Couple hours in the woods north of Porteau Cove BC 🇨🇦.
My goals were exercise, buddy check on an old hobo staying in the woods for a couple weeks, and to test out my homemade firestarters and homemade dehydrated hiking meals.
The area has always been a dumping ground ground for stolen vehicles and garbage - lots more added since I was here two weeks ago
Found a huge cougar paw print in the mud
Tested out my homemade fire starters - blue mechanic shop towels soaked in wax versus cotton balls soaked in wax. The blue shop towels burned with a much larger hotter fiercer flame than the cotton balls, but they didn't last as long (4 minutes vs 6 minutes ) . Still, the blue shop towels pack flat and can be carried in cargo pants pockets.....and they burn much hotter - which equals faster fire starting.
Used my waxed cotton balls in my MKettle Ghillie Kettle to boil water to rehydrate my homemade dehydrated brown rice, 6 bean, 2 lentil, onion, garlic, bell pepper, curry , cumin, coriander, salt, pepper, tomato mix. It was very enjoyable
Had a great hot lunch , spent time practicing bush skills, made hot chocolate and then packed up camp and headed back to the truck, as a major winter snow / sleet dump was starting and the Howe Sound winds were picking up.
Great day.