#empty camps

last week, we went firefly camping in a ghost town. we saw forty elk, grazing in the darkness, twenty merganser ducklings, seven black bears, six wild turkey poults, and too many fireflies to count. it was a good week

we went swimming in cold clear river water, the spot we've been going to since before they were born. that place always resets something in me. i'm trying to hold onto it now that we're back

fallie and i hiked up jake's creek, through the gap, down panther creek, and along the middle prong, and it felt so good

as an experiment, i packed a whole party cut pizza into single serving bags for lunches. it was a nice change from sandwiches. i also premade a batch of veggie rice bowls and that worked well too. camp cooking is fun but i wanted less camp time and more woods rambling time this year

today should finally be sunny and dry enough to set up the tent in the courtyard to dry and sweep, pack away properly for next time, and that will be that