Meanwhile back at camp – The last time I was here these trees were in the water. +1
September 11, 2022
Short Breaks
Quick visits, day trips, excursions, and weekends away. Anything under a day or two, that you wouldn’t count as a genuine vacation.
September 11, 2022
It looks like the hot weather and receding lake have not been kind to the turtles. I found two empty shells on my hike. +1
September 11, 2022
Looking west towards Piney Creek – Exploring east along the northern shore of the arm of the lake, I found that two of the ‘hunting’ camps I’d discovered here in 2018 had either been dismantled and removed or had fallen apart and been consumed by the undergrowth. One-minute read, +5
September 11, 2022
Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness, looking east. The lake is usually at the top of these bluffs. Solo backpacking at Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2022.
September 11, 2022
The lake was low, very low. Looking to the southwest, with Buck Hollow opposite. Solo backpacking at Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2022. +1
September 11, 2022
Hammock camping at Piney Creek Wilderness.
September 11, 2022
Hammock camping at Piney Creek Wilderness – No one has been here since my last visit, July 2021. Solo backpacking at Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2022.
September 10, 2022
Three nights and four days relaxing by the lake in Piney Creek Wilderness. Except, someone had stolen the lake. It was very low. I’ve not been to my favorite campsite in over a year. It was well overdue a visit. Trip write-up: 10-minute read, +42
August 28, 2022
Jim in the workshop. +1
August 28, 2022
Damascus steel knife – Jim tried his hand at making a Damascus steel knife blade.
August 28, 2022
Brass canon – Yes, it works! +1
August 28, 2022
In a corner of the workshop.
August 28, 2022
Kaleidoscope.
August 28, 2022
Looking out – past the forge.
August 28, 2022
New and Old – New welding visors and old posters.
August 28, 2022
Rasp snake.
August 28, 2022
Jim’s workshop – well, a large bit of it. You can’t see the anvils, forge, and lots of other tools that are behind me
August 28, 2022
Table. The legs are steel, not wood. It’s very heavy!
August 28, 2022
Old Tools. Detail from inside the tool chest.
August 28, 2022
Tool chest in the workshop.