Bushcraft Adjacent

Ha. Glamping would have been closer to the truth for most of my camps. But I lost 3 semi permanent camps in the hurricane, so i've been roughing it since.

Can't get to two of the old spots, and the other is in danger of flooding. So i've been camping on my cousin's land for now. My shelter is in it's fourth spot since i've been coming back here. i might make some changes, but I think I like this spot. I've been bringing gear so i don;t have to hike as much in when i camp. But this being my cousin's land, I don;t want to get too comfortable. As soon as i can move back to my old spots, I will.

About 2--3 weeks ago.

I can drive to within a couple hundred yards of the camp, so I brought some stuff over in the "Bota this past week. The chair was hurricane debris, so I don't feel bad about it being in the woods. Also brought in dish washing water. i can catch rain water, but it's a bitch to keep it clean. Milk and tea jugs are so much easier. {I have a 2 1/2 gallon water keg we bought after the storm that i use for cooking, coffee and drinking water. I've refilled it a couple of times]

I needed a little more head room, so cut some tops out of live downed oaks to make posts.

I used those tarps to make some half-assed walls. Will change when I have more/better suited tarps.

This shows pretty much everything at the camp. I store the radio, sleeping bag, pillows, sheet and a blanket in the tub. Also have a small amount of food, coffee, cocoa, etc in there.

Your standard run of the mill hurricane debris fire reflector. I dropped off two more short sections of roofing nearby. I plan to replace the tall one, and use it as a wood pile cover, so I can get the wood out of the shelter. {snakes like wood piles}

I spend a lot of my time at camp doing this. {I need to find my old pot with the wire handles}

too larry said:

I needed a little more head room, so cut some tops out of live downed oaks to make posts.

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I need to pick up some leather belts at the thrift stores to make tree huggers.

When I get my shit back together, and do some real hiking, I'll post updates here as well. But for now it's walk to the camp. Listen to jazz and get smoked up. Slack pack for 3-4 miles. Get smoked up, make coffee and go to bed.

I lucked into a box o joe coffee bladder this week. I didn't get pictures, but it looks to be at least 2 liters. Here is what it looks like in the box. They are 16 bucks full of coffee. 15 for the 2nd one. lol. It was gave to me. I drank a few cups of the coffee, but really, I like my folger's decaf better.

I got out before dark yesterday. Got to see a little color in the sky. Went hiking early. Back at camp eating supper by 1930. Sat by the fire well past hiker midnight. It was cool enough to make a fire nice, but not so cold as you really had to worry about it. Clear enough it that when the fire had died down you could see the stars.

I have a few rest spots along the route of my rambles. I've had to switch things out since so many sheds were flattened in the storm. The options for getting out of the rain is greatly reduced. But the number of logs suitable for sitting has grown exponentially.

I'm using the balloon lights a lot more. It was tricky getting this without the flash going off {without going off auto}, but it will give an indication of the amount of light they provide. Handy for when your headlamp is too much light. If you went slow and held it down at your waist, you could hike with one at night.

I got off early yesterday, and went to the camp after i ate supper. Actually put in a few miles before I went to camp, so no slacking. Lots of mudholes to deal with. Especially in the logged areas. I had been using the skidder tracks for the trail, but that didn't work last night. They were full of water. This is where the trail used to wind through tall pines. It still winds.

I've got some new kit. A tent and pillows. Haven't used the tent yet, but tried one of the pillows last night. Just right for a knee pillow. Might not work out as well for my head.

I did a weed free walk. Something i've been aiming for, but this was the first one in a long time. Meaning i didn't take any weed with me. I smoked a one hitter of #5 Random Bud X TPD in the garden before I left. Smoked 2-3 one hitters of Sour Moon Wreck at my 1st stash stop, then a bowl of Sleepy {powernap x sinmint cookies} when I was making coffee at camp.

I tried to get to a smashed shed that used to be a stash stop on my trail. There is a stash there, but the tray was what I was really wanting. Could not get to it. Downed trees were too thick. Will take a chainsaw to reach the shed. Not sure if i can get to the tray or not. It was right at the edge, so maybe.

With camp coffee, the waiting is the hardest part.

There were 3 crews working on the Florida Trail in my neck of the woods this weekend. I saw their trucks at a trailhead, and stopped in to say thanks. They don't have any heavy equipment, so not sure if trees this size will get cut and moved or not. But as long as i can make it down the trail, it will be better than it was.

I got down to the river camp. Needs some tarp work. Winds have been a bitch lately.

Speaking of which, last night at the stealth camp I had a leaner that had dropped down on the corner of shelter. I cut the end so it would go past an oak and clear the shelter. Another, bigger leaner seemed like it was lower. If it came down it would catch the shelter a glancing blow, but it's pretty big. I may move to a different spot, or maybe move everything, cut the tree then put it back up.

I love bushcraft ,
This is a swiveling water heater, made it to spin 360 around .
I also made lots of tables out of flat rocks
This is my old kitchen, it went though a remodel last year, can’t find any pics .