Drivin' up in the Danmobile, searching unsuccessfilly for a landing on Wapikaimaski Lake.
Chef Chad and lots of bacon (and Assistant Photagrapher Jeff).
Assistant Photographer Jeff, who claims his hat is not about urination.
Co-chef Ron and his little girlie pan.
Mmm, Bacon-Grease-Cured Tarp. It's all under control; Dan is a trained firefighter.
"Life good."
Dan, Ron and Jeff, not knowing they are wasting some of the last good fishing weather.
Chad vomiting in the fire after too much peyote and tequila. Or maybe he was blowing on the fire to make us coffee.
Sand Beach Camp on the Brightsand river, looking approximately north-northwest.
"Don't eat this mushroom, it says here"
"Nope, don't eat this mushroom either."
"Your finger's over the lens. You been eatin' these mushrooms?"
"Scenery, seegars, whiskey, beer, a fancy camp chair, and cool lookin' pants. It don't get any better than this."
"Scenery, seegars, whiskey, beer, a fancy camp chair, cool lookin' pants... oh yeah, we need fish now."
Off to get fish.
"Here's dinner." "I caught that one!"
"Well, Pat cut up all this firewood, I guess I'll pick up the axe for a minute and pose for a picture."
Nature's beauty needs no commentary, so I wrote this.
Dan filtering water, Jeff splitting wood; note the action shot of the halves flying.
The view from base camp, looking west.
The view from my favorite spot for, uh, meditation.
Chad contemplating a productive day and breathing smoke.
Chef Ron prepping dinner.
Jeff selecting dinner items and possibly wondering if the tarp guylines might uproot this tree.
"A full pot of boiling hot coffee, why do you ask?"
Chef Ron... or maybe the guy from the Hit Man game. You never see them together, do you?
Jeff and Dan, bravely going out to fish in crappy cold wet weather (referred to hereinafter as CCWW).
Discussing fishing and CCWW.
Just thought I'd throw this in as an example of artistic composition.
CCWW.
Fire vs. CCWW.
More CCWW.
Chad prepping dinner in the CCWW. What a guy. Also, did the inventor of Gore-Tex get his Nobel Prize yet?
Forest Wraiths, or maybe smoke in a slow exposure. And CCWW.
There's no such thing as too much rope.
Jeff apparently telling the outboard motor how big that fish was.
Stogey Man.
The skull of a male moose calf, found in the river. Chased into the water by wolves and broke a leg? Mind-sucked by aliens? We conjectured over several beers but we'll never know.
"Fire good."
"Linda has a much nicer butt than you do."
Nature's beauty, not fully appreciated 'cause the motor ain't workin'.
Contemplating even more deeply Nature's beauty and why the motor ain't workin'.
Gettin' off on Nature's beauty and nicotine.
Motor still not workin'. Maybe due to attempting to run it in submarine mode. OK sunset, too.
"Fire good."
Heading home in the Danmobile, with only one flat tire. "Pavement good."
9/18/2004
