It was 6:30 a.m. on Dec.1, and I sat quietly in the darkness on my large sandstone boulder a mile and a half deep in the forest and 800 yards up the steep snowy slope above the fire trail that … Continue reading
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Finally! After three and a half years of writing and revising and painstaking work with designers, editors, and printers, my new book is out this week. The title is The F-Troop Camp Chronicles (A Life in the Pennsylvania Outdoors), … Continue reading
On Thursday afternoon, October 23rd, my brother Billy and I traveled up to camp for the last two days of the week-long fall muzzleloader season for antlerless deer. Unlike the winter flintlock season, fall muzzleloader allows for the use … Continue reading
I’ve been very luck with my fishing adventures this year — with crappies, largemouths, smallmouths and trout — but my best catch and most interesting bite just occurred last Saturday up at camp. I held no great hopes for success … Continue reading
Earlier this month I attended the fall conference of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association in Carlisle, PA, along with fellow writer and organization member Brad Isles. We drove in on a Friday afternoon, and, as soon as we arrived, … Continue reading
Good fishing was the theme of our seventh Fireside Philosophers event, which brings several outdoor writers together every year for a weekend of Warren County adventures. On Friday Gregg Rinkus and I traveled into the Allegheny National Forest to … Continue reading
Last weekend, five of us camp regulars completed our fourth annual summer float down the Allegheny River, and this year we experienced unusual fishing success. I arrived early Friday to cut grass and do camp chores. By the … Continue reading
As Todd and I pushed our canoe into the river, we saw how heavily-laden it was. Dome tents, sleeping bags, a cooler full of food and drinks and bundles of clothing and gear filled up the wide-hulled 14-foot watercraft, along … Continue reading
We came off the mountaintop and hit the stream branch two miles up from the river on opening day, 2008, and I headed straight to a sweet little spot I’d fished before, twice last summer. A deep run there … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, six adventurous camp enthusiasts traveled up to F-Troop for the 20th annual Motorcycle Pete Retreat (see archives, 3-5-07). Usually this outing features a breakaway from the winter blues with warming temperatures and healthy pre-spring … Continue reading