Did a lot of wilderness, and I like this thread. Interesting. A lot of freeze dried stuff out there, last time I took eggs out on a hike I placed them in a jar precracked and I would cook them the first morning. Along with fried bacon, all on first morning out. After that it was add water to dried foods, catch trout for fresh protein. Loved every moment rain or shine.
It was good. I had to get home before dark, but it was my longest day of hiking for a while. And I did stay at the camp the night before.
Glad you enjoyed the tread. I do a lot of bushcrafting and such. It's good cover for my growing as well as fun in it's own right.
We sold my old house to the wife's cousin. We've had months to get all our crap, but we waited until she was ready to get started on the redo before actually getting much done. I also worked on getting hog panels down from the old cow pen. We've been out of the cow business for 10 years or so, and all that shit is grown up big time. Still lots of work to do.
and everything that comes with it. It is not healthy, physically or mentally. Change is coming in a big way for us and we could not be more happy about it
. The prospect of independence is the best. We have our whole lives in front of us and I know I have more years behind me than I have in front of me. But the years coming are the ones that are most important and I intend to squeeze out every drop of happiness I can. Be happy it is what counts.
Good luck. That will be a job of work, but well worth it. Just be careful. If you don't use chainsaws, backhoes, and other equipment often, it is easy to screw up. I'm prone to screwups, so I try to stay away from power tools that can rip a leg off in a second. My problem is I don't have enough time to do all the things I want to get done with human powered tools.Good luck in all your endeavors. I have a project coming up and will be doing a lot of camping until i can either build or purchase a comfortable shelter. We are going off grid in the Sierra. Very exciting for me and the missus, we have been wanting to leave urban sprawl
I used to work in a small foam plant, so I have always had a soft spot for the foam blocks. They lock into the one below them with holes and pegs. Each row of blocks get a section of rebar, then is filled with concrete.
Most use the stucco. We didn't make the interlocking blocks where I worked. We made big 8-10 foot blocks then cut them down for insulation and packing for shipping. I was just the truck driver, but ended up doing a lot of cutting too. We had tables with jigs built for all the different ways of cutting up a block. You cut it with hot wires. You take an arc welder and run wires where you want the cuts. We sold a lot of blocks to folks doing concrete work. They would pour around foam shaped like the opening, then when the concrete had cured, they would melt the foam with a cup of gas.
Wow that is very interesting and some what coincedental, the first time I ever saw men carrying concrete in 5 gallon buckets for footings was in 1971, Breckenridge Colorado. Back breaking hard work. Yep them celebs can be DICKS. A friend had a microphone of his stolen by Van Morrison, (1969) and now he wants $200 bucks for the cheap seats at his shows. I would not give him 2 cents. And would not go if he paid me 200 bucks.
Sister married into that family in 74-75. They were in Boulder. Hauling mud up mountains all day, playing rock and roll all night. I had some good times out there. They moved to Florida in 79. The BIL was in a kick ass band, but all the married folks ended up sleeping around and the band imploded, along with 3 marriages. Him and Sister went back to the mountains, just not together.
I thought the band named "Them" was one of the best of that genre and Van was in there singing "Gloria". I would still have that vinyl LP but my friends father, after warning us to "Turn that Shit Down" and we did not, came in and tore it off the turn table and hit it against the spindle, shattering it to pieces. Thats when LP'S were brittle. Ahhh the mis-spent days of my youth..
I remember the Band very well, I enjoyed them immensely and was saddened to here of Levon Helms passing. Album BIG PINK. Incredible talent in that band, also the Mussel Shoals Rhythm Section had horns that could not be beat. Another band I enjoyed was Lowell George and Little Feat. Spanish Moon comes to mind. Southern Rock N Roll is historic. My all time favs...Allman Bros.
Yea, I saw the Brothers twice. Once ABB and once the GAB. Greg's band was by far the better of the two shows. But it was in a small bar in Norfolk Va. Really close up and personal.