We love our weekend overnight hikes! We got out again to do yet another 1 night backpack hike/camp at the Gone Feral field site near Ward, CO. It’s one of our favorite hikes in any weather (about 5 miles). We prepared for rain and we got lots of it, and hail too! We found some interesting fungus growing on and in some aspen trees…it’s always fun looking and finding new things as we hike. We read that the fungus can be used to help start fires! Scott made a fire to help keep us warm during the rain and to heat our dinner and we enjoyed sleeping in the wikiup listening to the rain all night. Our “to do” list this time was to harvest grass so we could weave a new mat to sleep on and Scott practiced his fire making skills.
~Go, Do, Share, Enable
check list done…packs are ready!
love the water
beautiful moss covered trees
fungus growing inside an aspen tree
fungus growing out of aspen
more fungus on the aspens
fungus comes off easily and can be used to start fires
cutting open a sap bubble on a fir tree to put on moss for fire starter
used the moss and sap to start a fire with the ferrocerium rod
fall flowers
enjoying the sunshine!
grass harvested for our mat we will loom to sleep on
paracord taken apart to use strands to weave grass using a loom
squirrel cache
fire started using fir branches
our fire was nice and warm
rain came so we put up the tarp
making sure fire is out!
rain and hail to start the morning hike out
Kaycie in her new coat
aspen leaves are gorgeous in contrast to the evergreen trees