We don’t fish the gravel pit bass pond on bright and sunny days, because the waters are crystal clear and the fish can see us too well, but last Sunday conditions were just right. My brother Billy picked me … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Canoeing
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
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
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
That’s why you buy a camp, so you don’t have to sleep out under a tent, right? But we chose to do it anyway last weekend, for the first time in F-Troop history, and we had a great time. … Continue reading
What’s new is we’re sprucing up Camp F-Troop. The boys and I go up there a lot, and we always do dishes, haul garbage, pick up around camp, and vacuum the floors before we leave, but we don’t do … Continue reading