Camping last night

[rginn]

haha, could be Gnewt. I got some family customs and superstitions I respect, but I don't believe in ghosts walking the land. Camping can be pretty comfortable without a lot of expense. This time of year there are folks who sleep out in the national forest every night. They got jobs, but no house. (You cannot afford to rent a house yourself up here on $10 an hour) You can be out at night and all over the woods about every two hours you'll hear cars start up, runnin those heaters. I ought to go out and set up a big group camp and teach em some things so they don't freeze to death or die of carbon monoxide poisoning, but the forestry department frowns on that sort of thing.

 

[gnewt]

RGINN, The area you show would take me a while to feed off the land, however I did spend 2years in Oklahoma, and lived pretty good
on less than 10 dollars a week. All I bought was kerosene and coffee, sugar and salt and like you I read some, by a lamp. The nearest place was seven miles, a little country store. I had a retirement check so I never needed it. My first life in the woods was in the Smokey Mountains and food either climbed or grew on every thing.
In the 30's my pay was 15cents an hour and I made as much as most adults and I bought my first car ,I think I was 14, 27 chev for
8 dollars from a junk yard.
You probably think like me , this is not survival, its living the good life. I want things simple so I can stay in touch with nature.
Sorry to bore you but I appreciate hearing or seeing your outings. It brings back some great memories. Gnewt

 

[Silver Searcher]

Rginn...I envy you I have often thought about just hiking out in the woods and camping up for the night, with just a lean-to and the basics but I'm afraid of the dark

SS

 

[rginn]

Silver Searcher, I had an uncle who told me he figured anything that got him at night would have to let him go by morning. I did the majority of my metal detecting in Oklahoma at night. Not as hot. You're not boring me, gnewt. The pickins up here are a little slim, and I don't know all the plants yet. I have noticed about the only prehistoric Indian occupation seems to be mainly temporary hunting camps, so I figure they only came to this area for big game. Oklahoma, 'Great American Desert' it is, has a better stocked outdoor pantry than this place does. I'm waitin to get out in the heavy snow, which I've never really camped in. I got some ideas I want to try in that situation. Just to see if I can pull it off.