Went on a road trip ......again........ yesterday.... looking for beaver dams/houses.
It was a beautiful spring day....nice day for a ride in the woods..... March has been unusually warm so the snow is almost gone and the creeks are running.
We searched out new territory....and the more we traveled it.... the more he liked it and he decided this was where he was going to trap. "Yep I can set camp here. "
You can drop me off with my 4-wheeler, tent... a few cans of beans and dinty moore, loaf of bread, 5 gals of water, coffee,coffee pot and my little one burner. You can pick me up in a week."
We drove this road for most of the day. It's a big logging area, some hunting shacks, 30 miles from home....... pretty isolated.
We drove this road for most of the day. It's a big logging area, some hunting shacks, 30 miles from home....... pretty isolated.
We let the girls out to run and they played in a water hole for awhile.
Tom threw a stick for them.....two or three times. We didn't know if Sarah would like the water like the other three but she didn't hesitate to go in with the rest.
When we got home Tom started rounding up the things he needed for this trapping excursion. A cot from one person, a trailer from another...someone to pull the trailer with the 4-wheeler to drop him off.
OR maybe Travis could just come and slap one on the van real quick....trailer hitch that is. No mind to the fact he is a single father with 3 little kids and a job....probably has a full plate of his own.
His traps he ordered with his trapping money from his furs last fall will be here today...... I asked if he had to dye them. He said yes and he needed some dye.OR maybe Travis could just come and slap one on the van real quick....trailer hitch that is. No mind to the fact he is a single father with 3 little kids and a job....probably has a full plate of his own.
I also don't think he added gas at $ 2.94 a gal and that it is turning seasonally cold this week end with snow. OH I forgot. He was leaving this Friday.... just a small part of this equation I left out.......
Did I mention cell phones don't work in this area...we don't have one anyway as we can't afford it on limited income......tracking devices don't work either as it is too densely wooded.
This morning he was cold in bed and said..."boy I'm glad I'm here with you because it would be really cold out there this morning climbing out of a tent. Maybe I better stay home." I said "that's a good idea."
Now you would think it would end there. NOPE!
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