Out today and a little shelter building.

With the bad weather just around the corner it's sometimes nice to have a place you can escape the elements for a little time and have a hot drink. With that in mind I decided to begin work on a spot I recently found in my local forest.

I didn't spend too long today but already it's starting to take shape and offer some refuge~





Even though everywhere in the forest is already soaked you can see how dry the overhanging rock keeps this spot~



Took this pic from inside~



Doesn't Cody Lundin advise covering all your gear in yellow tape so you don't lose it, I'd like to see him find his knife around here !



I thought I'd try coating some jute in resin to see how this affects the burn time~



I'd left one end resin free to take a spark from my ferro-rod but as I showered the jute with sparks it was the coated end that caught ! It burnt for about 2 mins 30 seconds.



I didn't think that was too bad, plenty long enough to get other kindling to catch especially if it's some prime BC Fatwood !



One last pic, check out this little guy feasting on the fall fungi~

Nice pictures, that looks like beautiful country that you live in.

Howling Mutt hit the nail right on the head, I would be very happy to live by such a place.

Great pic's as always, Thanks. Does Cody Lundin like banana slug?

Nice shelter. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I think Cody is more partial to Orange in his books, but bright colors in general.

LOMO effect <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Very nice pics! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

As always! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

looks like a great time.

Nice Pit!! Thanks for sharing brother. I always enjoy your outings with your dogs. Good stuff!

Great pictures and thanks for sharing. I've always wanted to check that part of the country out. Very beautiful forest you have in your neck of the woods.

I love seeing these typs of pictures! Beautiful country you live in there. Makes me want to head out and build my own shelter.

Sweet !

I never understood the yellow and orange color preferences. Camo and other earth tones are about the worst color to take in the woods. Unless you are in the service - that's a bit difference. I want to find my gear when I set it down. Plus if I'm stranded, I want somebody else to potentially see it. I find the color blue very rare in nature. A blue coating or blue res-c handles would rock.

Great idea! I'm gonna do some scouting myself. My boy would love to have a little secluded place like that. Thanks for sharing.

Nice pics.It's good to have a cozy little shelter from the storm.
Now you got me thinking about where I can build one where I stomp around.I usually just hunker under a nice big tree branch thats dry underneath till the rain passes,but they are few & far between in the coastal rain forests.
Thats why I started camping on the east side if the state,much drier. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

That looks like a lot of fun. Did anyone notice the face on the rock in the 2nd pic?

Looks like Frankenstein is peeking! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

is that the guard to the hideout?

At least on Halloween! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

it is pretty cool

Nice wikiup and great pics

Thanks for sharing

Dan

I wonder if that's where Pit goes to hide when his wife is mad at him?!!? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />..................... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Excellent use of the elements/environment provided by nature... A little ingenuity and imagination and away you go... Very cool!

Surprising how long that resin burnt for... Nice to see all that moss around, great for sleeping on, it's also a measure of just how old the area/forest is...

Thanks for the great pics I really enjoyed them.