Photos From A "My God I've Gotta Get Out Of This House" Hike...

Mistwalker · Feb 13, 2012

Needed to get out of the house a while after dealing with sick kid and then an upper respiratory infection in myself the last week...I was going stir crazy.

You'd think it was warmer looking at some of the pics...

Still not feeling 100% so traveling very light

Lots of casulties left by the ants.

Found this little pile of scat...maybe rabbit?

I'm looking forward to the return of the canopy...

A little pond in the woods.

And yes, it is frozen over, about ¾ of an inch of ice.

Last week it was nearly 60F, I was wearing short sleeves, we were setting records for winter pollen counts, and I was listening to frogs in the local ponds. Now you can see their eggs in various states of frozen.

Plenty of good fuel and tinder for fire starting, but I didn't want to sit still...done quite enough sitting lately.

I found some wood I wanted to experiment with and make a firebow, but honestly I really didn't feel like it...I was already packing two ferro rods, a lighter, and some matches if I actually needed a fire. But I did bring some of it home with me to play with later.

It was cold, and I was tired and felt weak after only a few miles, but man it was still good to just get out for a bit.

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Garatime · Feb 13, 2012

Great pics man That spartan looks sweet.

VTguy17 · Feb 13, 2012

Excellent pictures as usual. I usually look forward to winter more than any season but after this years half ass winter I agree I can't wait for the canopy to return.

Hope you feel better soon!

nakadnu · Feb 13, 2012

I get up every morning feeling like that! We have had a very easy winter up here in MT also. Been some good walking around weather.

baldtaco-II · Feb 13, 2012

You've got full grown daffodils already. I saw the first little sprout of the year yesterday and that's uncommonly early. Good looking combat / utility...

WILLIAM.M · Feb 13, 2012

Always enjoy your posts

Thanks for taking the time

crossada · Feb 13, 2012

You always have magazine quality photos. Thanks.

jwaj · Feb 13, 2012

Nice photos of your hike, hopefully it cured your cabin fever a bit. The thorny vine picture reminds me of a Buffalo Thorn tree. Very nice closeup.

hiwa · Feb 13, 2012

Thank you for the hike pics.
I hope it lifted your spirits up !!

I'm a little stir-crazy lately also and need to get out myself. Just too much work going on.

shockjockey24 · Feb 13, 2012

Glad to hear you feel better brother

And I'm loving that Spartan too...if only I had the scratch

sicily02 · Feb 13, 2012

Very Cool pics, Brian. I hope you feel better too.

Bryan

kgd · Feb 13, 2012

Good stuff buddy. Crazy how a cold will kick your wind out on your walks isn't it?

TheGame · Feb 13, 2012

Sucks you haven't been feeling good. Hope you are back to 100% soon.

Great pics. It has actually been below average here for the past 3 days, but that isn't going to last long, unfortunately.

Hawkeye5 · Feb 13, 2012

Great post Mist. I heard the frogs last week and thought man is that frogs already?

Nice knife also.

coaldigger · Feb 13, 2012

Hope your feeling better 'Ol Bud....nice pics!

Flexxx · Feb 13, 2012

Excellent pics, prob felt good to get out huh?

I had the same shit happen to me, my daughter was sick then I got the same cold......it was brutal

Waiting for the weather to change a little so I can the hell out on a hike

Sagewood · Feb 13, 2012

Nice pics, looks very similiar to my neck of the woods.

Mistwalker · Feb 14, 2012

Garatime said:
Great pics man That spartan looks sweet.

Thanks, yeah it is really sweet.

VTguy17 said:
Excellent pictures as usual. I usually look forward to winter more than any season but after this years half ass winter I agree I can't wait for the canopy to return.

Hope you feel better soon!

Thanks man, I'm a little better today than yesterday so getting there.

I love autumn after the heat of summer, and I'm usually good with winter...but this winter has just been a soggy mess and crazy temps. Pretty much no snow other then flurries and no good ice formations. The ground won't dry because of all the rain and no plants to drink it up. So yeah, at this point I'm just ready for the canopy to come back.

nakadnu said:
I get up every morning feeling like that! We have had a very easy winter up here in MT also. Been some good walking around weather.

The temps have been mild here...just really soggy and muddy...

baldtaco-II said:
You've got full grown daffodils already. I saw the first little sprout of the year yesterday and that's uncommonly early. Good looking combat / utility...

Yep early here too, and those were up on the mountain. It was odd hearing the croaking frogs last week too. Yeah, Mr. Harsey does some great designs and awesome grinds.

WILLIAM.M said:
Always enjoy your posts

Thanks for taking the time

Thanks Bill glad you enjoy them, nothing all that special this time...but great to get the h_ll out of the house a while.

crossada said:
You always have magazine quality photos. Thanks.

Thanks Crossada, glad you enjoyed them.

jwaj said:
Nice photos of your hike, hopefully it cured your cabin fever a bit. The thorny vine picture reminds me of a Buffalo Thorn tree. Very nice closeup.

Thanks, yeah it was great just to get out a while. Those brier vines are everywhere here, and can be really painful to find the hard way in the dark and that one isn't even one of the large ones. I've had them 3/4" long buried into different parts of me at different times...I have several scars from them.

hiwa said:
Thank you for the hike pics.
I hope it lifted your spirits up !!

I'm a little stir-crazy lately also and need to get out myself. Just too much work going on.

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed them, and yeah it definitely did wonders for my mood. Luckily I was at a point where I could work at home for a while.

shockjockey24 said:
Glad to hear you feel better brother And I'm loving that Spartan too...if only I had the scratch

Definitely better today than four days ago...it was one of those times when I felt like I was going to die but afraid I wouldn't...

Yeah, they not exactly inexpensive, but not exactly inexpensively made either. The ergos are fantastic, the CPM S35VN has a heck of a heat treat, the SpartaCoat is really some impressive stuff, and it handles like a dream. Gotta love that all of their outsourced work is done by companies that are owned/manned by wounded and disabled vets, and the all US origin materials is another plus.

kgd said:
Good stuff buddy. Crazy how a cold will kick your wind out on your walks isn't it?

Thanks Ken. Yes it does, it was funny...I was just to happy to be out to notice at first, but sure felt it on the way back to the truck.

TheGame said:
Sucks you haven't been feeling good. Hope you are back to 100% soon.

Great pics. It has actually been below average here for the past 3 days, but that isn't going to last long, unfortunately.

Thanks man, getting there slowly but surely. Tonight we're getting sleet and rain but supposed to be nearly 50 tomorrow I think. It's been the craziest winter I can recall...

Hawkeye5 said:
Great post Mist. I heard the frogs last week and thought man is that frogs already?

Nice knife also.

Thanks man. Yeah it was odd. One of the guys that works at the store I shop at saw me outside leaned against my truck staring at the marsh and walked out to see what I was staring at. Then he noticed it and said "well they're a bit early aren't they?" Yep, I'm diggin' the Hunter!

coaldigger said:
Hope your feeling better 'Ol Bud....nice pics!

Thanks man, it's getting better. Glad you enjoyed them!

Flexxx said:
Excellent pics, prob felt good to get out huh?

I had the same shit happen to me, my daughter was sick then I got the same cold......it was brutal

Waiting for the weather to change a little so I can the hell out on a hike

It was awesome! Between all the rain and then getting sick I felt like I had been trapped in the house for weeks lol.

Yeah, that's the way it always goes, as soon as they start school they all start sharing colds and bringing them home...

Hopefully you'll get a break soon and get to get out there, it's good for the spirit.

Goose_52 said:
Nice pics, looks very similiar to my neck of the woods.

Thanks man, never been to Minnesota, but it sounds like I'd like it there

brewcitymike · Feb 14, 2012

Very nice pics but I gotta know how that Spartan feels at work out in the bush??? It looks so good and costs so much I don't know if I'd let it play outside

TheGame · Feb 14, 2012

mistwalker said:
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Thanks man, getting there slowly but surely. Tonight we're getting sleet and rain but supposed to be nearly 50 tomorrow I think. It's been the craziest winter I can recall...
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I hope it is good weather when I come down there later this year. Don't need the bad weather at that time. I want to get my nephew some good outdoors time when I'm there. Should be a good trip. :thumbup: