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The temperature was about 75 and some of the trees are starting to turn. We don't get may different colors here in this part of So-Cal, mostly yellow.
My buddy Darren.
The lighting wasn't that good under the Oaks. I like this trail because of all the different ferns. These are small but some are taller than I am. Should have taken more pics!
I think these are Alder.
Getting into the Oak woodland.
The Bahco works great. I make half cuts then break the deadfall.
We've had a few good rain storms lately so everything was wet. I used the RD-6 for the splitting.
This thing fell out of one of the logs. Not a good pic but it was evil looking. It had two mandibles and when I touched it with a stick it would open them up wide.
I used my necker challenge knife to shave up some fat wood and put it on a base of split wood. The ground and fire pit were soaked.
Gotta love fat wood!
The tools for the day.
I'm trying to hold in my gut!
This staircase goes from the camp to the creek. I've always thought it was pretty cool.
This trip was kind of a cooking test for us. I mixed up some Bisquick, water and an egg.
I tried the double boiler trick with my two Mors pots. Dropped two rocks and water in the two quart.
Then the mix went into the smaller pot and into the water.
When I was a kid we called thick pancakes like these Moon cakes. Darren thought it was funny. He ate it!
The double boiler worked great! Primed with a little butter and it plopped right out of the pot golden brown.
Normally I'd never take paper plates, but this time I'm glad we did!
Definitely easier to control the cooking in the boiler setup than in these aluminum tins.
We had a good day, got some practice and some good exercise. I used several tricks that I've learned here on the forum.
I've gone through several phases over the years and the Moon cakes, ham and eggs sure tasted a lot better than the stuff I normally eat on the trail!
Should have taken more pictures though.
My buddy Darren.
The lighting wasn't that good under the Oaks. I like this trail because of all the different ferns. These are small but some are taller than I am. Should have taken more pics!
I think these are Alder.
Getting into the Oak woodland.
The Bahco works great. I make half cuts then break the deadfall.
We've had a few good rain storms lately so everything was wet. I used the RD-6 for the splitting.
This thing fell out of one of the logs. Not a good pic but it was evil looking. It had two mandibles and when I touched it with a stick it would open them up wide.
I used my necker challenge knife to shave up some fat wood and put it on a base of split wood. The ground and fire pit were soaked.
Gotta love fat wood!
The tools for the day.
I'm trying to hold in my gut!
This staircase goes from the camp to the creek. I've always thought it was pretty cool.
This trip was kind of a cooking test for us. I mixed up some Bisquick, water and an egg.
I tried the double boiler trick with my two Mors pots. Dropped two rocks and water in the two quart.
Then the mix went into the smaller pot and into the water.
When I was a kid we called thick pancakes like these Moon cakes. Darren thought it was funny. He ate it!
The double boiler worked great! Primed with a little butter and it plopped right out of the pot golden brown.
Normally I'd never take paper plates, but this time I'm glad we did!
Definitely easier to control the cooking in the boiler setup than in these aluminum tins.
We had a good day, got some practice and some good exercise. I used several tricks that I've learned here on the forum.
I've gone through several phases over the years and the Moon cakes, ham and eggs sure tasted a lot better than the stuff I normally eat on the trail!
Should have taken more pictures though.
