Mouse Trap Panini Backpacking Trip- With Captain America????

[bearthedog]

The day started out looking grim, but just a few hours later the sun came out and greeted us, as did Captain America.

Harriman State Park in New York was the scene of this weekend’s backpacking trip. There was a marathon going on, but once we got off the beaten path we were away from the crowd…so we thought. The views along Seven Lakes Drive were beautiful, and the woods—no different!











And then the Captain…



The Mouse Trap



In the seat was this guy…just waiting for someone to sit down.



Camp





My camp





Fire








War Paint


Making some camp craft





Jay and his orang fixation…



Me and my orang fixation…




Chow time…this was first dinner…

Making rice in the oven bag


Making some bacon tongs…







I made…poor man’s bacon & cheese baked potato





The group…



Second dinner consisted of my ham and three spice cheese sandwich…rock panini style.





The morning brought rain and lots of moisture in the air…



Trail out…











Lots of video game talk on the hike out…







Jay likes orange so much, we had to eat here!



See You Next Time…

-RB

 

[JV3]

good stuff, rb! here are my pics...this kid on the right is a real daredevil...for sure i thought he was going to fall off a cliff or something at some point, he just climbed every log and cliff near camp.

jolly testing out his new fronky-style bugnet...i liked it, really tight seal around the hammock.

the tiny stream was flowing this time so no need for the swamp water for me.

hammocks on the left and the camp fire on the right.

jolly's cuben fiber tarp...mmm.

my home for the night.

 

[JV3]

mudman's leather sheath that he made for rb's old hickory.

poop on the stick or a burl?

evernew appalachian set is an alcohol stove but it can be used as a wood stove in case you run out of fuel...an emberlit is still way more efficient though.

big sky food cozy with an oven bag worked really well with the instant rice.

after the girl scout cookies and oreos, the 3rd dessert...the kephart is in a tie with the mora 510 as my favorite knife nowadays.

rain started around 1 am and continued on until i woke up...heating up water for coffee while in the hammock is a win!
two rainy overnighters in a row - what a perfect week for me.

i highly doubt the real reuben would've tasted as good as this - pastrami on rye with sauerkraut and swiss cheese.

 

[Insipid Moniker]

More great pictures, though y'all keep making me hungry. That Bark River Kephart looks really nice.

 

[tknife]

Excellent pics guys! :thumbup:

 

[TheMadIndian]

I've got to say it was real nice being out with BearTheDog and JV3, it was nice to show up at camp and not have to do ANYTHING except throw up the hammocks and eat Thanks for a great trip guys!!

Here's some of my pics, my youngest and I got off to a late start so we hiked in later, as you can see from JV3's first pic they left us a little directional arrow for our off trail excursion

Off we go

My son doing his best impression of an angry cave hermit

Our little section of camp

A little morning blueberry tea from the hammock

Rain mode

The camp, early morning in the rain
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Don't go all scientific on me bro! (JV3 and my son talking sci-fi while packing up )

It was cold and wet

Time to go

BearTheDog leading the way out and the rest of us trailing behind hiking out in the rain

Great trip + great people = great time no matter the weather

 

[bearthedog]

Keith,
Let's do another one...sooner than later!

Good times brotha.

-RB

 

[TheMadIndian]

Keith,
Let's do another one...sooner than later!

Good times brotha.

-RB

Well I've got the Beckerhead gathering the 13th, maybe we can do the 21st or 28th and then another in June before you run away again

I'll harass you guys in txt

 

[JV3]

thanks, guys!

right on, keith! next time bring your appetite - by morning i still had half the bacon i brought...i think everyone just got lazy when i told them they had to cook it

Don't go all scientific on me bro!

i wish that conversation was caught on video...that's t-shirt material right there and will be told for generations to come

 

[sloth357]

hahah mice...

Best pics: mouse trap, panini sandwich splatter shot, and video game chat pic of two dudes looking goofed out

Looks like a good time.. cheers!

 

[JV3]

video game chat pic of two dudes looking goofed out

duke nukem!

 

[Herlock]

Hi! Maybe I misunderstood... but you really mean you took a picture of a guy walking in the woods carrying a Captain America shield during your hike ?. Is that common in that area, or ? I had some "bad" experiences with "crazy" shepherds in the mountains a couple of times, but this...