My walk-about yesterday with pics My thankyou!

Hello to all.
It is a wonder what a day out in the outdoors can do for the soul. I have been thankful of all you guys sharing the pics of your blades and your walk-abouts. This has been a long year for me due to some sickness, not getting out in deer season, or even getting to do any walk-abouts due to my teaching and coaching jobs. Well, I made it to spring break, 9-days before I head back to school, off season football, and summer wrestling (this is he longest period I have off so I don't want to hear about teachers getting a summer off <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />).

Anyway, I thought I would share some pics I took today as a repayment for all the good pics, info,conversations, and friendships I have made here in the last six months. Thanks again, I hope you enjoy (someday I will get a decent camera and learn to take better pics <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crossfingers.gif" alt="" />).

Here is the story. About 15 years ago I ran across an old building/barrack on some Oklahoma State Wildlife Management land. This land use to belong to the US military up through WWII. We have found all kinds of casings and bullets from military calibers between US .30 Cal to .50 Cal. Anyway, I have looked for the barrack a couple times and never found it gain. I have not been back to that area in about 12 years. I got up today and the camping plans were thrown out the window due to the wife being sick so I loaded up and headed out. I found it today!

Here is the start of the scrub oak forest.
You can see the old road in this pic

SOD LE in fallen timber
SOD CG Tan in fallen timber
MUK in fallen timber
LE's together in fallen timber
SODCG, SOD LE, and MUK in fallen timber
Life starting to come back, there is a beautiful Red Bud tree in there
Some pics of the barrack/ building

Some railroad ties that were part of a foundation for another building [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00243.jpg[/img]
SOD, SOD and pants on rr ties [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00247.jpg[/img]
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Some kind of auger/bit that is bent [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00251.jpg[/img] [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00252.jpg[/img]
Pretty little purple flower coming out from the winter [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00254.jpg[/img]
Area that I ate my lunch at [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00257.jpg[/img] [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00264.jpg[/img]
Pic of my kit with the addition of a could blades I had with me [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00259.jpg[/img]
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Area that I used to hunt heavy [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00268.jpg[/img]
Pic of the SOD LE and the above hunting area [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00270.jpg[/img]
Oklahoma's Black Gold--not what it was bringing [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00274.jpg[/img] [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00277.jpg[/img]
A new find, found this cellar out in the middle of the woods. I looked for signs of a house/building but did not see it. I was running out of time so I will go back to explore this one at a later date. On a side note, the construction is similar to that of the above barrack. There sure was a lot of old trash thrown in the cellar. [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00278.jpg[/img] [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00279.jpg[/img] [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00280.jpg[/img] [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00281.jpg[/img] [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00286.jpg[/img]
And lastly, a pic of my SOD LE in pants being worn it the outdoors where it belongs! [img]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd98/sumoj275/SOD%20Pictures/lex%203-17-09/DSC00285.jpg[/img]

Again, I hope you enjoy the pics and don't come down too hard for my lack of picture taking skills.
Take care <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

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

Thanks, ver nice.

Nice pics <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

How far did the basement go? Where there multiple rooms?

PS Watch out for the boogie man

Nice pics. Looks like a nice area to hike!!

Great pics. Thanks for sharing. I really like how that SOD rides on your hip.

great pics, thanks for sharing and I am really glad it worked out with the SOD LE, that sure is a nice looking blade.

Great Pics!! Looks like fun.. I need to go find some cool places to explore..

Nice write up and the Pic's are great!

The cellar was about 12 ft in and there was not any off-shoots either.

I appreciate your help on that blade!

Great pics, sumo. That is a classy sheath for your SOD!

Thanks for sharing the pics Sumo.

AWESOME sheath on the SOD.

Looks like you need a nice holster for the S&W.

Interesting barracks and cellar. Makes me try to visualize how it may have looked and been used MANY years ago.

Nice pics, Thanks for sharing! I used to love going through old abandoned buildings, lots of fun, and you never know what you'll find! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for all the comments guys. As to pants for the Smitty, I would love an IWB and OWB leather one but finding it is not easy. The Smitty is a 3" Comp on the K frame from the Performance Center. I generally have a Smitty 27 with 5" brl in a belt holster but there is nothing in season and I did not want to explain myself in case I ran across a warden LOL.

Awesome pics! Those pants in the last photo look great.

Great pics and story,
thanks for sharing!
Hope you enjoyed yourself out there.
(Im sure you did!)

Who made that sheath?

Nice story and pics! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> That SOD looks good on you too! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Shaman15. He hooked me up. Believe it or not, this was his first SOD sheath.

I saw a Buck Strider, quite possibly the finest MRE skinner ever made - cutting those tinfoil packages can cripple most pocket knives. How do you like it?

(and when carrying several knives, why not have a dedicated MRE skinner? It's only reasonable <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />)

That looks like a nice day out,it really is good for the spirit to get out into nature.I read a study not too long ago where a major university took children with ADD and did a study.Half the group was put on Ritalin and the other half taken daily on nature hikes and the improvement results for the second group were much beter than the drugged up ones.

Meat you forgot to mention the Ritalin group all lost over twenty pounds each! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Sumo for that wonderful pictorial! The trip was for me beautiful and informative. The cellar looks like a spider place.... PoP does NOT do spider places. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Is it my imagination or did the Muk penetrate deeper than the Son of Dog Father? Got to love that Muk! The shape grows on me more every day. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Thanks so much for sharing your private "special" place. It was a joy for me and mine! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Peace.

Yup, I carry that Buck Strider most of the time. I love the design a lot.

The MUK is deeper in the tree but that area was softer or it might have to do with the blade design being more up-swpt giving more cutting surface.