Locke Outdoors: Letters from the Wilderness Week 4

 

Good Day everyone!! 

Been doing some work down at the new camp in preparation for the new fishing season. So been working on my fish smoker. Check out the video, and drop a like if you want!

Music by Amy King  (AmyKingRecording.com)

Lockeoutdoors: Letters from the Wilderness, Week 3

 Spent a few hours hiking on the east coast trail.

Here is this weeks adventure. 

LockeOutdoors: Letters from the Wilderness, Week 2

 

This weeks adventures in this great outdoors.

Locke Outdoors: Letters from the Wilderness, Week 1

Locke Outdoors: Letters from the wilderness.

I am getting back to creating content of my outdoor side of life. This is just a test video to see how it all works out. Music by: Amy King - Don't Walk Away Used with permission.

The Firestarter: Witness the Spark

 

Its been a very long time since I have had the ability to the capability to even entertain the thought of keeping my outdoor blog active.

Since my accident, it has taken me a very long time and has been a very slow journey to getting myself back into a place where I am able to enjoy and do the things I love. With the onset of Covid back in 2020. My life changed totally, my health went down hill, I lost my livelihood, I lost my marriage of 20 years.  Everything fell apart for me. 

I reached the bottom, and I felt like I could not go any further, other then sideways. Then back in October of 2021 I managed to get the opportunity to reconnect with a friend from my long past, 26 years past in fact. 

I wont bore everyone with the details, but it was this chance encounter where I learned something about who I was, and the things I am good at, and the things I enjoyed, and that is the Outdoors, and just how much I love it.

I can honestly say, since October past I have walked and hiked almost everyday with out fail since. Enjoying my time outside to the fullest. It has been great few months for me as I rebuild my life again. 

So, to share my appreciation for what my friend taught me (who also enjoys the outdoors, maybe even more then me!) I wanted to returned the favor by sending her a small Christmas present. A Ferro Rod and a Tinder Wick. Something she can use to enjoy those outdoors pleasures of making a good camp fire with. 

My friend, being a person who loves to have camp fires and outdoor coffee, it seemed like a great idea so I sent her the gifts, to thank her for helping me find myself again, for letting me know that I can still do good things in life. So a few days after the gifts arrived, I got a short video. And I can say, this video made my year, in fact... could be considered the best thank you I ever could have received from a friend. 

This video response solidified my desire to get back into doing the things I love. I asked if I could share with everyone this video, and she agreed.

I now present to you.. The Firestarter. 

If this image of the Firestarter is not the epitome of a "Woodsman" or "Outdoorsman" Then I will be a Monkeys Uncle.