Some Tips I Didn't Mention In The Last Video

 

This was my video from yesterday. My hammock is a bit different than most that have the bug net incorporated into the hammock. Generally the hammock will have an internal ridgeline incorporated into it that keeps the net up and away from you. My hammock does not have that, as you can see in the above video. But, you can still create a way to hang a small light inside the hammock, or some other light items.

Let me explain:

Most know how to use a marble, small stick rounded out, or a round rock to create a pull out for a tarp. If you don't you can always check out my video on using a ping-pong ball ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSdYJYb51E  ). The trick I'm about to explain also involves the stick trick from the video with the hammock. I want to add here, make sure when you use sticks to round off or smooth out any rough or sharp edges on said stick or sticks.

To create a hanging loop simply use the same trick as the ping-pong ball. But, you must be a little more careful as you'll be creating the 'catch' in the screen which is not as durable or tough as the main body. Don't tie whatever you use as a keep to tight. Make your catch by tying a loose knot behind your keep. Now tie a small loop and put a carabiner in it. You just created a way to hank a small lightweight light, a small pouch to hold items like wallet or glasses etc. . If you want to keep it a little higher add the stick to the loops to pull that area tight. You can add the catches to all three sections that have the screen loops if you like. Just remember that this trick is not meant for hanging anything heavy from.

As a side note; This is a do at your own risk tip. It is possible to rip or tear the screen doing this. If you keep any hanging items light you should be fine, but things don't always work out fine. 

Dispelling The Mythos Bushcraft VS Camping

 There is no VS! None, nodda, nope, nil, zero, zilch.......... Bushcraft IS camping!

You can slice it, dice it, chop it, mince it, and even puree it! The fact is, bushcraft is nothing more than camping. It's camping using a different skill set than most others use, but it's still camping. All the old books state is was camping, the skills are forged after camping, or more to the point in the US after the voyages of the frontier. Guess what? The frontier travelers were, hold on..

Wait for it..

...

....

.....

......

.......

........

CAMPING!

Bushcraft or woodcraft in these times is the hobby of practicing the skills those old pioneers used on excursions, expeditions, and adventures. Be it by land or river, by boat or horses, or foot, each night they would make camp. Out skills are at the core, based on this. Foraging, hunting, navigation, cooking over a fire, sleeping either under the stars or in tents.

We as outdoors men and women, who follow and practice these old ways do so as a hobby now. It's a fading hobby, but it's a hobby. For some it's LARPING or REINACTING, dressing in the old style clothes, which just makes it even more of a hobby.

In the purest sense these days, bushcraft is the hobby of camping. Even glamping (to some extent) if you are practicing the skills learned by practicing bushcraft. 

What is camping? Going out to a destination in the woods. Setting up some sort of shelter. Gathering fire wood and making a fire. Cooking over this fire. Sleeping in our shelter. This is camping. Or at least how camping is supposed to be.

What is bushcratf? Going into the woods. Making some sort of a shelter. Gathering wood and making fire. Cooking over that fire. Sleeping in our shelter. The difference is we might build our table and chairs from materials we forage from the forest. Or make our shelter from the same materials. We might use a primitive method to start our fire instead of a lighter or matches and two gallons of charcoal lighter fluid. But, no matter if we build a table or not, we're simply, camping.

To think otherwise is simply, silly.

This message was brought to you by someone who has spent decades camping and practicing the skills associated with bushcraft. I have a knife and a computer, so that makes me a professional. 😆

At The Lake

 Yes, at the lake again. Today we had invited some friends to join us which was a nice change. I had slow cooked two pork shoulders last week and made up a pasta salad. Today I just added more BBQ sauce and heated it up over charcoal. Not a lot of pics, but here's a few.

Fishing

 My wife and her dad used to go fishing a lot when she was young. In memory of him on the first Fathers Day since his passing, she wanted to go fishing. So that's exactly what we did.

I had taken one of his old fishing rigs to try and catch something on. The rod is a little loose and the reel has seen better days. It will remain as it is in memoriam. It is also probably now officially retired. Sadly, I did not catch and fish using the old rig.

I did manage to catch a couple of chain pickerel, but to small to keep so they were released. Below are a couple of cool action shots I took from video as well as the video.

_________