All right crew, it has been nothing but crickets in here all week. There has been not so much as a church mouse run through. The sound is deafening! What is the plan for the weekend? I am going on two snowshoe resource hikes. One at my home and one at the family homestead. I am planning on finding six Tinder sources and kindling six bundles or birds-nests with my findings. That being said, the milkweed pods and Fatwood may be coming out of my dry storage from earlier harvest. Maybe the same thing with cedar bark. I’m going to be filming parts of the resource walks and photo documenting the Tinder sources. I’m going to be sort of hog-tied next weekend due to a short destination wedding but my wife is hemming baggy leg pantsuit cuffs today ( and tomorrow?) so I’ll stay out of her way. Haha. This is then the weekend for the monthly challenge. So what are you going to do?

Alright crew — quick roll call. Drop: - Location: state/country - Terrain: woods / mountains / desert / swamp / urban / other - This week’s focus: one skill you want sharper by Sunday (fire, shelter, navigation, knife skills, water, mindset, etc.) I’ll kick it off: I’m in KY/TN country, and this week I’m focused on instructing land navigation.