got up at the crack of dawn, made a big plate of beans and bread, and headed off into the woods. Wandered thru the woods, headed off trail and started the fatwood hunt. Right off the bat i found about 4 lbs of premium resin infused douglas fir fatwood, from a tree rotting on the ground.











Used my Sandvick saw to portion the pieces, then my Scrapyard SOD, SY S5 and Emerson A100 to clean up the pieces. I reeked of resin. It was heavenly, I almost felt giddy.

Saw a couple hundred thousand birds in a big cluster, feeding on the fish. They would form a massive 1/2 km long semi circle and splash the water with their wings, then close the circle and push towards the shore, where they would feed. It was noisy and impressive







pushed on and then stopped for a while, to brew a cuppa.

the brew kit, 2 GI cups one modded into a Esbit or alchohol stove, canteen, and 40 year old leather strap from a Swiss army ruck





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