so not any real hiker stuff other than TP. But there is a little flashlight pocket on there, and I found lighter in there.

So I got smoked up on the CP1 and ate a bunch more grapes. I did take a few with me in a candy bag. When I had ate as much as I could hold, I took off. The plan had been to go up to my other cousin's place that has the old house on it. I have the old swing on blocks outback, so it's a good place to smoke and look at the moon.

But the place with the grapevines also has a round concrete table and curved concrete benches. They are inlaid in tile, which looks really cool, but was causing my hipbone to hurt like hell. So in mid hike, I decided to head back to the camp to get my butt pad. So I swung by and dropped off the stash can {with the lighter from the pack} in it's hiding place, and went on to the camp.

Going into the tent to grab the butt pad should take 10-15 seconds. Thirty minutes later I made it back on the trail, but with a little bit of my almost dried Poly Shunk 1 bud that had to be cut early. {Triangle Kush Cookies X etc X etc X Shit/Skunk}. Also a smaller pack with my little 5X7 Chinese tarp, just in case I got so high I had to spend the night.
 
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The only bad part of the hike was the 1/4 mile of road walk. I try to keep on my toes and slip in the woods if a car is coming. But a quiet ass car slipped up on me right away. They of course slowed down and looked me over, just to make sure I wasn't a homeless person trying to sneak in the neighborhood. I do need to keep a better looking pack in the truck. I kind of did look like a homeless person with the army surplus pack. It was after 2100, so not much traffic out that time of night, and I didn't see another car the rest of the night.

I forgot to stop at the pear tree going in, so I went on to the back side of the property and got my stash can {really a water bottle} from there. I packed a bowl of the Poly Shunk 1 and smoked up. First taste of it, {not fully dry, and I did have to cut it because of rot nearby} but it wasn't too bad. Got me real high. After I started back hiking, I went back up to the pear tree and tried to pick some without my headlamp. It didn't work, but I bet it was funny as hell if anyone was watching. Once I clicked on the light, I filled the little pack up with pears in just a couple of minutes. I only did 2-3 laps, then went back to the camp early. I had my feet washed and greased by 2230.

And since I forgot the grapes in the other pack, I was able to save some for this morning.
 
ttystikk

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too larry said:
The only bad part of the hike was the 1/4 mile of road walk. I try to keep on my toes and slip in the woods if a car is coming. But a quiet ass car slipped up on me right away. They of course slowed down and looked me over, just to make sure I wasn't a homeless person trying to sneak in the neighborhood. I do need to keep a better looking pack in the truck. I kind of did look like a homeless person with the army surplus pack. It was after 2100, so not much traffic out that time of night, and I didn't see another car the rest of the night.

I forgot to stop at the pear tree going in, so I went on to the back side of the property and got my stash can {really a water bottle} from there. I packed a bowl of the Poly Shunk 1 and smoked up. First taste of it, {not fully dry, and I did have to cut it because of rot nearby} but it wasn't too bad. Got me real high. After I started back hiking, I went back up to the pear tree and tried to pick some without my headlamp. It didn't work, but I bet it was funny as hell if anyone was watching. Once I clicked on the light, I filled the little pack up with pears in just a couple of minutes. I only did 2-3 laps, then went back to the camp early. I had my feet washed and greased by 2230.

And since I forgot the grapes in the other pack, I was able to save some for this morning.
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Stuckin' foner, LOL

It's fun to follow along on your adventures, keep them coming!
 
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I'm planning a 3 day 2 night hike starting tomorrow morning. It's been raining all afternoon. It should clear up tomorrow, but Thursday looks like a wet one. Oh well. A chance to test my rain gear.
 
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Nothing too exciting happened on the trail last week. I did see the Copperhead in the middle of camp again, but he was respectful of my breakfast cooking. As soon as my grits, granola and GORP were eaten, I got out of there for the day. Didn't see him again.

All three days I was blessed with showers that lasted exactly as long as it takes to get out the packcover and poncho and put them on. So I had the advantage of wet raingear hanging off my pack most of the time.

Did do some fishing, but thankfully I didn't catch anything. Cooler weather on the way, but it was cool enough that I didn't take my usual late night picnicking area head to toe shower {with the 3 foot section of hose that I hid behind Youth Camp #2} like I have been doing. I just washed my face, feet and tail. Still had a stuffed up head the next morning.
 
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I'll be out of pocket all week. See you guys next weekend. {unless I pop in one afternoon to water the lobby plants} Have a good one.
 
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