Sleeping under the Stars.

Good work Littledog, would love to see some pics posted.
We made his first catapult and bow & arrows last summer.

Love that fork Double O.  Here are some pics from our latest snowshoe adventure.  I played with a survival fire method for fire on snow.  You build the fire on top of a raft of branches.   It was so much fun.  You can see the fire actually melted its way through the snow.  The snow never smothered the fire.  I was able to get this fire going with some really wet wood, and a dead standing tree.  Tons of fun. 

^^Brilliant, Come nuclear attack or zombie holocaust i think we will be just fine. The woods look very much like the woodland environment around my house. What is the climate like in the Northeast?
We get the snow Dec-Mar followed by pissing down rain in April then if we are lucky some sunshine June-Sept before the cold comes. My boy does not have the body mass as yet to keep him warm in the winter nights.  May-Sept for him. I dont mind bivvying year round as long as its dry.
It was hard finding him a good down bag because manufactures dont make them for 3year olds due to  feather allergy.

Double O, I am building a house in Massachusetts. I bought 3 acres on a wooded lot. There is a large tract of undeveloped woodland behind the house. Mixed hardwoods and pine. Full of trails and open woods. We just got hit with pretty sizeable snowstorm. We got almost two feet overnight. The weather lately has been a mix. A little rain some snow. Cold nights (teens and twenties (F)) and 30s during the day. Spring in the Hilltowns (where I live) is muddy. I live on a dirt road that turns to slop. We started our son camping when he was an infant. My wife and I used to re-enact the French and Indian War so we camp most of the summer into fall. He has an O.K. synthetic bag. But this last fall we went out and even with a thinner bag stuffed into the other bag he still got cold. It was in the lower 30s that night. He was fine though. If he gets serious I will invest in a good kit for him.

Good job on those winter fires with the wet wood, Littledog.