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for backpacking I use a tarp that closes up. Hammocks don't work for old backs.

Traditional Plains Tipi and modern range tipi.

Wall tent, Baker tent, Whelen lean to, forester tent, and lean to.

I have never bought a new canoe and have always sold them for more than I bought them for. I was very attached to my OT Guide 18. The canvas finally fell off. I started to repair the broken ribs, planks and inwales. But the process for very tedious and I finally gave it away to a Native...

Greetings ND. Headed out Friday for the local Cowboy Poetry and Music Fest. at Sierra Valley, CA. Taking the girl and 3 dogs to a nice RV park. That is something we rarely do. Feels good to get out.

Snowing this week in the mountains. We are heated out in the trailer next week for the local Cowboy Poetry and Music Fest in Sierra Valley, CA.

Great Horned Owls are mating now. They are making racket at all hours of the day and night. Meadowlarks are common. Quail are running around.

Freak out and you die. Thinking about these problems and solving them are totally different.

I use tomato juice to get rid of the smell. Herding dogs are smart. They only get hit by a skunk once.

Snowed yesterday April 3, a couple of feet in the mountains, around 6-8 inches at Lake Tahoe.

My two dogs got blasted by a skunk in my yard once. I went to the Dept of Wildlife. They gave me a trap to use. "Then what I asked?" "Drown them in the lake and bring back the trap." was the reply. My dogs figured out how to leave skunks alone. I never used the trap. Later I was sitting...

Petzyl headlamps are really good. Hands free. Strong enough for task lighting.

More snow on the way, this week march 28. Two feet in the Sierra. Around 6-12 inches at Lake Tahoe. Less than 6 inches in the Valley.

I put plastic flagging on some of the guy lines. Make sure everyone in your party has a headlamp so they don't stumble around camp.

First learn to hunt, then add the camera.