NorthWoodsMaine

The tractor was dribblin'.

22 years ago my grampa went hunting and didn't come back. We got him back luckily.

Here's how to crack open a tape measure...and hopefully nothing exciting happens.

Welppp...nothing today either. I did find a scallop drag and another stream.

Didn't get anything today either, but walked quite a ways.

I took little guy out partridge hunting this morning. We saw one in flight and didn't get any but that's ok. We still got to have some fun.

So simple it's easy.

It's midnight and the last jars are finally done. I did 3 rounds of canning today, 2 of them were tonight.

Yeeeoooowww this is tasty stuff. I've been asked for the recipe...which I don't have. I just chuck it in the bucket and move on.....as you will see here.

Now THIS is good stuff.

Once you have this, you never want store bought junk again.

If you don't like butchering, don't watch. I'm slow and certainly not an expert, but it's all done. Roasts, stew meat and burger are made.

Got him.

3 does, 5 does, 7 does. Just look at them and can't do anything. Everywhere I go around here there are does. It seems that everybody I talk to always says that's about all they see are does, but trying to get doe permits is like pulling hen's teeth.

I knew the idler was getting wonky and while working on it I discovered that the tensioner was on it's way out too.

The old one was starting to get funky.

Here are some clips I took of the white mountains area. Of course there's some Ham Radio jabber in there too.

I got privileged to take a ride up Mt. Cranmore in North Conway and get the .10 cent tour. What a spectacle. Greg told me that all of the building tenants and property owner get along good and help each other out. That's phenomenal.

HEY...we wanna go backwards because we got caught with our pants down and "obsolete" worked.

Part 1 showed splitting some smaller wood. This is larger wood with huge knots.

I had a small propane leak. It was an easy fix only requiring a wrench. These are my tanks. No I'm not suggesting that you mess with tanks and equipment that belong to someone else. Of course don't be smoking around propane and beware of ignition sources.

Here's a real life comparison of GMRS base vs 2 meter Ham radio (with a portable). The GMRS using a base antenna doesn't size up to the portable Ham radio.

If you don't have a wood splitter and need to break stubborn wood up to keep warm, this is how it is done. The doctors always push for exercise right?

We didn't get one, but I got to have some good time with the most handsome boy in the whole world. He talked my ear off most of the trip.

The CB antenna and VHF/UHF antenna mount were junk and severely affecting radio performance. They were replaced with some real antennas and mounts.