DFD

Batman eating s'mores












I can not stress enough how big of a game changer it is having a fridge

Spot the 4runner

Bald eagle






















This one is definitely permanent

Then we took mom home and I let my 4 year old decide where we were going to explore next. I narrowed it down to areas without active fire bans but I let him drop a pin on google maps over the state of Colorado and then we went and spent the better part of the next week exploring the area he chose. It was fantastic! We had an amazing trip, the views, the roads, we didn't see a single person for days, we found some epic campsites that I made sure to mark in my GPS for future use.

We came home, did some laundry, hung out with mom for a couple of days, resupplied, then went back out.





















Solar!!






Chicken quesadillas are one of our goto meals

3am bathroom break, the brightest moon I've ever seen by far, pics don't do it justice!






Tip: cook breakfast meat in the pan with eggs and the eggs wont stick in the pan.






















Who doesn't have a quick cereal breakfast at a trailhead?

With that were bak to current, I'm back at home for a couple of days, we're doing another trip Wednesday - Saturday of this week, then Wednesday - Friday next week, and then my buddy comes a few days later on fathers day with his kid and were going out for a week.

Apex wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:30 am Dbest updates are de best!

Man. This entire thread.

Dbest wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:20 am Well, I figured I'd follow up on this since the trip has come and gone.

About 2 weeks prior to the trip I get an email from the national park service saying hey that trip you planned, yeah, that's not going to happen. We went ahead and voided all your permits because they were for the end of May and not in June. Oh, and if you think just because you spent all the time and effort into planning out a route and getting the proper permits that we're going to give you the option to keep your itinerary intact and move it out 4 months to when permits aren't yet allocated... well you can fuck all the way off with that shit, but if go through all the trouble to get all new permits again within a year we won't charge you a second time. No, you can't have a refund, get lost Fucko."

So we didn't do our Utah trip, but we did decide to just get out in Colorado and make the best of it

That's fucked.

Great pics. on how you're making your little guy into a real outdoors man.

Wocka Wocka wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:50 am Man. This entire thread.

wap wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:13 pm

Dbest wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:20 am Well, I figured I'd follow up on this since the trip has come and gone.

About 2 weeks prior to the trip I get an email from the national park service saying hey that trip you planned, yeah, that's not going to happen. We went ahead and voided all your permits because they were for the end of May and not in June. Oh, and if you think just because you spent all the time and effort into planning out a route and getting the proper permits that we're going to give you the option to keep your itinerary intact and move it out 4 months to when permits aren't yet allocated... well you can fuck all the way off with that shit, but if go through all the trouble to get all new permits again within a year we won't charge you a second time. No, you can't have a refund, get lost Fucko."

So we didn't do our Utah trip, but we did decide to just get out in Colorado and make the best of it

That's fucked.

Yeah I wasn’t real thrilled about it but what are you gonna do? You can sit at home and whine about it or just go with the flow and try to make something else happen. We did end up having a great time.

wap wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:31 pm Great pics. on how you're making your little guy into a real outdoors man.

Somebody’s gotta teach him the stuff you won’t learn in school. I always work on stuff with him - if he wants to make s’mores he has tell me how he wants me to setup the wood and kindling and stuff to make the fire and he has to get it lit with a a ferry rod and striker. Using and following trail maps, determining safe and legal dispersed camp sites - dead trees waiting to fall, large animal scat, the ability to safely have a fire, how to store food and garbage to not attract bears, etc. I teach him about leave no trace and stay the trail, we clean up camp sites and trails. I let him call a lot of the shots - where were going to hike, where were going to explore, which way to turn at a trail, if we want that camp site or keep looking, if we stick with 1 site for the whole trip or move on, etc., he’s the boss, it’s just my job to teach and explain, and step in when he’s not making safe choices. He turned 4 in March, on hikes he has to carry his own pack, his own snacks, his own water, and his own bear bell, he’s learned pretty quickly to minimize snacks, maximize water, and leave unnecessary items and weight behind or it’s going to be heavy and he won’t be able to hike as far. he’s typically good for 5-6 miles per hike.

Dbest wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:22 pm

wap wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:13 pm

That's fucked.

Yeah I wasn’t real thrilled about it but what are you gonna do? You can sit at home and whine about it or just go with the flow and try to make something else happen. We did end up having a great time.

In the end that's all that counts.

Dbest wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:34 pm

wap wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:31 pm Great pics. on how you're making your little guy into a real outdoors man.

Somebody’s gotta teach him the stuff you won’t learn in school. I always work on stuff with him - if he wants to make s’mores he has tell me how he wants me to setup the wood and kindling and stuff to make the fire and he has to get it lit with a a ferry rod and striker. Using and following trail maps, determining safe and legal dispersed camp sites - dead trees waiting to fall, large animal scat, the ability to safely have a fire, how to store food and garbage to not attract bears, etc. I teach him about leave no trace and stay the trail, we clean up camp sites and trails. I let him call a lot of the shots - where were going to hike, where were going to explore, which way to turn at a trail, if we want that camp site or keep looking, if we stick with 1 site for the whole trip or move on, etc., he’s the boss, it’s just my job to teach and explain, and step in when he’s not making safe choices. He turned 4 in March, on hikes he has to carry his own pack, his own snacks, his own water, and his own bear bell, he’s learned pretty quickly to minimize snacks, maximize water, and leave unnecessary items and weight behind or it’s going to be heavy and he won’t be able to hike as far. he’s typically good for 5-6 miles per hike.

That's awesome, and hiking range, too!
Nice that you're raising a non-

Love the updates with you and the little dude.

You should stop by here more often!