Bush bash pics

[sasha]

Well i came back a short time ago took a shower and put things away.. So im going to share some pics with ya all. First off i must say thanks to John for the great direction to the spot. The drive there was amazing by itself.. Im going to post mostly pics with out much typing.
This was one of the cool houses we drove by..

The front yard for that house.

When we pulled to the camping spot who do we see chilling ??????? Dave(DWK2)

Dave dicided to take matters in his own hand and split the camp

Short time later Mike pulls in.. I guess the drive was a long one.

Well a short time later it started to rain. As you can see everyone was sort of cold. Except one guy out there.. I would let you figure out who it was..
No it wasnt Chris in case you wonder.He is the one in the hat all bundeled up.

Some of the wild life realy cool newt.

Dave tarp is a life saver.

Something about survival but dont as me about it

more to come.

My nephew were telling me when he was alone with me that everyone is so cool and great. He realy enjoyed camping with everyone. He also wanted to know when everyone gets togher again. My sister just picked him up. He didnt stop talking about how great of a time he had. When she asked him about everyone he met. He couldnt stop talking about everyone... I think that says everything about The People that showed up. The best folks out there.

Sasha

 

[sasha]

Rain ohhh Glorious rain

John Showed up and started to make Scons... Boy there were realy good. Dave keeped saying no he dont want any but couldnt stop him self from grabing another and then another and another lol... I wont even say how many i had...

camp site..

Just fun shooting

More to come...

 

[Mentor]

That sign is pure gold!

Thanks for sharing the pics. Sounds like you guys had a great time.

All the best,

- Mike

 

[DWK2]

Thanks Sasha---it was a good time! When I first casually mentioned the idea of a meetup, I had no idea anyone would do such a fantastic job of taking it and running with it. You are to be congratulated for making this happen. And for bringing all the tasty goodies!

Sasha was the only real Survivorman of the group: He not only hung out in shorts and a t-shirt during the cold rainstorm (before there was a fire going) but he was also the only one to eat a substantial portion of a giant roasted grub. A couple others were gutsier than I was and at least tried a bit of the huge grub but Sasha was the only one who chomped half the thing down with enthusiasm!

DancesWithKnives

 

[sasha]

Few more shooting

John watched over everyone.. I must apologize for shooting my pellet gun before the safety talk John gave...

After we done shooting the guys found some fat wood and i mean some realy good fat wood and lots of it... We also found some food growing in there..

Mike showed nephew how to shoot a bow.. Right next to him is our own pretzel thief Sy (not sure how to spell the full name)

Ray in the back with his cool pup Bear. The pup done a great job at washing all the dishes... Ray had with him some of the knifes he made. Awsome looking knifes.

group shooting with our fisherman stingray in the back.

 

[sasha]

More of bow shooting.

I dont know if you can see it but if you look hard you can see the arrow in flight. Thats Mike shooting.

My Nephew trying the bug and he had some water in the hand just in case.

Chris dicided to put some garlic powder but he couldnt do it. I did eat the grub and i do think it tasted not bad at all. But fried with some onion and garlic with bell pepers it would be REALY GOOD. Thats for next time.

Our most chilling guy in the camp. Dave had some of the best Hunting camping stories to tell. Nephew said he wants to hear more of them and he wants to go with Dave on one of his adventures.

O.k thats all the pics for tonight.
I enjoyed the company, If they would have me i would go with any of them any time. Never been around so many custom knifes.. You had to see Dave carry his bag with knifes over to the table to show them...


Sasha

 

[sasha]

Mentor we had a great time and already been talking about our Bush Bash II .
Dave that grub was fairly good. Had a nice smoky nutty flavor. I should have fried it. if we just had more of them. It was more then worth the plan to get everyone togher. If it didnt rain the first night it would have been even better. I bet our next one would be better. Its also great to actualy meet the people in person.

sasha

 

[DOC-CANADA]

Great pictures, Sasha, thanks for sharing. It would be a blast to meet all the people on this forum, but, alas, not possible. However, it would be good to include BF names as well, so we know who's who.

Like I said, can't meet everybody, but if anybody is going through Hamilton, Ontario, give me a heads up and maybe we can go play in the woods for a while.

Doc

 

[C Bryant]

Sorry, I don't have too many action shots of the good times, I was too busy participating!

Camp

 

[C Bryant]

Drying out

What did that dead tree ever do to you Mike?

A little more hardware. Some chopping action from this here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=642541

Scenery

 

[C Bryant]

 

[C Bryant]

I had a great time. I agree with Sasa, I can't think of a more pleasant and enjoyable group to have spent the weekend camping with. It was a pleasure and I would absolutely do it again. Thank you guys (and gals) for making it a fantastic trip.

 

[mtnfolk mike]

cool pics Sasha... you got some good ones man...

here's some of mine... it's late and i'm tired, so i'll probably post some tonight and the rest tommorow...

start it off with a group shot..

from L to R: Lambertiana(John), DWK(Dave), Ray Laconico, Me, Stingray(nick), Sasha, CBryant(Christian) and Ian(Johns son)

we had a great time... it was really cool to meet all of you guys.. i am definitely looking forward to meeting up again.... hopefully next time more folks can make it out...

we left our house around 5 am. on friday, and we got there a little after 10...the drive was long, but not too bad... it had rained the night before, so were expecting ugly weather for the drive.. it managed to stay clear, until later in the evening and then it poured, until the arly hours of Saturday morning...

you gotta love sunrise..

our home away from home...

there were some really cool flowers all over the place.. the rain also brought out all sorts of critters...

when John and Ian got there John made some yummy scones for everyone.. thanks again.. after that we had nice shooting session on saturday morning..Nick, his Dad Mike and Nicks wife, Katherine arrived shortly after John..

we got to shoot my new Mossberg 500 a bunch... i love it...my shoulder is feeling it a bit today...

here's Christian..

the misses rocked...

continued..

 

[LMT66]

That looks like a great time! Thanks for posting the pictures.

 

[mtnfolk mike]

man, i had great time shooting.. it has been a long time since i have shot that much....John had also brought a whole box of clay pigeons, which we made short work of... he was hand launching them for us...

here's the shotty's we had.. Johns gorgeous Browning over/under, Ians Mossberg 500 with the pistol grip and mine...

my boys had a blast... they are both archers and are used to being around bows, but loud guns are a whole different story... it was non stop smiles..they were both loving it... even the misses... maybe now i can get a hand gun soon....

yeah, i know, i'm a lucky guy... she loves knives too...

plinking with the .22

John helping the little dude out....

here's Ray shooting Johns .45

more to come... i still have some pics i need to srt through and download..

 

[mtnfolk mike]

and some more.... might as well... i'm on a roll....

Sasha shooting Johns .45.. Sasha brought a bad a$$ .357 with him.... Christian also had one as well.. now i want to get one.

the misses and I..

our older son can't wait to go shooting again..

here's a cool pic..

the misses and Nicks better half katherine, siting back making fun of us boys with our knives and guns..

there was some really nice knives there... DWK2 has an amzing collection and to think we only got to see a small portion of it...

heres some of Christian's..

some of mine i brought with me.....

Ray brought a few of his knives with him, 2 of which were available... i finally managed to get my paws on one and i couldn't be more satisfied... Rays work is amazing... all of them are really clean and functional..
this is Ray's take on a Kephart style knife... i love it... it sports a 4 in. 1/8 O1 blade with butterscotch micarta scales...

Sasha's nephew Aaron is a natural at shooting a longbow... check out his form...

 

[mtnfolk mike]

here's the last of them.... i need to go to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppp....

Christian had a great time breaking in his new JK hatchet.... this was a good sized tree that had fallen...

the base of this dead tree was a major fatwood score... Christian,Sasha and I had a nice time tearing this thing apart...

this was a good one... check out the center...

a few camp kitchen shots...

Ray's dog Bear did all of the dishes for us...

homeward bound..

all in all, it was an awesome trip.. i couldn't have asked for better folks to camp with... thanks again guys... i'm looking forward to the next one..

cheers... mike and family...

 

[gundy]

Great stuff!

 

[JK Knives]

It looks like you guys had a great time! We need to do something like this in Illinois.

 

[AlexN]

Wow! What an awesome weekend. Thanks for sharing all the great pictures. Looking foreward to seeing the rest.