Old guy camping

[yellowhammer]

Doing this work at 65 was tough, at 75 I’ll be passing on that opportunity!
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@Phil Coffins , Very impressive workmanship. I'm just a little older than you, but you got me beat in the muscle department for sure - heck I get all stove up just taking out the trash. This pic is really cool; says it all.

 

[Bark-eater]

I have about 50 acres of timber on the property, so it would be a matter of cutting and drying it. Also, there's a guy about 1/4 mile away with a portable mill if I wanted some beams cut. Here in the Midwest, there aren't many pines around anymore, most of the yellow pine was cut many years ago. I have plenty of oak, hickory, locus, and several sycamores along the creek line that could be harvested.

I haven't studied on log cabins much, but I think hard wood cabins where more often made of squared off timbers. Makes for more work prepping on the ground and less work and weight up high.

 

[Capnball]

Having camped with no tent, lean to, tee pee, wall tent in good and bad weather I have my camping refined to this. Dropped the logs and notched them to stack up a place to spend some time in. A buddy allowed me to build it on his land and use it as much as I want. I have no ownership so no worry’s on what becomes of it when I have no need of it.
IMG_0245 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
IMG_0089 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

Love it!

 

[John Smith IV]

Having camped with no tent, lean to, tee pee, wall tent in good and bad weather I have my camping refined to this. Dropped the logs and notched them to stack up a place to spend some time in. A buddy allowed me to build it on his land and use it as much as I want. I have no ownership so no worry’s on what becomes of it when I have no need of it.
IMG_0245 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
IMG_0089 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

Nice set up. Not exactly what I'd call 'camping'.

 

[Capnball]

Doing this work at 65 was tough, at 75 I’ll be passing on that opportunity!
image1 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

I still camp but I do it in a slightly more refined manner!

 

[yellowhammer]

I've considered building one on my property...

@andy52 same here, but my property is 85 miles one way from my residence, and is under constant stream of poachers and vandals. If I could somehow get control of it, I would like to put a little cabin on it.

 

[Phil Coffins]

I still camp but I do it in a slightly more refined manner!View attachment 364944View attachment 364945

Can’t say it’s hard camping but with no TV, stereo, or crowds I can watch the sunset, smell the Sage brush, and shoot a can anytime it suits me. Some sacrifices are made in this hard life!
IMG_0176 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

I still camp but I do it in a slightly more refined manner!View attachment 364944View attachment 364945