We were 10 campers in five dome tents – seven men and three women – out on a wilderness island in the Allegheny River in Warren County, three miles upriver from Camp F-Troop and several miles from anywhere else … Continue reading
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For 25 years now, we’ve ventured up to camp in early March for no good reason other than to celebrate the possibility of spring and to mark the end of the time of frozen earth and wicked winds. … Continue reading
Earlier this month, Donna Rai and I took advantage of some great sunny weather and spent a long weekend at Camp F-Troop. We enjoyed two evening campfires, two four-mile hikes, an 11-mile kayaking adventure on the Allegheny River, and … Continue reading
Last weekend we celebrated our eighth annual Fireside Philosophers Event, an annual August gathering of outdoor writers at F-Troop for outdoor recreation and campfire philosophizing. Ben Moyer missed for the first time ever because of a family emergency, but … Continue reading
Last week Donna Rai and I traveled to Halifax, PA (north of Harrisburg), to attend the annual Ned Smith Outdoor Art and Nature Show. I was scheduled as an event speaker and also had a booth reserved to sell … Continue reading
Last weekend eight of us – five men and three women – put our watercraft into the Allegheny and headed downstream eight miles to our favorite island overnight camping spot, Muddy Point on Mudd Island. D-Rai led the way … Continue reading
Earlier this month Brad Isles and I attended the annual spring awards conference of the PA Outdoor Writers Association in Oil City, and it was a busy affair. We both participated in board meetings and membership gatherings, since we’re … Continue reading
Five of us just returned yesterday from our 23rd annual trout season opening day visit to Camp F-Troop. Fly-fishers Gary and Brett Peterson, and bait-slingers Todd Puleo, Brad Isles and I enjoyed a sunny, warm, rejuvenating weekend up in … Continue reading
The 21st annual March 10th Motorcycle Pete Retreat brought five men and three women to Camp F-Troop recently to celebrate the promise of spring. It rained all weekend, but we dodged raindrops and capitalized on breaks in the weather … Continue reading
Today I visited Shenango Reservoir with my friend, the waterfowl artist Vince Pagliaroli. As we hiked down toward the shoreline, we noticed that the hardwood branches above us were still bare of leaves, but the sky was full of … Continue reading