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Went for a hike in the woods. Snow on the ground, snow in the trees, snow in the air. Snow everywhere.
A good test for the new sheath. Slathered in Huberd's it seems pretty impervious to the white and wet. Very cool,
I stumbled on an old stump I had cut about two years ago. It was interesting, so I left it high. Thinking it might serve some purpose down the road. The Bushie and the Altoids tin is sitting on it in the first photo above,
Finding wood on the ground in 20" of snow is a lost cause. So it's best to look up and see what the last wind storm has provided,
The Bushie made small pieces out of big pices,
To that, I added some fatwood shavings and fluffed twine,
It took the spark pretty well. But it was fussy for a bit. Double digit days of continous wet snow has a tendency to do that.
Some times I envy folks in warmer and drier parts of this great land. It must be so cool to build fires with wood that only sees rain a few times a year. Here some times even with birch bark, pine cones, fat wood, and pine sap it can be a challenge.
But the other side of the equation is. When it's that dry, a lot of times bans are in effect. And even when they aren't, you have to be on your toes.
Plus there are the Gila Monsters, Crocodiles, Fiddlebacks, TzeTze Flies, Komodo Dragons and all sorts of other nasties to consider.
In retrospect, my northern woods are just fine.
Went for a hike in the woods. Snow on the ground, snow in the trees, snow in the air. Snow everywhere.
A good test for the new sheath. Slathered in Huberd's it seems pretty impervious to the white and wet. Very cool,
I stumbled on an old stump I had cut about two years ago. It was interesting, so I left it high. Thinking it might serve some purpose down the road. The Bushie and the Altoids tin is sitting on it in the first photo above,
Finding wood on the ground in 20" of snow is a lost cause. So it's best to look up and see what the last wind storm has provided,
The Bushie made small pieces out of big pices,
To that, I added some fatwood shavings and fluffed twine,
It took the spark pretty well. But it was fussy for a bit. Double digit days of continous wet snow has a tendency to do that.
Some times I envy folks in warmer and drier parts of this great land. It must be so cool to build fires with wood that only sees rain a few times a year. Here some times even with birch bark, pine cones, fat wood, and pine sap it can be a challenge.
But the other side of the equation is. When it's that dry, a lot of times bans are in effect. And even when they aren't, you have to be on your toes.
Plus there are the Gila Monsters, Crocodiles, Fiddlebacks, TzeTze Flies, Komodo Dragons and all sorts of other nasties to consider.
In retrospect, my northern woods are just fine.
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