Bushcraft Adjacent

Sister saw on FB that BIL #1 and his friend had cleaned out this spring. In my drinking days I cooled many a beer in there.

Cypress trees did better than others in the storm.

When they did go down, you can see how the roots mostly just sit on the limestone.

I didn't take a before picture, but J&D's beach had a tree across it. My buddy and I got it all broke up and moved to the river. Will take lots of use to get the sand back through the mud. This is on my cousin's land, just down from the boat landing. The trail is blocked that way, and they decided not to open it up. There is a trail/road through the planted pines. Pre-hurricane this was one of my regular hiking trails. I could walk through the woods {real woods or planted pines} for a swim. There is a bathroom at the landing, so I could wash my feet before putting socks and shoes back on.

This sandbar wasn't here before. There is a creek coming into the river here. The Florida Trail campground is just up the hill from the creek. This section of trail is still closed.

Kind of sort of but not really bushcraft. I cut sections off the longer cedar logs down at the graveyard to lift up the small ends a little. Also straightened them up and moved them closer. Pulled some weeds and trimmed some bushes.



No picture, but I also made 3 benches of differing lengths {in the cluster of oaks just past the others} using a down pine log. Had to cut one section as a trail opening. Used it, then cut off two more sections and used them. Less visibility.

Big Lots in Marianna is open back up. On Tuesday I picked up another 30 dollar tarp, as well as a handful of the small ones for 6 bucks. Spent a little more on this shelter. Slept there last night for the first time. Nice and cool this morning.

too larry said:

When they did go down, you can see how the roots mostly just sit on the limestone.

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Good looking water ,id hit it real quick w/ white ,silver willow leafed spinner bait ,grab an active rat or 2 then back way off ,drop the power poles on the triton make a couple long pitches to the shady patches in the stick ups w/ light nailed green pumpkin senko and shwack that 3 -3 1/2 that didn’t chase earlier then move on

The last few camp nights I've spent down at the river house. But last night I did hike and sleep at the pond camp. Found out my air mattress has an r-value of zero. I didn't get in my sleeping bag, or put a blanket under me, so I'm sure it will be better with those changes. Also the snake threat is low enough I'm going to put it on the ground. Always colder sleeping on a cot.

With the cold {50F} and the late sunrise, I was 0700 getting on the trail this morning.

This was a clever article on DIY MRE's

BarnBuster said:

This was a clever article on DIY MRE's

Biggers MRE Menus A-I: Making Tasty MREs At Home - Backdoor Survival

Making your own MRE is easier than you might think. The Biggers' MRE contains tasty food that you will want to eat. Some menus are even gluten free!

www.backdoorsurvival.com

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Thanks. Some of that I already eat when hiking. {and sitting at my desk}. Cliff and Kind bars are sitting on my desk now. I still have 3+ cases of real MRE's from the hurricane recovery. We have to really not want to cook to eat one. I do like going through them and seeing what kind of snacks you can find.

Edit: A couple of three cases of tuna came with the river house. It's in cans, not the pouches, but the wife has already told me to take it to my camps.

How'd that air mattress hold up? I saw some of the reviews said they tended to leak

BarnBuster said:

How'd that air mattress hold up? I saw some of the reviews said they tended to leak

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lol, the paperwork tells you it is natural for some air loss, that that is not a real leak. But I have to top it off each time I use it. Haven't used it much lately. I've been sleeping at the river house on my camp nights. There are no cleared trails at the river, so I've been walking my old trails, including around the pond camp.

Bushcraft, Colorado style.

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Bushcraft, Colorado style.
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Nice. The last couple three weeks I've done all my camping at the river house. I was roughing it for a while because I had to go outside to pee and brush my teeth, but since I got the broken pipe repaired, I've been living it up. I do walk down to the pond camp most camp nights for a smoke and a chance to stretch my legs. Last night I spooked turkeys roosted out by the road, and others right over my shelter.

Last week me and my buddy had to walk into the old river camp to get wire for the meter. Since the hurricane, the power right of way is the only way in or out. There is a pretty good deer trail if you don;t mind head high weeds. Last night I walked in and and out twice. It's just a hair under 1/4 mile, so almost an extra mile added to my road walk. When I get caught up with everything else, I need to mow it. But for now, it's good to be back on a trail.

My laptop has gotten so slow lately that I decided to delete some of the thousands of pictures on it. Saw some old ones of when the trees used to point in the right direction.

October '17. The first days of my river camp.

March '17. This is where the sucker pen goes. Still haven't got back in there since the hurricane. The heaviest sucker runs are on the full moon in February and March, so need to get to work on the road ASAP.

It's funny now me bitching about not being able to find good camping spots on the creek land since it's so thin, all the houses across the river were too close. Now we have the river house, and there is nothing but houses across the river, a whole lot closer.

October '16. More of the creek, but down by the mouth. About on the landline. Our land to the right side of the picture.