Sorry :(

I havent posted in quite some time. Honestly, life gets in the way. To be brief; after the Newtown tragedy, there has been a lot of legislative assaults on legal firearms owners. As I have, literally, been around firearms 90% of my life-15 years Army, plus another 20 as a civilian who has owned them-I have been fighting constantly on the state and federal level, to ensure that the rights of ALL people arent infringed, due to knee jerk legislation. But, thats another story entirely.
Also, I am getting married this October, so my time is somewhat constrained there as well. I have lost most of my weekends to both of the above details, but, I am VOWING to get out more often this year.
One thing that the fiance and I are now getting into is birding. I see this as an almost natural progression to bushcrafting & outdoors activities. There is, literally, TONS to learn, but, learning I am! So, thats one more thing under my belt, I suppose :).
One new skill I DID pick up recently, was using a flint & steel. I went to a Bushmeet a couple weeks ago, local to me, and there were a few folks there teaching. All I can say about this old style of lighting fire is, its FUN. I plan to get a LOT of practice on this in the next few months, and develop this as a great skill. Next up, will be the bow drill. I did this, once, over 20 years ago, in a military survival class. Lets see if I can actually recreate it though :).
Anyway, thats my update for this week. I have some new gear, traded away some old gear, and plan on doing some shots of it in use. We have a couple of overnight hammock hangs planned in the next couple months, as well as some short overnight hikes. As we recently cancelled our TV subscription, we want to spend more time outdoors (I'm lucky with the fiance, as she loves the outdoors as well, and enjoys learning new skills!). So, hopefully, I will continue to update this blog, as time goes. As I have MORE time to do it now, I think that it should be a little easier. Time will tell!
Until then, be safe, enjoy the natural world, and be thankful, every day, for those precious things in life-friends, family, sunrises over lakes. Because, those things, people cannot take from you.