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Great time this weekend.
Friday night was spent next to the fire telling stories and laughing. Saturday morning Dutch made breakfast for the group. Yum! Lunch was Venison Meatballs and venison sausage. Thanks KrazyVan! Dinner was Venison Stew, ribs and Fillet mignon with more laughing around the fire
Sunday morning Dutch took off early and Rev followed soon after. Those left in the AM went out to breakfast.
I'll post more later
Here are some pictures.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/img_1585_thumb.jpg http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/pines_thumb.jpg http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/img_1605_thumb.jpg http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/img_1590_thumb.jpg http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/img_1580_thumb.jpg http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/img_1578_thumb.jpg
So during dinner last night. I was standing next to the fire while most the other people were over at the food table. I decide to get a picture of those away from the fire.
While I was focusing and trying to figure the best spot for a pic, I saw this green dot flying around the back of them. When I looked with my naked eye, it went away. Look through the camera and it's back. I first thought it was my focusing beam. Well, I took the pic and what do you know, it was on the picture.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/img_1593_thumb.jpg (http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=4842&c=18)
So I snap another picture and sure enough, there it was again but this time it moved to the side. Strange happenings.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/img_1594_thumb.jpg (http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=4843&c=18)
Ramblinrev
01-25-2009, 22:05
Does anybody know what the temp was Sunday Morning? T'was a mite chilly from where I was but I was reasonably fine until about 5:00 when I decided I needed to bug out.
slowhike
01-25-2009, 22:09
Glad you guys had a great hang out! I like the cookie!!!
Ramblinrev
01-25-2009, 22:14
We all liked the cookie too... it were tasty
Temp at 8:00 am was 12. Was colder during the night.
Ramblinrev
01-26-2009, 07:47
I gave me pulk a shake down under load and it didn't fare so gooe. One of theattachment eyebolts puylled out of the pole. I had set it in with epoxy. Of course pulling 240 lbs along a frozen sand road was not the most typical shake down. But I did manage to be able to move it.. rahter him... until the attatchment gave out.
But I figure it is an easy enuf repair to make and I'd rather have it over tested and fail than undertested and not know it's capabilities. All in all I think it was an ok attempt.
The second picture of that "ghost" looks really freaky. There were times on Friday night I saw the same thing but I thought it was just me.
I had a great time. Can't wait till the spring hang.
Peter_pan
01-26-2009, 10:05
Looks like a great hang out.... sorry that i could not be there (old two places at once problem)
Pan
NCPatrick
01-26-2009, 10:57
Ditto here. Glad youse guys had a good time too.
I want to draw attention to this picture...
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/0/1/pines_thumb.jpg (http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=4834&c=member&imageuser=301)
In the picture you will notice a pile of pine needles. My kids had energy to burn so we had them rake up some to help respark the fire. Well, they cleaned the whole area. After the fire was going they were still cleaning. So I told them to put them under their hammocks. My oldests hammock was too high for him to rest on them but my youngest was right on top of them.
He went to bed early, then woke up and was calling me. He told me he was wet. So first thought was, he didn't want to go water a tree. He went and got changed and went back to bed. When I got up in the morning I checked on him and his bag was part way out of the hammock. I figured he wiggled way down into it. So I go to check and there was no one in the bag. He was laying under the bag. :scared: I got worried that he was freezing. :eek:
Turns out he was wet because he was sweating because he was really hot. Once he changed he got back in and layed the bag on top of him and slept warm all night. :D
So he slept all night, in temps 8-12 deg with his bag on top and pine needles as under insulation. He made me proud. :cool::woot:
slowhike
01-26-2009, 21:25
That would be a good thing for us to remember if we got caught out w/ less insulation than we needed for the night Iafte.