another overnighter: shelter first...shelter last.

[plattj1]

Great post, thanks for letting us go along.

 

[milani74]

Looks like you had a blast and its awesome to be able to share it with family.

 

[jcl-MD]

Great Show!

Thanks!

 

[scruffuk]

Great pics as ever.

I hope your cousin continues to have a great vacation.

 

[JV3]

More great pics J, that is really a beautiful area you go to and nice you could share it with your cousin. Had to chuckle when I read your comment about sleeping with the machete and knife at your sides. I go through similar stuff when soloing. I guess being alone heightens your senses in terms of trying to prevent serious injury and keeping some means of defense within reach. I would have to have at least the netting over me to sleep well, you amaze me, but I guess spiders and creepy crawly critters don't bother you. I hate spiders, and the bites seem to take forever to heal. Looking forward to your next adventure.

thanks! there was a thread here awhile back that someone said there's an average of a murder every 4 yrs on the appalachian trail (we'll overnight there next time) so my paranoia is not completely without merit

yup, i love creepy crawlers! i used to have 13 snakes, a couple of scorpions and tarantulas as pets now i'm just down to one snake and one tarantula. i never had a tent and only slept inside once when i was a kid so i guess i'm used to sleeping under just a tarp. i did buy a cheap hammock to try because it's more convenient but i just can't sleep with it.

Awesome pictures. It's great that you got to spend time with family. Thanks for sharing.

thanks!

Where's the bacon !!!! ... your post suddenly made me feel hungry :friendly_wink:

bacon is too mainstream for me

That's what was passing between my two brain cells also............. interesting post, it's all good.:thumbup:

thanks! that's the svord kiwi machete (l6 steel, 3 mm thick, and 12" long blade).

Great post, thanks for letting us go along.

thanks!

Looks like you had a blast and its awesome to be able to share it with family.

indeed, hopefully he'll get into it more when he goes back home.

Great Show!

Thanks!

thanks!

Great pics as ever.

I hope your cousin continues to have a great vacation.

thanks!

 

[hank_rearden]

filipino here! your cousin doesn't look like someone you want to mess with. if you can drink straight from the water you must be tough. me, i dig the sandy bank.

 

[JV3]

filipino here! your cousin doesn't look like someone you want to mess with. if you can drink straight from the water you must be tough. me, i dig the sandy bank.

gotta post a pic of white rice with daing or something similar as proof

 

[JWL]

anyone know what this thing is? i'm sure i've seen mistwalker post about this one just can't remember what he said it was.

It's also called Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora). It's not a mushroom, it's a plant without chlorophyll. It does however exist with mushrooms, it feeds on the mycelial mass below the soil, ie, fungi/mushroom networks. It's almost parasitic IIRC.

Fascinating plant, just saw some last week in my back woods.

 

[JV3]

It's also called Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora). It's not a mushroom, it's a plant without chlorophyll. It does however exist with mushrooms, it feeds on the mycelial mass below the soil, ie, fungi/mushroom networks. It's almost parasitic IIRC.

Fascinating plant, just saw some last week in my back woods.

good info...thanks!