On scene Friday: Lost Biker, Captain Buck, Doctari.
Mostly we set up camp & shared hanging tips & talked hiking (& stuff), Fixed / ate dinner & to bed.
Sat AM: Up & at it, Dave (Biker) fixed flat bread & gravy: WOW! tasty AND filling. I made a bow with: 2 saplings, duct tape & para cord. It worked,,, sort of, a range of only about 15', but I had made the bow a bit too long & while stringing it partially broke both saplings. The arrow I made didn't work at all, but I know where I went wrong so will work on that skill at home. We 3 got to shoot the PVC bow my son had made, using some cheep arrows I had. That went very well, and we found all the arrows after each time. Something I rarely do.
Then, sadly Mike (Buck) got called into work,
Just as Mike was nearly finished taking down his camp, Matt showed up, so for a short time there were 4 of us there.
So we practiced starting fires using Ferrel rods & bird's nests & char cloth & stuff. Matt taught a bit about carving by making a spoon, I set a crawdad trap,,, then it started to rain! Rained for a hour or so. I went to check my trap, it was GONE, washed down stream because Dry Fork had risen about 1 foot. My plan had been to set a few of them, but,,, oh well, next time for sure.
Dinner, we fixed what we each had brought, (Polish sausage & sauerkraut for me) sometimes car camping is GREAT. I made some pine needle tea, I thought it was quite good. Then we talked till a bit after dark, then to bed.
Oh yea, I got to drive Jeep into the creek, she loved it,,, OK, I loved it! But that's what Jeeps are for!
AM today, more flat bread & gravy! I have got to do that myself from now on. Way good! It stuck with me till I got home around 1500 today.
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