weekend out in the forest

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texastonydobbs

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Shotty & myself went to the Sam Houston National Forest and spent the weekend outdoors....Alot of fun was had and it was freaking hot, 102-105 over the weekend not counting the humidity....nothing like laying down to sleep and sweating your junk off...:D
Saturday we was joined by Cricket Dave and he brought the cool breeze off the lake with him.
We had a great time but my goodness was it hot..... alot of sitting and cutting wood was had & BS'n of course ;)
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looking at the trees,it just got dark and hearing noises in the tree top,and Bam right into my lap something fell.....Tree Frog
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Were you able to ID the snakeskin?

Those are some huge hoppers, I wonder what the hell the Mantises look like down there. :D
 
I know you guys had to be suffering from the heat. I did an overnighter at Pedernales Falls about a week ago and sweat out gallons on the hike in. But I slept okay in my hammock while the other guys sweat all night in their tents. :D Looks like you guys had a good time. How far was the hike in?
 
this was a scout trip for the fall ESEE campout, right?
that looks like a great place whether it's "the spot" or not!
congrats!
 
GhostWolf said:
How far was the hike in?
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About 9 feet from the truck to camp.:D

We drove in down to the lake with the intention of hiking in but there was a great spot right at the end of the road and with the temps, carrying all that crap was not exactly tempting.
 
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Horton hears a Who....."HHHEEEEELLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOO....."
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Good eating! Now I know where pumpkin pie filling comes from!
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After we got back to the Shotgunner shack I showered (in boiling water), dressed and off we went to a party for my chillin's. What an amazingly stark contrast.... We made Cricket go with us to torture him.

Cricket and the Beav coming out of Dave's tent from the weekend..
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It was a great weekend. Good friends, terrible food, nature, staggering heat and a party at the end!
 
Great job guys. I know it was hot. I went to the Ice cream festival in Austin this weekend on Saturday.Hot..Did I say it was hot. 106...:mad:
Tony D. I was hopping that there was more RC-3 pix's but it was hot.:thumbup:

Looks like you all had a great time.
Thanks
Hawkeye
 
I carried my lite machete & ESEE3MILCP and SAK Rucksack... starting a fire was tough due to the humidity,man I was sweating all over my tinder took me about 15 minutes to get a good solid fire going....
 
Those Grasshoppers were monster size, and was not scared of anything ,I placed them on my Machete and they hung out at the camp site for a while before I put them in a tree.

Shotty provided a pic on the 'hopper I was holding...
I was also playing with very large Black ants ,letting them bite me and I'd pull off their stingers and the lock on and not let go...Improvised stitches I guess LOL
 
shotgunner11 said:
About 9 feet from the truck to camp.:D

We drove in down to the lake with the intention of hiking in but there was a great spot right at the end of the road and with the temps, carrying all that crap was not exactly tempting.
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That's a whole lot better than the THREE MILE hike we did in full packs. :eek: We nicknamed it the Central Texas Death March.

Those are some big ole grasshoppers. Did you eat any or did you just have the MRE in the pic?
 
shotgunner11 said:
After we got back to the Shotgunner shack I showered (in boiling water), dressed and off we went to a party for my chillin's. What an amazingly stark contrast.... We made Cricket go with us to torture him.

Cricket and the Beav coming out of Dave's tent from the weekend..
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It was a great weekend. Good friends, terrible food, nature, staggering heat and a party at the end!
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I'm glad you boys had fun!

David i'm sorry. It wasn't me that posted the pic. I kept my promise. Thanks again for bringing the Mr home and helping w/ the kids. No way I could have done that with all of them by myself
 
GhostWolf said:
That's a whole lot better than the THREE MILE hike we did in full packs. :eek: We nicknamed it the Central Texas Death March.

Those are some big ole grasshoppers. Did you eat any or did you just have the MRE in the pic?
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thought about eating one but.... I brought Mountain house food ,so I just played w/the hoppers :D
To large for bait
 
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