Posted August 10, 201410 yr Owner Well MoparMom and Myself had go out of the house for day trip to Burgdorf and Secesh Meadows, ID. Here is a pile of pictures from our trip.
August 11, 201410 yr Looks like a fun trip!! Burgdorf is on our list of places to hit. Not too much smoke either, it's been clearing the last few days down here as well. We spent Thursday and Friday nights in the Deadwood Lookout.
August 11, 201410 yr Many counties in Oregon it's illegal to cut down a standing tree for firewood. Even just for camp wood. Crazy!
August 11, 201410 yr Many counties in Oregon it's illegal to cut down a standing tree for firewood. Even just for camp wood. Crazy! That's a rule I've never heard before, as long as the tree is dead it's fair game on all the USFS ground I have been on. That doesn't count trees in closed areas, obviously.
August 11, 201410 yr Author Owner Looks like a fun trip!! Burgdorf is on our list of places to hit. Not too much smoke either, it's been clearing the last few days down here as well. We spent Thursday and Friday nights in the Deadwood Lookout. You should see it now this morning I can barely see the next ridge north of me. Every morning the inversion sets in and lays the smoke down good. Mike, I can see it now! = you and that dead standing timber. Naw... This is all lodge pole. A lot of people like this stuff I feel there is just too much saw work for such a little piece. I'll still burn it. But I would cut either 4 foot or 8 foot poles and haul them out. Then I have to buck it up again at home.
August 12, 201410 yr Where did you get the stainless looking bottom trim on the truck? I might be able to cover up my bad door bottoms & cab corners for a few more years with that.
August 13, 201410 yr Author Owner Where did you get the stainless looking bottom trim on the truck? I might be able to cover up my bad door bottoms & cab corners for a few more years with that. Birthday present... Don't know...
August 17, 201410 yr To Dave 110.....the source for those truck panels is www.jcwhitney.com. Select category "exterior" and you'll find the Wilmore Manufacturing Rocker Panels that I gave to Michael for a birthday gift. I like this company and have not been disappointed with many purchases. Drive safe, Moparmom
August 19, 201410 yr Last Batch... Mike Sure some beautiful country.I was looking on google earth and found a plane crash site on loon lake south of Secesh Meadows with a very interesting bit of history.Have you ever been to it?Sure nice to hear that your mom is able to get around with you,I'm a couple of years younger than her and had to slow down because of a couple of heart attacks.I sure enjoy reading all the posts from all you members on The Lighter Side Of Mopar ,Kinda reminds me of growing up in Northern Wisconsin.We cut and burned wood ,Carried water from a pump outside Had abig garden where we raised all our vegetables, had three apple trees.My mom canned all those fruits and vegetables and we kept them in a root celler.Thanks again for the pictures,makes me feel like I'm there with you. Art
August 21, 201410 yr Wife's Aunt and Uncle live in Weed, Cali.. in the shadow of Mt. Shasta. They've been under a shroud since June, and the big cumulous clouds (smoke generated) have been awesome.. some say up to 50,000 feet high! Uncle says they look like giant stacks of popped corn with many different colors too Dangs things only produce lightning and more fires.... never a drop of rain.
August 21, 201410 yr To Hodag56 (Art) Thank you for your kind words. You know Michael throws a bumch of pictures out there but he did not relate what we were/are doing. We travel the back roads as much as we can to interact with the people and learn from them how they are changing their life styles to be more efficient in the 20th century. At Berdorff the owner remains there all through the winter season and snowmobilers make the 30 mile trip up there from McCall, Id. At Secesh Meadows, Id. the people at the store/bar were working to put in a kitchen to serve hot food for those snowmobilers and without power this is a feat. At 6000 feet and snow that get deep enough to collapse a roof, this is risky. So you study the roofs at the old hot springs and look at the beams in the store/bar. Solar? All sorts of questions get tossed out there,but people are determined to make a go of it. We've learned so much from the back country people and their ways. People are friendly, kind,etc and delighted to tell you all about how they do some things and why. The exchange of info is priceless. We know that old WW II plane is back there, but we haven't hiked in to look at it. We believe in KEEPING IT SIMPLE and eliminate the confusion in life. Tell me about that root cellar when you get time. How big was it, etc. We're thinking along those lines here. Peace, Moparmom
August 21, 201410 yr To Ranchman....I've been going back and forth to Boise with Michael taking transmissions down and bringing them back. I've had nothing but storms following us. A lot of rain and high winds. Since I need to oil the deck around the house, this is setting me back. Peace, Moparmom
August 27, 201410 yr To Hodag56 (Art) Thank you for your kind words. You know Michael throws a bumch of pictures out there but he did not relate what we were/are doing. We travel the back roads as much as we can to interact with the people and learn from them how they are changing their life styles to be more efficient in the 20th century. At Berdorff the owner remains there all through the winter season and snowmobilers make the 30 mile trip up there from McCall, Id. At Secesh Meadows, Id. the people at the store/bar were working to put in a kitchen to serve hot food for those snowmobilers and without power this is a feat. At 6000 feet and snow that get deep enough to collapse a roof, this is risky. So you study the roofs at the old hot springs and look at the beams in the store/bar. Solar? All sorts of questions get tossed out there,but people are determined to make a go of it. We've learned so much from the back country people and their ways. People are friendly, kind,etc and delighted to tell you all about how they do some things and why. The exchange of info is priceless. We know that old WW II plane is back there, but we haven't hiked in to look at it. We believe in KEEPING IT SIMPLE and eliminate the confusion in life. Tell me about that root cellar when you get time. How big was it, etc. We're thinking along those lines here. Peace, Moparmom To Hodag56 (Art) Thank you for your kind words. You know Michael throws a bumch of pictures out there but he did not relate what we were/are doing. We travel the back roads as much as we can to interact with the people and learn from them how they are changing their life styles to be more efficient in the 20th century. At Berdorff the owner remains there all through the winter season and snowmobilers make the 30 mile trip up there from McCall, Id. At Secesh Meadows, Id. the people at the store/bar were working to put in a kitchen to serve hot food for those snowmobilers and without power this is a feat. At 6000 feet and snow that get deep enough to collapse a roof, this is risky. So you study the roofs at the old hot springs and look at the beams in the store/bar. Solar? All sorts of questions get tossed out there,but people are determined to make a go of it. We've learned so much from the back country people and their ways. People are friendly, kind,etc and delighted to tell you all about how they do some things and why. The exchange of info is priceless. We know that old WW II plane is back there, but we haven't hiked in to look at it. We believe in KEEPING IT SIMPLE and eliminate the confusion in life. Tell me about that root cellar when you get time. How big was it, etc. We're thinking along those lines here. Peace, Moparmom You asked about the root cellar we had when I was growing up in northern Wi. We had a well pit that was next to our basement.The well pit was concrete lined, and went from ground level and extended down 8 foot below the basement floor .we had an access to the well pit through the basement and a removable plank floor at the basement floor level for access to the bottom of the pit.When we first moved into the house in 1942 we had a hand pump at ground level,but later my dad installed a pump and pressure tank in the bottom of the well pit, and piped the house with running water.The root cellar was in that part of the well pit that we accessed at the basement floor level .It was lined with shelves for all the canned produce. We had earthan crocks for pickles and saurerkraut.We had a big wood door that sealed the root cellar from the basement and it kept really cold in .I remember it always being damp and smelling musty.You picking those blackberries brings back memories.God bless hodag 56 Art
Well MoparMom and Myself had go out of the house for day trip to Burgdorf and Secesh Meadows, ID. Here is a pile of pictures from our trip.