Camping photos 07/13

[Tommy]

Here are some pictures taken from my recent canoe trip. The camera is in an old style flip phone so the photos aren’t that good and memory was limited. I will try to have a better camera for next month when I go again.

Here in Alberta we've had crazy flooding, there are news stories about it on the web. I took this pic near our campsite. It is of driftwood pushed back into the forest by the high water.

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9372&d=1373776737

With the recent flooding and windy weather on our arrival day we didn't travel as far as we had originally planed. A good shore to land on was hard to find, most of the shoreline was mud. As it turned out this rocky beach was the best spot for kilometres around, so we ended up staying here for the week.

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9373&d=1373777346

The first thing that we set up was our tent back in the shelter of the woods. We found a spot safe from falling limbs and trees. We had door facing toward the morning sun.

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9374&d=1373778684

While setting up our camp we kept getting a whiff of some bad smelling something. So we went looking and found the source of the bad smell. A moose about 100m from were we had landed. The maggots were poring out of its belly like water out of a garden hose.

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We noticed that somebody had been feeding on the moose and left their paw prints behind.

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The cat came back each night and left its prints for us to find on the beach in the morning. The cat was no longer eating from the moose.

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Well at this point we had run out of the water we had brought from home and the only source was the same water that washed up the moose. No problem we have good water system.

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9378&d=1373781069

The next day was very hot, near 30C. We laid on mats that we use to kneel on while paddling in the canoe. The mats were able to cover my torso and I used a sweeter for a pillow, my legs were fine. It was quite comfortable and we had a pleasant day at the beach.

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I made the mats from an old exercise mat that I cut in half and ducked tapped the edges.

The next day was also very hot but since we had enough sun the day before, we set up our tarp and had another pleasant day at the beach.

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9380&d=1373782423

Later in the week the weather turned bad, high winds, rain and an overnight low of about 5 C, daytime high of about 15 C. So we move the tarp into the shelter of the woods and made a wind break.

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9381&d=1373782925

This is my table. I paid one dollar for it at the salvation army thrift store. It is a plastic food tray turned upside down and placed on four stakes. The cool feature of this table is that it can be turned right side up and used as a shallow wash basin.

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9382&d=1373783414

Of course what is camping without a camp fire.

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And a couple of random shots to finish off with.

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9384&d=1373783852

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9385&d=1373783968

[Humakt]

Jealous.
Just jealous.

[Wardy]

Jealous.
Just jealous.

Well said T^

Looks brilliant!

[Ehecatl]

Beats a package holiday to the Med' by a long long way

[shepherd]

amazing bro..T^




- is that a cat print? i was under impression that if it left claw marks on the print it was a dog? - looks an amazing trip im a very jealous man!! keep the pics coming from future trips bro!

[Tony1948]

Nice one tommy look like you two had a good time.

[Mouse040]

Looks amazing T^

[Tommy]

- is that a cat print? i was under impression that if it left claw marks on the print it was a dog?

Hi shepherd

Yes that is a paw print from a mountain lion. It's just the shadows that make it look like it has claws. There are no dogs around for a long ways, probably at the Indian reservation to the south. If the paw print had looked like a dog's then it would have been a wolf. I didn't see any wolf prints this trip.



- looks an amazing trip im a very jealous man!! keep the pics coming from future trips bro!

Thanks man. I'll have more next month when I go again.

[jus_young]

Beautiful place. Had seen about the flooding on the news, not good but weather does seem to be somewhat crazy these days everywhere.

[magnet]

Thanks for taking the time to put the photos up they were great it was like being there. Might get out there one day my two brothers in law emigrated out there a while back would love to see it one day............Magnet

[shepherd]

Hi shepherd

Yes that is a paw print from a mountain lion. It's just the shadows that make it look like it has claws. There are no dogs around for a long ways, probably at the Indian reservation to the south. If the paw print had looked like a dog's then it would have been a wolf. I didn't see any wolf prints this trip.
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ahh i see sorry bud, looked like claw marks but on closer inspection they quite cleary arnt! sorry bro - again looks an amazing trip im very jealous....

on the moose pic is all of the light brown around the stomach maggots? - i used to be a knacker man so im used to seeing lots of maggots on dead stock that have been laid around for a while... but never seen that many in my life! - must have been there a while!

[Tommy]

ahh i see sorry bud, looked like claw marks but on closer inspection they quite cleary arnt! sorry bro -
No problem bro, a lot of the tracks are bad and hard to tell in person let alone from a photo taken with a poor camera. We came across some tracks that were hard to tell if they were elk or deer and there is quite a difference between them (sorry no pic, camera ran out of memory).



on the moose pic is all of the light brown around the stomach maggots? - i used to be a knacker man so im used to seeing lots of maggots on dead stock that have been laid around for a while... but never seen that many in my life! - must have been there a while!
Yes indeed those are maggots. We must of arrived just at the right time. And I have no idea how long it was there before we arrived, but the Canadian bush is notorious for its flies (mosquitoes too).

[Tigger004]

First class photos and will make going to work tomorrow even worse

[saxonaxe]

That's a great view to wake up to Tommy, thanks for the photos. Love the table/ bowl mate, improvisation at it's best..:happy-clapping: :D

[JonnyP]

Cor, that looks fun. What a great place to camp. I must get my canoe out on the water more often.. I would love to do a week long trip..

[Old Guard]

Great trip by the looks of it and I do like your 'table' idea :happy-clapping:

[butchthedog]

Looks like you have had a good time while my back was turned for a bit, like Shepherd I'm very envious of your epic outing/adventure, looks like you are having a blast mate. Stay safe and enjoy, looking forward to more photo's.......:camping:

[OakAshandThorn]

T^ What a beautiful area, mo chara :D.
Yep, definitely a mountain lion - lucky you to have one stroll close-by ;). Been awhile since they roamed the woods in Connecticut, but we've had some reports of their activity locally. In fact, there was one documented by DEEP which journeyed all the way from Minnesota to the nearby town of Norwalk. Of course, the public was scared out of their minds...
I heard you guys were getting heavy rain, but I didn't know it was that bad - hope everything is OK up there.

[Tommy]

Thanks guys for the nice comments. You have encourage me to put up a few more photos.:D

The knots that I use for puting up my tarp.

Bowline and two half hitches
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9475&d=1373947941

Two half hitches
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9474&d=1373947934

Taut line hitch
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9473&d=1373947927



The knives that I carried, on my belt the Gerber big rock and in my pants pocket the Opinel #7.
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9476&d=1373947946



My wife called this my tool tree, but a guy needs a place to keep his tools, right?

Folding saw, machete, buck saw, bow saw and axe.
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9472&d=1373947920

[OakAshandThorn]

T^ Love the tool tree photo...just a bit of hardware decoration ;).

[BJ]

I had been watching the devastating flooding because a good friend was on holiday at the time, looks like you timed your trip well. Great photo's T^

[Chubbs]

Wow, now those photo's were worth waiting for. Thanks for posting mate.

Looks like you had a great time.

[shepherd]

looks amazing bro... stay safe and keep the updates coming from your trips!

[Richie]

Wow!