Summertime camping dipping sauce! Dusty feet, pale blue skies, cool rivers and hot rocks. Night that you lean into like a whisper, quiet to get drunk on, and wild discoveries that forever tattoo the heart; this for me is the delicious recipe of summertime camping! If you are reading this, I’m glad you are… distracted … More Summertime camping dipping sauce!
That rare combination of events may not be so rare any more. Several years back, while out camping with a couple of friends, we evacuated because of a wildfire. Recently, I dug out my journal from that time and, finally, wrote the story down. As Smokey says, “Are YOU prepared?” One sweltering summer night, my … More That Rare Combination of Events…
Three seasons – fall, winter, spring -after a wildfire. Sunday I wandered into one of my all time favorite, soft, sweet and marvelously lush camping spots- Scott’s Flat and Hell Gate Campgrounds, both along the banks of the So. Fork Trinity River. I knew I wasn’t going to find the familiarity & the beauty I … More after a wildfire…
Oh you sexy thang! Because of burnt wood I’ve met a quite a few woodpeckers; couple dozen pileated, a handful of flickers, and even handful of white heads all knocking their little heads in charred wood for the treats within and chattering about their discoveries. Because of burnt wood I had the primal fire of … More Burntwood
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