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
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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
Billy and I put our canoe in just before 7 a.m. at the Kidd’s Mill covered bridge in Reynolds and paddled downstream. It was our first time on this section of river, although we had talked about the trip for … 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
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
I visited Shenango Reservoir last Wednesday with my friend, the waterfowl artist Vince Pagliaroli. It was a cool, sunny day in early March, the kind of prespring afternoon that lures folks out of their dark winter lairs, even if it’s … 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
We had 10 hunting buddies up at Camp F-Troop and snow on the ground for the opening day of deer season. Things just don’t get much better than that. We all rose at 4:00 a.m., our traditional wake-up … Continue reading