So the FST web site rebuild is 99% done, only 99% because I keep finding little things I either don’t like (cosmetically that is) or some issues that need to be resolved like the download function for GPS waypoints. But it is 99% done and that’s 99% more than a month ago.
So what have I been doing all this time, besides rebuilding web sites and servers, well I had a good moose season this year. Jake’s stepson and friend went into moose camp with us this year and we tagged two bulls, so not bad. I did get a wall tent and this was a big upgrade from the old tent I use to use. It was interesting to say the least setting up. I set up the wall tent up in the yard before we left for moose camp and it was pretty straight forward. Of course it’s always easy when you’re working in a nice comfortable environment, whole different puppy when you’re in the woods. Yard = flat, level, clear, easy. Woods = slope, brushy, trees, not easy :big_grin: Kind of like the difference between working on your truck in the garage versus working on your truck stuck on the side of the road at 10 above zero, you get the picture.
And it sure looked better in the yard with the walls all straight and tight, not like the one above. But no matter, it was still a better place to stay in then a small dome tent. We had heat and could even stand up to change and take off our gear. So after the 2 boys left, Jake and I decide to go out again and see if we could fill the cow tag we had, and no, we didn’t, but oh well, we still got moose in the freezer. Week 3 in moose camp and it snows and now I’m real glad we had the wall tent and heater. Nothing like walking out side all day in the cold wet snow and knowing you have a nice warm tent with good sleeping bags and cots for the night….
The good side, yeah it’s snowing, time to put the hunting gear up and start getting sleds ready. Had our first run November 1st, out of the Cleary Summit area and had planned to do some exploring, ended up at Chatanika Lodge (not planned) and doing a bit more exploring then we had planned. The grandson was about six sleds back, he took a wrong turn, everyone else behind him followed, so I’m waiting with 5 others at the correct turn and nobody shows. After 45 minutes I figure it’s time to find them, hum, track on the trail to Chatanika Lodge. So now I’m running 70 MPH and I still couldn’t catch them, so the 5 of us go to Chatanika Lodge. Long story short, all’s well that ends well.
November 8th and were back on the trails and it was an excellent day and a great ride. Rode from the wood cutting area by Two River School to Colorado Creek cabin, didn’t make it all the way to the cabin, but who cares, had a blast riding in some decent snow … enough said.
So Turkey day comes along and we had family and friends over and enjoyed the holiday, ate lots of good food and got to take this picture of my darling wife (she’ll be mad at me for posting this one), love ya honey..
Next ride up, Chatanika Loop, so Shane was suppose to lead and I had planned to just enjoy tagging along watching the trees goes by and not worrying about a thing except keeping an eye on Tyler and making sure he doesn’t run into any trees, hahahah, if I’d only known.
As I said, I wasn’t suppose to lead this ride, but low and behold, Shane bows out and I get elected to lead. OK, so what if I don’t know the trails that well, can’t be that hard to follow, besides I talked to Ronnie at the lodge and he insured me it was an easy ride and wouldn’t, couldn’t get lost. Oh how little he knows of my leading habits.
Were doing good, following the trails to the Pipeline, up along the pipeline trail and then we get to the turn off that takes us to Old Murphy Dome Road. No problem, except we took one little wrong turn and ended up at Pedro’s Monument on the Steese hwy, about 6 miles from where we were suppose to be and no way to get up the hill along the highway. A little back tracking and were good, then we run into 3 other guys riding and their lost as well, so I don’t feel bad at all about making that wrong turn 😉
Oh and let’s not forget Tyler and trees, no he didn’t hit any trees, the young’un reared ended my sled instead and smashed the front of his, so he’s getting better at missing trees, now to get him stopping sooner :surprised: or at least before he hits my sled.
Last weekend we had the Treasurer Hunt run and it was a blast. Paul and I hid 5 caches out in the Tanana Flats and folks came out with their GPS’s to find them. What a kick we had, lots of fresh untouched snow in all these nice wide fields of untouched wilderness. Everyone found their caches and I put on about 80 miles on my sled just playing in the snow. Who could ask for anything better, oh, yeah and I did get to log another GeoCache find. Wasn’t looking for it, but I always keep some GoeCache locations on my GPS and what should turn up but a cache not ¾ of mile from where were, so time to find it, tag it and move on.
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