Snowy Outing - Wood Stove, Hot Lunch and Sharps

Snowy Outing - Wood Stove, Hot Lunch and Sharps

I have been pretty lazy about sharing my day hikes lately. They have all been more of the same.... hike down into the bottoms, do a splitwood fire, hike the creeks... etc etc. Today was more interesting since I had snow on the ground and planned a hot lunch so I wanted to take pics to share here.

As I mentioned I wanted to have a hot lunch in the woods today. It was a gimme that I would use my Heavy Cover Titanium Canteen kit. I discovered this Wind & Willow instant soup at a little niche shop here in town. They are a local company in Mount Vernon, Missouri. I have not had a single flavor of these that I do not like. Decided on grilled cheese and tomato soup today.



Is there anything not to love about the snowy woods?




By the time I got down to the creek the temps have climbed and the snow was starting to melt.

Once I got set up I got a fire going in the Emberlit. This little stove is awesome. It is tiny yet you can build enough of a fire in it to warm by. Of course it is great for cooking on.



I put the soup on. The stove gets the water in the TI canteen cup boiling in a hurry.


Yum....


And a nice pipe for desert.

Once my meal was over I decided to play with my toys. Sharps for the day; CRKT Woods Chogan, Turley Green River and my new Turley Arghandab River.


My biggest complaint with most hawks is they don't have enough mass. I know lots of guys are awesome with the trail hawk but it doesn't work well for me. This Chogan has the mass I need. Great chopper.


I came across this small waterfall and had to take some pictures. As a kid I always loved frozen waterfalls.






Thanks for looking,

Lerch