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Just keeping an eye on things for you bro. Drop us a line if you feel like it.
Gotta do what you gotta do to stay warm (poor girl, she coulda done so much better :lol: ).Harlock999":34q2ej4f said:George and that beetle girl are both missing...
Hey, I'm just sayin'...8)
Maybe they started a band...8)Puff Daddy":aslm80ah said:Gotta do what you gotta do to stay warm (poor girl, she coulda done so much better :lol: ).Harlock999":aslm80ah said:George and that beetle girl are both missing...
Hey, I'm just sayin'...8)
Yup, probably your best option would be fall. Black River, in particular, is pretty bad about quick flooding with little notice. BTW - I'm only about 25-miles south of Festus, for a point of reference.jefe1037":3rjypoi7 said:Will do rob. I am worried that the bad winter will cause some flooding this spring, so I hope to find the balance of nice weather but not ankle deep in river water.
It's like that old saying: "It may not be heaven, but you can see it from here."ajn27511":6ui7hlml said:From the location of that chair I'd say you had a good view of Paradise.![]()
This!the smell of bug spray and moldy canvas
George,George Kaplan":lvqajojo said:It's like that old saying: "It may not be heaven, but you can see it from here."ajn27511":lvqajojo said:From the location of that chair I'd say you had a good view of Paradise.![]()
Of course, at the moment that shoreline is piled up with ten feet of ice and snow, so you'd have to stand on a ladder.![]()
Jefe, your talk of lanterns and Coleman stoves stirs memories of family "camping" as a kid, along with the smell of bug spray and moldy canvas. I think my dad took it as a challenge to see how many amenities of home he could pack into the back of the old Pacer. In our teens, my brother and I rebelled and became ultralight backpackers. Now that my brother has a "city wife" and a little boy, he's done a complete 180. Think massive 3-room tent pitched within view of the showers at a crowded drive-in campground.
When he and his family came up last summer to visit my mom and me, I took my nephew out into the woods and showed him how to make a simple tarp shelter and ground bed. He was impressed, but too afraid of woodpeckers to stay in it overnight with me. That's right: we've got wolves and bear out here but his biggest fear is woodpeckers! Give the kid a break; he's only five and the local pilated species are pretty big.
He was more in awe of my camper setup. He was amazed that I got to sleep there every night, cook on a fire, pee in the woods, bathe in the lake every day, play with the tools at grandma's house, and sometimes go out on the big boat and not come back until it was full of fish. I figure, what the hell? If I'm living a five-year-old's notion of the Perfect Life, I must be doing pretty well.
As long as there's no pilated woodpeckers in Missouri...jefe1037":9zm85h1q said:Sounds like fun with the little guy. You and him are both invited on my excursion.
Kind of reminds me of my favorite Bev Dolittle Print: Christmas Day 18??, give or take a week.George Kaplan":5vrvud8f said:I walked about 20 miles into the nearest cedar thicket and stayed there under an Indian blanket lean-to until I had honestly lost track of which day of the week it was. When I was unsure of the month, I walked back out again, leaving the heaviest of my psychological burdens behind.