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Pictures and posts from the United States.

Three nights and four days relaxing by the lake in Piney Creek Wilderness. Except, someone had stolen the lake. It was very low. I’ve not been to my favorite campsite in over a year. It was well overdue a visit. Journal: 10 43

Jim in the workshop. +1

Damascus steel knife – Jim tried his hand at making a Damascus steel knife blade.

Brass canon – Yes, it works! +1

In a corner of the workshop.

Kaleidoscope.

Looking out – past the forge.

New and Old – New welding visors and old posters.

Rasp snake.

Jim’s workshop – well, a large bit of it. You can’t see the anvils, forge, and lots of other tools that are behind me

Table. The legs are steel, not wood. It’s very heavy!

Old Tools. Detail from inside the tool chest.

Tool chest in the workshop.

Globe Lamp – sculpture by Jim Davis.

Butterfly – Mild steel and copper sculpture by Jim Davis. +1

On the workshop wall … A baby elephant, fish lamp, and lots of other goodies. +2

Sunflower – Mild steel sculpture by Jim Davis.

Afternoon in the garden – Mild steel sculpture by Jim Davis.

Ozarks Mule – Mild steel sculpture by Jim Davis.

Weekend target practice – There were two “must dos” this weekend. Take some pictures of Jim’s art, and put at least 50 rounds through my Sig P938.

Hercules Glades Wilderness. Pilot Trail, Around a quarter mile east of Lower Pilot Knob. And some end of trip notes. Two-minute read

Day Three – Another lazy selfie, and I pick up some trash. +1

Hammock ridge line holster mount — When I first saw the Alien Gear ShapeShift holster system, I thought it would be great for backpacking. When I bought my Sig Sauer P938, I checked the Alien Gear website and was very pleased to see that there was a holster for it. 2 7

A brilliant sunset and I’m in the wrong place to see it – My cell phone camera was not up to the job of capturing it.

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