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There's a reason why I don't wear camouflage, or even green clothes, in the woods. If I didn't have so many pairs of black pants, I'd even wear blue jeans, or my orange arc-flash suit. I even dislike military surplus enough to work this coming year on switching it all out and getting rid of it all. ...

Welcome Redd, nice to meet you.

Over on BCUSA I saw Seeker's DIY Whelen lean-to build thread: https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/whelen-lean-to-build-along.136777/ And so I had to make one myself! The build is on the end of the thread. TSC is/was clearing out 12' x 20' tarps for $10, and I already had the tape and grommets. Al...

Welcome TXhillbilly, nice to meet you! I was caught up in the city life for about 6 years, but it was always a way to get where I wanted to be.

As much as we enjoy using it, I'm sure a little fund raising can be done for a new one if the time has come.

Welcome Daywalker! I'm sure you have just as much to contribute as learn.

I enjoyed how he put the info together, with quotes, and his ideas of what and how. Like you, I saw the sizes, and said the same thing! I've read a few of the passages, about weight of materials, and wondered what they used. Even un-coated, the differences between 10 oz and 8 oz canvas is pretty not...

Wanted to point out this blog post I read today, mostly one guy's thoughts about classic camping and some of the gear they may have used.

http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2016/01 ... lters.html

I found it educational, and probably right.

I saw a few mushrooms around Sunday, here's one:





And another we saw was a purple gray husk surrounding a jelly substance with what looked like a brain inside the jelly. Certainly weird stuff!

I need to put up some no trespassing signs this weekend, so that may just happen.