A Becker in the woods (super pic heavy)

[91bravo]

Wife and I decided to do an overnighter in the Sipsey Wilderness inside the Bankhead National Park. It was an 8 mile round trip and we had a blast! Of course, my current favorite woods knife is the BK4, so you know it had to come along for the ride too!

Thompson Creek Trailhead

It was a beautiful day to hike in

The Sipsey River had water, but not up to the normal levels we have seen

Storms have ravished this area and many many trees down

As always, the water in the Sipsey is clean, clear, and fresh!

We took the 206 trail in

Look up when you're in the woods!

More downed trees

Spotted some wild hogs running off into the canyon

My wife happy to be on the trails

A few miles in, the terrain started going up hill

Beautiful rock formations

Lots of big rocks on the trail

Can you spot the critter?

Shiprock, a landmark for those headed to the large Poplar tree

Some parts of the Sipsey River are deep

A tree growing out of a rock!

More uphill

209 takes us across the river

Dam if the water wasn't cold as hell!

Back on the trail

Muddy muddy!

She thought it was funny that she sunk up to her ankles in mud!

I got a little muddy too

Reached out camp spot

Look up again!

It's nice to take a load off!

Of course, first order of business is fire prep

My wife always gathers water for the evening with the Katadyn. 1 gallon bladder and 2 Nalgenes

Beating on the bk4

Proud of this dam knife!

Wife setting up the tent

Building our top down fire

The meager fire kit

We love our jute twine or cottonballs as a spark catcher!

 

[91bravo]

Whittling up some fatwood

Fragrant and sticky

Gotta get the Emberlit going for some coffee and dinner

The bk4 is a beast!

Got some wear to the coating now

4 minutes to boil water

Yummy coffee!

Our mess kit for the night

Sparking the campfire up

A campfire and an Emberlit fire

Burning down nicely

Dinner

Cubing up some Spam!

With the pasta

My wife's a great cook!

Nice warm fire

It rained all night and woke up to all of our stuff wet

Can't forget hygiene

We crossed more mud on our way out

Slick and wet trail

You gotta chew with your mouth closed!

From us to yall, happy Sunday!

 

[HAWC]

great pics! that bk4 is no joke!

 

[The Zieg]

Great pics!

Zieg

 

[91bravo]

great pics! that bk4 is no joke!

Thank you, I wish I had brought my bk5, but it's still getting a sheath made for it.....

Great pics!

Zieg

Thank you!

 

[Pàdruig]

What a fantastic trip! Love all the pics, thanks for sharing. And that armadillo... Not something we see in my neck of the woods, ever.

Very inspiring, though. I am very much looking forward to my next trip out. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

 

[91bravo]

What a fantastic trip! Love all the pics, thanks for sharing. And that armadillo... Not something we see in my neck of the woods, ever.

Very inspiring, though. I am very much looking forward to my next trip out. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Yeah, them armadillos are nasty animals. We normally shoot them dirty rascals! Please share pics of your trip when you do!

 

[redmech]

Nice trip. I'm jealous your wife will hike and backpack. My wife will car camp some, but it stops there.

Great trip and thanks for sharing.

 

[Aias]

Great pics--looked like an awesome time. Love the emberlit stove... it's always with me in camp too.

 

[91bravo]

Nice trip. I'm jealous your wife will hike and backpack. My wife will car camp some, but it stops there.

Great trip and thanks for sharing.

Thank you! My wife and I love the outdoors, hunting, fishing, backpacking etc. Those who play together, stay together!

Great pics--looked like an awesome time. Love the emberlit stove... it's always with me in camp too.

Thanks Aias, it was a great time indeed. Nothing beats outdoors time! Love our Emberlit too!

 

[theobetts]

Looks like you guys had a great trip like always! Miss seeing you post your adventures elsewhere.

 

[91bravo]

Looks like you guys had a great trip like always! Miss seeing you post your adventures elsewhere.

Thanks theo, we don't venture over to "elsewhere" anymore! lol

 

[Xr6x]

👍👍 looks like a Great Time! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bmurray]

nice outing brother

 

[knifejunkie1928]

Wonderful photos! I love seeing people use the mighty machax, and that blind horse woodcrafter is one hell of blade as well!

Ive actually been down that same trail a few years back! Absolutely love sipsey, These photos make me want to go back. Now if only I could convince my wife to go backpacking haha.

Thanks for sharing 91bravo.

 

[91bravo]

���� looks like a Great Time! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

nice outing brother

Thanks brother Bob, good to see you here!

Wonderful photos! I love seeing people use the mighty machax, and that blind horse woodcrafter is one hell of blade as well!

Ive actually been down that same trail a few years back! Absolutely love sipsey, These photos make me want to go back. Now if only I could convince my wife to go backpacking haha.

Thanks for sharing 91bravo.

No problem, drag that wife of yours into the woods with you!

 

[The Warrior]

Awesome stuff yet again my friend. I'll post a thread of our meager outing yesterday, but Photobucket isn't working. Didn't get to do much besides sight see, but I have a few decent photos to post up anywhos.

You let MTM use your 4 yet?

 

[91bravo]

Awesome stuff yet again my friend. I'll post a thread of our meager outing yesterday, but Photobucket isn't working. Didn't get to do much besides sight see, but I have a few decent photos to post up anywhos.

You let MTM use your 4 yet?

Yep! She's used my 4, but she said it looks funny! lol She's been using my Garberg as of late and she really likes that knife! Funny on photobucket, I uploaded all these pics to there this morning. Looking forward to your pics. Hopefully, your wife's bk15 is in there! I'm dying to find a bk15 for myself to match my bk5!

 

[The Warrior]

Yep! She's used my 4, but she said it looks funny! lol She's been using my Garberg as of late and she really likes that knife! Funny on photobucket, I uploaded all these pics to there this morning. Looking forward to your pics. Hopefully, your wife's bk15 is in there! I'm dying to find a bk15 for myself to match my bk5!

Haha, she's right, it does look funny. It is a good blade though.

Got just a few of the 15.

My outing will pale in comparison, haha.

 

[91bravo]

Haha, she's right, it does look funny. It is a good blade though.

Got just a few of the 15.

My outing will pale in comparison, haha.

Nah, I've always enjoyed your trips! We'll be doing an epic trip this fall on the Apalachian Trail in north GA. We're gonna try and see as much as we can in 3 days and 2 nights.