Tower Lake Camp and Beard, Week 10
Well, it took us a few days to get settled, but we've moved back into Tower Lake. It sure has changed since I first stayed here; the first year all we had were two shack tents (one for sleeping, one for logging and splitting), and an old trailer used as our kitchen and office. This year, we're living in the lap of luxury, comparatively.
We have a washcar with four showers and eight sinks, and the water pressure is better than I get at home. We have two nice, new accomodation trailers, each with four, two-bed rooms. And they have real beds!
We also rented a large camp generator to power this whole operation, and that means power 24 hours per day.
Now for some pictures of our little operation - This first series is taken from atop our core logging trailer, roughly central in camp, in a circle surrounding it.
To start off, here you can see our kitchen trailer with a shack tent built onto it to serve as a dining area, and behind that our washcar.
Next, looking down the hill towards Tower Lake, is the caboose where our core splitters are staying, the core splitting trailer across the trail from them, and our storage trailer (which in the past served us as a kitchen and office).
This is the trailer where I stay, my room is in the second one in from the right.
Next to us is the other sleep trailer.
The next couple of pictures are of the many, many core racks at Tower.
The two shack tent frames in the next picture are where the drilles will stay if they ever show up. We were supposed to see them on Monday, now that's been pushed back to Friday...who knows when they'll actually show.
And this is where all the previous pictures were taken from, our core logging trailer.
This is another nice shot down the hill, including the little island in Tower Lake I really like.
Next is our wash car from the front. It's so very nice having real showers!
This is a cool little cabin down the hill from the camp. We've used it as storage in the past, but it really is a historical site, it was built by a prospector, Eric Partridge in the late '50s.
Here are a couple of pictures of my room, quite a change from the old camp.
Well, I'll pretty much wrap this up here, but I'll leave you one last shot of Tower Lake.
And, of course, the beard, week ten. Seventy days.
We have a washcar with four showers and eight sinks, and the water pressure is better than I get at home. We have two nice, new accomodation trailers, each with four, two-bed rooms. And they have real beds!
We also rented a large camp generator to power this whole operation, and that means power 24 hours per day.
Now for some pictures of our little operation - This first series is taken from atop our core logging trailer, roughly central in camp, in a circle surrounding it.
To start off, here you can see our kitchen trailer with a shack tent built onto it to serve as a dining area, and behind that our washcar.
Next, looking down the hill towards Tower Lake, is the caboose where our core splitters are staying, the core splitting trailer across the trail from them, and our storage trailer (which in the past served us as a kitchen and office).
This is the trailer where I stay, my room is in the second one in from the right.
Next to us is the other sleep trailer.
The next couple of pictures are of the many, many core racks at Tower.
The two shack tent frames in the next picture are where the drilles will stay if they ever show up. We were supposed to see them on Monday, now that's been pushed back to Friday...who knows when they'll actually show.
And this is where all the previous pictures were taken from, our core logging trailer.
This is another nice shot down the hill, including the little island in Tower Lake I really like.
Next is our wash car from the front. It's so very nice having real showers!
This is a cool little cabin down the hill from the camp. We've used it as storage in the past, but it really is a historical site, it was built by a prospector, Eric Partridge in the late '50s.
Here are a couple of pictures of my room, quite a change from the old camp.
Well, I'll pretty much wrap this up here, but I'll leave you one last shot of Tower Lake.
And, of course, the beard, week ten. Seventy days.
posted by Matt at 6:07 p.m.
9 Comments:
I like your blog Title... a reference to my favorite childhood show, Fraggle Rock? Ah, memories... cast your cares away... worries for another day. Let the music play, down in Fraggle Rock!
Rock on.
Thanks Sonja! Fraggle Rock was a favourite for me as well, and Uncle Traveling Matt and I share a lot in common.
Dude, that beard is getting out of control!!!
I love the pictures of the lake though. Awesome.
Wow! Your beard took on a life of its own this week!
Holy big beard. Pretty island too.
By the way, apparently your blog is my Mom's favourite, because you actually give updates on what's going on with you, and she gets to see pictures of the North. (Unlike her daughters' blogs.) But she doesn't leave comments.
Thank you, as always Julia. Perhaps you should update your blog someday, so that I can find out what's been happening with you. Or e-mail me, whatever.
That's kind of cool, Maryanne. Welcome Elaine! I'm glad you enjoy it! If you do happen to read this comment, please say hello to David for me!
Matt, you have the coolest beard ever! It really does look like something has taken over your face.
I love seeing the pictures of your camp. It looks so beautiful up there.
Thanks Meg! I want to hear how you're doing, too; let me know!
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