Get updates https://follow.it/adventuresidecar Mon, 25 May 2026 01:01:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJZQSUBYFfSy9sYplBO5J-7?utm_source=follow.it     5/24/26 9:00 Warming with the clouds burning off. I didn’t check the temperature but it was a little cooler than yesterday morning. Around 4:00 I got up to use the latrine. Went back to bed and didn’t rise until 6:30. Robert made bacon and eggs, with a side of grits and beans for […]]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 18:43:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJZQSUBYFfSy9sYplBO5J-7?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJcr_j7nvtyhcYXCeLP6-Fg?utm_source=follow.it     5/23/26 6:00 49F (9.4C) Clear blue sky, just a tickle of breeze. Birds sing beneath a rising sun. A few cook fires are burning. Tea in hand, I watch the camp come to life. Good morning.                                   […]]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 17:44:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJcr_j7nvtyhcYXCeLP6-Fg?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwKgW7jgGzGH4z46oU3y27m3?utm_source=follow.it 5/22/26 5:30 46F (7.7C) Clear , calm, quiet. 6:15 The critters are fed and I am on the road.                                                              ]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 15:30:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwKgW7jgGzGH4z46oU3y27m3?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwI9sA_UOXZgHXymKlMfHqOs?utm_source=follow.it     5/21/26 5:15 45F (7.2C) Calm, clear, dry. The sun has yet to crest the ridge. The sky is clear. No wind stirs the trees. The canyon is a palette of muted greens and blue. Riotous birdsong fills the air. The rooster vocally protests his confinement. My tea is warm and bitter. Dark rivulets […]]]> Thu, 21 May 2026 15:17:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwI9sA_UOXZgHXymKlMfHqOs?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJatlSpuViatbem3qP30gcP?utm_source=follow.it     5/20/26 6:30  50F  (10C) Warm, clear,  calm. The sun is up in a sky as blue as a robin’s egg. Good morning.                                                               […]]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 16:18:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJatlSpuViatbem3qP30gcP?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLPyVj0WryvMYDMAeAtUXbw?utm_source=follow.it                                                                              ]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 01:03:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLPyVj0WryvMYDMAeAtUXbw?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwILzMfCXukAdD2NcPWUnK_W?utm_source=follow.it     5/19/26 5:30 45F (7.2C) In the soft light of dawn a gentle breeze sways the willows as orchard sprayers whine.                                                                   […]]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 15:05:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwILzMfCXukAdD2NcPWUnK_W?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJ6qSClwPWwfTEBLp1Teg2z?utm_source=follow.it     5/18/26 6:00 43F (6.1C) Overcast with a flutter of breeze. It’s a soft Gray morning.  Doves coo and birds chirp. The rooster is awake. Walter, having concluded a minor disagreement with the dog across the way, continues making his rounds. All is well. Good morning.                 […]]]> Mon, 18 May 2026 15:45:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJ6qSClwPWwfTEBLp1Teg2z?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwILV2SOIBPcDJzaUH4I4stw?utm_source=follow.it     5/17/26 6:30 41F (5C) Clear, windless, beautiful. It rained last night. It rained hard most of the day yesterday and off and on all last week. The sun is rising in a clear, blue sky. It is calm. The birds are singing as if the storm had never happened. Good morning.     […]]]> Sun, 17 May 2026 16:28:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwILV2SOIBPcDJzaUH4I4stw?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwI-3KANPNkAVdIDDLdLiH_m?utm_source=follow.it     5/16/26 6:00 42F (5.5C) Overcast,  gray, raining lightly. I believe it rained all night. It has been a damp week. I don’t know how long it will last, but it has got to be good for the immediate future. The woods need the moisture. we have already had three small wildfires just a […]]]> Sat, 16 May 2026 15:35:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwI-3KANPNkAVdIDDLdLiH_m?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJGanvZM30N-AFivPETZmjk?utm_source=follow.it Book club was at mom’s  house  tonight,  so Andy brought mom up here for dinner while our wives were otherwise occupied. I spent the day scouring the house and cooking. We had pork loin and cornbread.  Andy brought a salad, wine and beer.  After dinner we had drinks, then apple pie and ice cream for […]]]> Sat, 16 May 2026 07:08:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJGanvZM30N-AFivPETZmjk?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIdOvdHuU-x1VpYFHaRgwmg?utm_source=follow.it     5/15/26 45F (7.2C) Broken cloud cover drifts above wet ground. It rained some more last night. An inconstant breeze flutters the oaks’ leaves, making them shimmer. A crow caws over the cooing of doves, like the rasping smoker’s voice of a bar floozy drinking whiskey and talking to herself while college girls out […]]]> Fri, 15 May 2026 16:02:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIdOvdHuU-x1VpYFHaRgwmg?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIGIUerZeHHcAyz5lcBC7vM?utm_source=follow.it     5/14/26 5:45 49F (9.4C) Cloudy.  Calm, no rain. I think I will put some more corn in the ground this morning. If the wind doesn’t come up, I’ll burn the blackberry briars I cleared from around the rabbit hutch yesterday. Perhaps I  should go up in the woods and see if the rain […]]]> Thu, 14 May 2026 15:34:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIGIUerZeHHcAyz5lcBC7vM?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwKPyZ0IKX3fMW2gDSZt9zV9?utm_source=follow.it     5/13/26 6:00 50F (10C) Mostly cloudy,  windy, damp. A solitary spring storm to punctuate the drought. Trees sway and rattle in the gusts, spent blooms and small cones falling like last night’s rain. The ground is wet, with puddles here and there. The birds are all a twitter, discussing  the weather. Good morning. […]]]> Wed, 13 May 2026 16:06:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwKPyZ0IKX3fMW2gDSZt9zV9?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIpVjURmwwSK5J_TOARYHYs?utm_source=follow.it     5/12/26 6:00 48F (8.8C) Calm, partly cloudy. Clouds dot the blue sky like tufts of cottonwood dander drifting by. A robin buzzed me, so low I felt the breeze of his wings beating the air. Amy is home from California. Good morning.                       […]]]> Tue, 12 May 2026 15:52:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIpVjURmwwSK5J_TOARYHYs?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIqvx5AtltRrgl-xxpaIgOH?utm_source=follow.it     5/11/26 6:00 43F (6C) A clear,  windless morning,  calm and quiet. The water casks have been soaking overnight. They still leak but are beginning to tighten up. The corn and pumpkin starts are still doing well. At 6:30, light from the rising sun kissed the top of the lodge. Good morning.     […]]]> Mon, 11 May 2026 15:45:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwIqvx5AtltRrgl-xxpaIgOH?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJvoKUOU4l3_-mekq0F_EQM?utm_source=follow.it     Between the drought and fierce competition,  I  have not found many morels this season. I did have three mushrooms and about as many stalks of asparagus. I scolded the morels in water while I  chopped and fried so bacon. When the bacon was done I removed it and placed the morels and asparagus […]]]> Sun, 10 May 2026 20:48:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJvoKUOU4l3_-mekq0F_EQM?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLyI9kzgYLQHhcqVr-N_hpY?utm_source=follow.it     5/10/26 6:30 48F (8.8C) Calm air, cloudy sky. Tattered white clouds open and shut across a pale blue sky. The sun has climbed above the ridge. Birds twitter,  the dog barks, squirrels run up and down the oaks. It is a mellow Sunday rising. Good morning.               […]]]> Sun, 10 May 2026 16:23:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLyI9kzgYLQHhcqVr-N_hpY?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJwmUqR_XSgdw_iMPSw8ApS?utm_source=follow.it                                     \\                                              ]]> Sun, 10 May 2026 03:35:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwJwmUqR_XSgdw_iMPSw8ApS?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLhlVB522y-Vc_rRWi1DCx4?utm_source=follow.it     5/9/26 6:00 47F (8.3C) Clear sky with just a  tickle of a breeze. The ground is littered with stringy yellow-green flowers, fallen from the oaks. We will likely have a bumper crop of acorns come autumn. The corn starts I put in the ground yesterday look good and I see a few more […]]]> Sat, 09 May 2026 15:34:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/hXV07uyPQwLhlVB522y-Vc_rRWi1DCx4?utm_source=follow.it