Alone in a Rustic Cabin in Forbes State Forest for 48 hrs: 6 Mile Hike, Raging Rapids, Filet Mignon 

Thanks, I hope to do more of it on the channel.

Hey! I’m glad somebody got the reference. Wonder what happen to him? I thought he was one of the best. Didn’t take himself too serious. Realized bushcraft was playing in the woods and had fun with it.

Thanks, I’m trying to. Appreciate the comment.

Thanks. It means a lot that you guys came with me on this one.

Thanks Joey, the next vid has the best views. It was actually quite a dangerous hike because the access road was closed to due really bad ice storms. I hope to get the next one up by the end of the week.

Thanks for watching, Kurt. You always come along for the ride and I appreciate that.

It was actually very dangerous for me to be there. You’ll see in the video when I hike higher in elevation. The access roads are closed because the road is covered in two inches of solid ice, and I hike 10 miles to one of the most dangerous spots in any weather. It was actually kind of stupid in hindsight, but I took precautions and didn’t do anything I was certain I couldn’t do, but still...if I’d have fallen it would probably have been a week before I saw anyone. And yes, fish friendly soap lol.

@@KevinsDisobedience I think it's safe to say that all my best adventures included risk... I like to think of it as calculated risk! I've got IceBug spiked boots and ice crampons for known icy conditions. However, it's those times I don't have them with me that things seem to go sideways. I should probably get some YakTrax and leave them in my pack in the winter months... Regarding the soap, I was more worried about the cast iron than the fish... soap tends to ruin the seasoning and it itself seasons the cast iron with tastes that don't enhance food. That said, a little mild soap generally won't hurt anything if you oil it afterwards. Me personally, I avoid it all together. Old cast iron pans with smooth seasoned surfaces are like non-stick cookware. The newer, pre-seasoned, cast iron (e.g, Lodge) isn't smooth... it's got a surface that seems like it was media blasted but I've read that it's because it's not allowed to slowly cool in the sand mold. An article I found supports that notion www.phase-trans.msm.cam.ac.uk/2001/adi/cast.iron.html. The cookware manufacturers tout that the rough surface is better as it holds the oils and the pans season faster. I see that as marketing spin to explain away a lower cost manufacturing process--I find it enhances sticking more than anything! No amount of seasoning is going to smooth and level the surface of the new stuff (post 1950s). Give me an old pan that is smooth and well seasoned and I'm much happier. 😃 Cast iron is interesting stuff. My father was a journeyman tool and die maker and he told me that way back manufacturers of precision machined cast iron used to leave the castings lay outside for a year or more to normalize them before machining. That doesn't happen any more... My readings on filing and scraping cast iron mention removing the hard scale via pickling prior to filing. It occurs to me that you, as a tool guy, may find Nicholson's "A Treatise on Files" interesting. There is a wealth of information in the book... Though I learned a lot from my father I found that my draw filing results were dramatically better after reading the section on it in Nicholson. I have a reprint from the Early American Industries Association but it's available on Google Books and/or Gutenberg.

I’ve got two. One on PA mushrooms and one on mushrooms in general. These were criminni mushrooms. I’m just fascinated by fungi, but right now everything seems to be dormant except the ever present turkey tail, which manage to remain in some form all year long. Thanks for coming along for the ride.

It fantastic all year around tbh. Until last year, my wife and I stayed in one of the cabins (there are 10 total) every year for our anniversary, and we’d typically get up there for a day hike once in every season, but now she’s says she ain’t having it without running water lol. There is a common bath house, but she don’t like it. She’s afraid to go over there herself, so I have to go with her. But yeah, it’s gorgeous. I’d a like to get up there late April or early May before it gets too buggy and muggy. I love being alone, but it’s really fun with a couple of mates.

Really is. I feel refreshed as soon as I pull in between those two hills. It’s only an hours drive from our place, but the landscape is very different. Trees are taller, hills are bigger, streams run fuller. It’s quieter. Basically more of everything I love about where I’m from. Thanks as always for watching and commenting.

Thanks brother!

Thanks for the concern. It’s the first time I’ve dealt with anything like this. I mean, I’m always dealing with some pain or another from work, but nothing crippling like this.

It is a great spot. You’ll see just how lovely in the next vid when I got deeper into the park. And fortunately I couldn’t stop doing stuff if my arms fell off. It’s just not me. But finishing drywall is out for a bit.

Yeah I may get some steak haters. I cut in in half so it would cook faster, and I prefer it closer to well-done. But let haters hate. My brother turned me on to the Mexican coffee. It’s good. And I did actually by compression bands, and they do help. I just worry I’ll push too hard because I don’t notice the pain as much. Anyway, thanks for the advice and as always for commenting.

Thanks for the well-wishes. It is hard for guy like me who is always go-go-go to have to slow down and ask for help. I don’t like it lol. I really miss chopping and it’s only been two weeks. I’d have shared if you were there, but alas she’s all gone now. Where you from, England?

@@KevinsDisobedience I'm from good old Edinburgh capital city of Scotland my friend

Beautiful country you go over there.

Mostly Kentucky blends, but I try something new each time I order. This time it’s Three Nuns. What English brands have you tried and liked?

@@KevinsDisobedience I haven't tried any Kentucky blends. Any recommendations? As for English, G.L. Pease Quiet Nights is my favorite.

What a great question. And the easy answer is people. When I’m in the woods I’d rather not run into other people lol. But in all seriousness, I found pot plants growing in a state park when mushroom hunting and wished I hadn’t. I just turned around and got out of there, but if I had come at the wrong time that could have been trouble. This was years ago when marijuana was still treated like any other drug.

Finishing drywall for 15+ yrs 😔

@@KevinsDisobedience hopefully you get healed up and better soon. We don't need anymore choppers down and out. I use krill oil for my knees and elbow stiffness

@@lifebehindtheaxe3835 Thanks, it was getting better but I think I reagrivated my left arm this week. It sucks. Never had an injury like this that could potentially harm me long time.