I'm moving into the woods! We talked to a lumber company, and astonishingly enough, they let us use a few acres of land for the summer. A case study in 'it never hurts to ask.' We're going to film a wilderness cooking blog that shows how to prepare lightweight backpacking meals, how to forage and trap and general tips and tricks for living outside. Plus the absurd juxtaposition of working a corporate job while living outdoors.


We're just moving in (6 nights now), everything below is just temporary until we get setup.









It's so nice to wake up to the sun, wash my face in the river, drink coffee by the fire and then drive to work.

6/14/2010 11:58:10 AM

watch out for/do not piss off the bears.

6/14/2010 11:59:45 AM

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"WILDERNESS COOKING BLOG"

6/14/2010 11:59:53 AM

Your coworkers can smell you.

6/14/2010 12:01:21 PM

^ I shower at work

6/14/2010 12:04:14 PM

Does your mother bring you cakes on the weekend like Thoreau's did?

6/14/2010 12:23:15 PM

"Add to my topics"

This sounds awesome. Please give details on how to view this blog

6/14/2010 12:26:44 PM

god this owns

TWW: owning the fuck out of today

6/14/2010 12:28:36 PM

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"Please give details on how to view this blog"

Will do, once we have videos up and everything is organized, should be about 2 weeks away.

6/14/2010 12:30:36 PM

add to my topiks!

6/14/2010 12:32:30 PM

looks like an awesome location. That creek is pimp

6/14/2010 12:43:14 PM

6/14/2010 12:45:13 PM

What part of the country/are bears a concern?

6/14/2010 12:49:27 PM

most of it.

but way less than i expected, if this map is accurate


[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 12:55 PM. Reason : re]

6/14/2010 12:50:19 PM

^ Oregon. Bears aren't a concern. Cougars are a slight concern.

6/14/2010 12:50:25 PM

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"Cougars are a slight concern."

First world problems.

Er, wait.

6/14/2010 12:52:12 PM

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"watch out for/do not piss off the bears. "

Yea, whats ya'lls setup for storing food? Don't want to be sweeping coons off the porch in the middle of the night!

[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 12:56 PM. Reason : you should try panning for gold in that creek too.]

[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 12:56 PM. Reason : need to read the thread before I post]

6/14/2010 12:55:10 PM

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"Yea, whats ya'lls setup for storing food? Don't want to be sweeping coons off the porch in the middle of the night!"

Throw rope over branch, raise up food, tie to tree

6/14/2010 1:04:42 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1773811509036338761#

6/14/2010 1:12:30 PM

so what's up w/ the dressers? aren't they gonna get rained on (and the clothes/stuff inside will get wet)?

sounds cool though. keep us posted.

6/14/2010 1:13:45 PM

fuck yes

i love 1985 blog threads

6/14/2010 1:16:02 PM

6/14/2010 1:17:15 PM

^ I bet you think all space is Star Wars.

Also, how do you get internet out there?

6/14/2010 1:23:55 PM

All space isn't Star Wars?

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"It's so nice to wake up to the sun, wash my face in the river, drink coffee by the fire and then drive to work."

6/14/2010 1:25:14 PM

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"so what's up w/ the dressers? aren't they gonna get rained on (and the clothes/stuff inside will get wet)? "

Yeah, we're not done setting up yet, we're going to have another covered area for all that stuff, along with a roof over the kitchen area.

6/14/2010 1:31:59 PM

who will you be living with out there?

6/14/2010 1:35:48 PM

Freaking Sweet man, you'll have an awesome summer that's for sure.


I'm not sure how accurate that map is though. Looks like just a tiny part of NJ is included in the bear range and black bears actually are a bit of a nuisance in most of the northern half of NJ.

6/14/2010 1:51:41 PM

i would love to be part of your crew. sounds like my kind of summer

6/14/2010 1:54:08 PM

This is like my lawyer friend who built his house by wood from trees that he cut down and cut himself. He lives in the middle of the woods.

6/14/2010 2:15:46 PM

Id love to take part in this for a few weeks as a vacation or something. But I dont think I'd want to camp out then have to go into work.

6/14/2010 2:19:36 PM

Does your lawyer friend do pro bono work for forest creatures?

That's my new idea for a Brendan Frasier movie.

6/14/2010 2:20:31 PM

-- drive to work
-- use prepackaged ingredients
-- use canned propane and sterno
-- use utensils and cookware manufactured in third world countries.
-- camping gear rom REI.
-- furniture looks like it was stolen from North Dorm.

There is no juxtaposition here.

this is purely about some surburban entrepreneurs trying to cash in on their favorite sport of car-camping. even your Buddhist prayer flags mesh nicely with the Jolly Roger. Americans' a la carte Buddhism is a perfect fit with the overly romanticised "Pirateology" cleverly packaged for modern housewives' consumption.

Arrrgh. Avast me hearties. This sammich is the root of all suffering. Shiver me timbers.

6/14/2010 2:28:40 PM

joe troll somewhere else jesus fucking christ

6/14/2010 2:32:17 PM

^^When you put it that way, reminds me of the "Buy an $800 backpack and trek across Europe so you can haggle with street vendors over a 50 cent hotdog"

Good luck on your venture, should be an interesting read

6/14/2010 3:08:19 PM

lol @Joe. I think you've got it out for me.

I hope i didn't suggest that this camping was sustainable, or that we were making some type of political statement here. Or even that I was better than anyone else for doing it. If I did, I apologize. I'm having some fun in the woods and attempting to learn a few things in the process. I also wanted to share because I think my interests align with the interests of quite a few others around here.

Let me address a few of your points. -- We will be eating just like anyone else, mostly from a grocery store, but we're also going to show local edible plants and recipes you could use them in. (beyond the obvious fish, fruit and berries). We also have gardens, chickens and goats. Anything but prepackaged ingredients.

The canned propane is temporary. Unfortunately, we will be using a regular outdoor refillable propane stove for the rest of the summer, but only because there is a burning ban and we are living on lumber land, which would be terrible for their company if we set it on fire. It's not ideal, but it's the compromise we came to.

The utensils were already in our possession. The probably are from third world countries, would you like me to throw them out and whittle some more? That doesn't seem practical joe, I don't know what your point is.

The camping gear and the furniture. Again what is your point? I already owned them all. should I sit on a rock out of stubbornness? I didn't claim that I'd be living a rustic life, or that I wanted to mirror people in poverty, only that I would be a little more connected to nature than I previously was. And if you can't see that going home to sit on a beach by the river is a little in contrast with coding and managing all day, then you've got blinders on. This is for fun, and a little self reflection.

"surburban entrepreneurs trying to cash in on their favorite sport of car-camping"

To be fair, I've never had a conversation with you, so you couldn't possibly know how untrue this is. I wont comment, other than we aren't getting payed, and I live (and have lived) quite a different life than you assume.


Really though, why do you find me so offensive joe?

[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 3:13 PM. Reason : .]

6/14/2010 3:11:52 PM

don't worry about it man, he's a prick to everyone.

6/14/2010 3:23:36 PM

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"To be fair, I've never had a conversation with you, so you couldn't possibly know how untrue this is. I wont comment, other than we aren't getting payed, and I live (and have lived) quite a different life than you assume. "

you guys did quite a bit of conversing here, mostly very civil though much of it was reflections and story telling. i hope the same can be had here because it could be another very interesting thread like the one linked that i would enjoy reading. as long as it doesn't become a gripefest
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6/14/2010 3:34:18 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/22/engadget-1985/ ?

6/14/2010 4:14:02 PM

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"WE GETTIN PAYED"

fuckin' hippies

6/14/2010 4:17:15 PM

Ok, so why are you doing this, and what exactly are you doing for a living?

6/14/2010 4:22:20 PM

I'm kinda at the point now where i disapprove of telling the mcdonalds morons where to go get wild food so they can just waste it and fuck everything up trying to get as much as possible. I've seen that scenario become reality the times i tried to teach some "average humans" about wood goodies.

6/14/2010 4:22:23 PM

^^

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"And if you can't see that going home to sit on a beach by the river is a little in contrast with coding and managing all day, then you've got blinders on."

6/14/2010 4:28:29 PM

why not build a cabin or get a cool modern prefab to drop in?

6/14/2010 4:30:04 PM

i think this is cool so if i ever become homeless i can just love in the woods.

6/14/2010 4:35:50 PM

you don't need to be homeless to love in the woods

6/14/2010 4:48:51 PM

Ive loved in the woods before... Well not really LOVED... More like lusted...

6/14/2010 4:52:45 PM

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"We're going to film a wilderness cooking blog that shows how to prepare lightweight backpacking meals, how to forage and trap and general tips and tricks for living outside."

My aunt produces a show that does this, minus the foraging bit.

BUY HER BOOK!

http://www.amazon.com/Over-Open-Johnny-Pamela-Alford/dp/0977055612

/shameless plug

6/14/2010 4:52:50 PM

really?! what is her show? where can I find it?

6/14/2010 4:54:41 PM

http://www.campfirecafetv.com/

I just noticed my aunt has a pretty signature

[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 4:57 PM. Reason : and apparently the book gives camping tips as well]

6/14/2010 4:55:53 PM

^ Lol, we are going to use the same blog layout

6/14/2010 5:02:16 PM