Well met and all that. 

This is my first blog, please bear with me and be patient.

I am a Veteran of the US Army and MN National Guard.  While deployed I found a few bushcraft and outdoors type web forum and sites and avidly read and consumed the knowledge found there. I still do and you can find links to the sites I like.

Stuck in the desert and just reading about the woods really rekindled in me my love for the outdoors. I lost this love for a time while serving in the Army. Nothing takes the love out of camping and hiking like being forced to doit and do it a certain way.

But I am back now and raring to get out and live...and take my kids with me.

I am a city kid, always have been at heart. I live in the heart of the Twin Cities area of Minnesota in a metropolitan area with a huge population. I am lucky in that my family has had access and now own a cabin "up north" like so many of my fellow Minnesotans. My particular piece of heaven is just outside of Park Rapids in "Jack Pine Savage" country. It's on a decent lake and is close to the Paul Bunyan State Forest so there is plenty to get out and do.

That's it for the introduction, I will posting various projects, hikes, adventures and what not as time goes by. Please note that when I demonstrate anything on this blog it is simply my way of doing things. Simply put this just means this is how I do it, it doesn't meanthis is the best or only way to do something. Your way may be better and I am certain it will be different. I am ok with that and by no means feel like anyone has to do things my way at all. We all have a different path to take in life, I am not going to tell you how to.

Some things shown on this blog will have some inherent ammount of risk involved. I will be using edged tools, packing and carrying heavy loads, etc... If you choose to do these you then assume that same risk. Please dont hold me responsible if you damage yourself or your proerty trying to do something you see here. You chose to do it, that risk is all yours.


Now, get out and enjoy the outdoors!