Riding Through

[ronwoodcraft]

This morning while parked at the local grocery store.....This is not a parade, the guy just came riding through town. I wasn't ready with the camera but managed to get a couple of snapshots.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Interesting sight. A few questions come to mind, but it's "not my biznus."

 

[Toecutter]

First thought "this guy is to clean" second thought " wow he has solar panels"

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you for sharing!

 

[tamrock]

Looks like he's on his way to the rendezvous.

 

[Kray Gelder]

First thought "this guy is to clean" second thought " wow he has solar panels"

I looked again, and he DOES have solar panels. Great idea. I got distracted by Doreen's Saloon, and thought a cold beer would be good.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Looks like he's on his way to the rendezvous.

.Believe it or not, about five minutes after this guy rode out of site, another fellow with a long beard came out of the grocery store. He was wearing authentic mountain man buckskins, pistol and knife....He walked over to the sidewalk and looked up and down the street...I thought maybe he was looking for the fellow on the horse....I asked him if there was one of those mountain man rendezvous going on nearby...He said " No, I dress like this everyday. " Said he knew who the other guy was...........


When I got home doing an internet search, I found this man was the one I talked to outside the store... https://inland360.com/.../north-idaho-man-living-like.../

 

[Kray Gelder]

Living in the wilds, without the modern stuff we take for granted is fulfilling, but tough. I did it for 2 years west of Sandpoint, Idaho '71, '72, on 15 acres. Did not wear buckskins, used modern firearms. kerosene lamps, hauled water from a nearby creek, wood for heat and cooking, cut and split 10-12 cords of firewood each summer. Also built a small 1 1/2 story house the first summer. I was 17, my Dad was a bit crazy, I think. My mother was of pioneer stock. Who knew?

 

[Nevada Prospector]

Neat pictures. I especially like the electric pack horse.
I wonder if this guy is a packer for the Forest Service?

 

[TerryC]

Probably doesn't have 100 bucks in his pocket.... and probably doesn't care! Nice ad lib shots. ╦╦C