Sandy Ariel

Hobbit’s wife of 53 years,  Robba’s and Marcy’s mom,  and my sister passed away up at their camp Monday morning.  She asked Hobbit to take her up there last Friday probably knowing this might be her last time.  Her heart gave out after a long battle with COPD.

The Piseco EMT’S and the Paramedics actually got her heart beating again about 30 minutes later.  By protocol they had to call for a helo ride to Albany Med where she was taken off life support at 4:42 PM (9/5/16) with her immediate family at her side

At exactly 5 PM the clock above her stopped.  They knew Billy (Stork) had taken her with him up to heaven.  And you know the rest.  (party time)

We will surely miss her at our family gatherings.

Polecat

2016 Work Week End

To all dildo’s

This year’s work week end will be 24 & 25 Sept.  Reminder–If you dont show for at least one day you pay pay camp dues at $5,00 per day instead of $2.50.

The camp fund has the booze (2 Gin, 2 So Co, 1 Jack) I bought a jug of gin for these dildos so you each owe me $28.99. (Robba, Steve, Probie, Trail hugger and Lead Dog)

The usual menu.  BEER, Ribs, Chicken, Baked spud, Salad, and more BEER.  I will buy Tube Steaks for anybody that wants lunch at camp and for Sunday afternoon.  You will enjoy the Tube Steak roast at the Hilton on Saturday. Thats an order.

I dont know about Friday nite.  Just for your info.  The new owner of the Oxbow has hinted that we will spend some money in his place on Friday nites.  So for you cheap dildos ask your wives for extra cash and permission to eat out a couple of times this year..

For the sick, lame and lazy.  You can clean out Billy’s watch trail, Bernie’s mystery trail and the one along the beaver flow to the painted marker trail. ( new blow downs)

The Hilton needs to be finished.

Chain saws, work gloves, boots and rain gear if it rains

You loving Den Ma Ma

Polecat

Spring Hike A Success!

We found the bottom of an old boot!

Here’s the link to pics on Flickr  Spring Hike 2016

Ok, I was waiting for Nick to send me more photos before I posted, but anyway…..

12 FToopers gather for the annual spring hike, with the intent to find some poor loggers grave and rob him of his gold tooth. That being said, and the fact that any logger with a gold tooth may have lost it in a poker game, the outlook looked grim to bolster the camp fund with precious metals. The crew hikes up the mountain and down the other side to the playground and area of interest. At the 4 mile mark, the crew splits – sending the Denmama and associated miners in one direction to find treasures of yesteryear. The other crew heads to the shores of a lovely lake to finally launch the “SS Willitfloat”, which in fact did! Not wanting to endanger the main leading elder hunting crew, it decided by counsel to possibly forfeit the youngsters and send them out to test the vessel and be the first to float the waters of interest. Why place those with institutional knowledge of the lands in danger, we can always make more youngster if needed! A recon of the lake was made, with the gang getting their “I found yet another old hunting camp” badge.

All went well with the maritime crew, but what about the “miners at the well” crew? After a march to the well, the prospectors were found as where they should have been, with a fire ready for another wonderful tube steak lunch, which were incidentally this years vintage! Consuming the tube steaks, so we don’t have to eat them in 6 months after yet another refreeze, the results of the mining operation was revealed. It appears that no skulls with gold teeth were found, but a sole from a shoe was unearthed – and thank God no foot bones were in it! Other useless artifacts of yesteryear were found, and left as they were.

A march out to waiting beer and beastloaf resulted in a rebuild of the Hilton V6.0. Follow up construction is required, and a spot to get out of the rain/snow/snrain is almost complete.

A good time was had by all – Yes Dear; by all!

-Digger