Adventuring in the World and Spirit
Posted in Cabin Building Adventure, Primitive Living and Bush Craft on Apr 23rd, 2010
The Foundation of the cabin is of utmost importance as it facilitates a smooth building process later on. Joe and I added quite a bit more gravel fill and graded the area nicely. Any water that gets next to the building will be able to drain away. The black flies are out now and are [...]
Posted in Cabin Building Adventure, Primitive Living and Bush Craft on Apr 20th, 2010
Joe, Ian and I had a good day of gathering logs for the log cabin. I got up early and made a lumber schedule. By the time I was ready to cut, Joe rolled in and started the tractor. I limbed the branches off and then cut the trees into 16’ lengths. I would then [...]
Posted in Cabin Building Adventure, Primitive Living and Bush Craft on Apr 19th, 2010
I started the day off thinking that I was going to build a tee pee, but ended up deciding to build a log cabin. I’m excited. I’m over here in Denmark, ME. My friend, Joe and I prepared the site for the cabin and tomorrow will begin the process of cutting trees that are already [...]
Posted in Primitive Living and Bush Craft on Apr 19th, 2010
My friend Ian and I attended the Join Three Red Trees for an Earth Day gathering and had a wonderful time. The people were friendly, interesting and unpresumptuous. The rain held off and the sun even peeked out. Below is the invitation which had a tone that attracted me to the gathering:l Join us for an [...]
Posted in Cabin Building Adventure, Primitive Living and Bush Craft on Apr 17th, 2010
Last night I woke to a loud snapping sound. I was immediately awake and lay still to listen for any more sounds. After a while of silence, I unzipped from my cocoon inside the sleeping bag and opened the tent door. I saw that the large screen house that my tent was in had broken. [...]