Recent content by YukonMontanaTannerTrapper

After wandering around town for a bit we backtracked and headed east on the interstate.....headed for home. We took an indirect route back and when we got to Drummond, Montana we left the interstate behind and drove south along Highway 1..... The autumn colors were sensational.....especially...

A week later the dogs, my friend, and I, made a trip down Interstate 90 toMissoula, Montana..... This was yet another short trip.....only 3 days away from the cabin. We spent the first night camped along the shoreline of the Clark Fork.....again, many of you might recognize this spot as I...

AlwaysRoaming.....thank you. It's especially special on a morning like we're having today. Outside it's 6 degrees, everything is covered in a thick frost, birds are at the feeders, the sky is so blue.....uninterrupted with clouds.....I've got a hot mug of coffee, a good book, and a good fire to...

The inside of the barn went from this..... .....to this.....by the way, my friend Luis came over one day to help me build that extraordinary (in my opinion) workbench..... I've done a considerable amount of landscaping too.....lots of rock gardens and lots of perrinials planted..... I...

Luis also helped me to install the washer / dryer units..... Finally on September 12, 2021 I decided to move some of my furniture into the cabin..... I didn't actually own much furniture (divorce can do that to a guy).....so I decided to make some of my own.....the base for a small...

Next added insulation to the attic and to the crawl space.....August 11, 2021..... And was able to close in that new side wall with a sliding glass door..... And after the electricity was in, started on the drywall.....probably the worst job of the entire cabin build.....August 12...

Many other aspects of construction were taking place throughout the same time frames.....installation of the sewer system.....May 17, 2021..... Connecting to the existing waterline (I hooked up to my neighbors' well.....another significant savings had).....June 12, 2021..... And the...

Adding the sod was another project that darn near killed me. I added seventeen pallets of sod..... This would have been a massive cost to me but I was very fortunate here and actually a friend of a friend that owned a 600 acre sod farm gave it all to me for free.....I made many trips to the...

Next I started to demolish the side of the cabin that faced the mountains. I had big plans for this wall.....it was going to be a complete transition.....May 13, 2021..... Once the demolition was completed, I added floor trusses and plywood flooring.....May 25, 2021..... Bert the Hoarder...

Foy.....one thing that I neglected to mention is that many of these private landowners are also conservationist and they're actually a good thing. They protect and preserve the wilderness and the article stated that they're an integral part in saving the west. Without some of these landowners...

A friend came to town..... ......I needed to make another trip to the hospital to have a test performed on my heart.....a full day in the hospital was going to be required..... We decided to make it a road trip since the hospital wasn't local.....it was a 200 mile drive..... The...

chet6.7.....if we could be so lucky to find a dinosaur bone..... Foy.....just today I read an article that stated that 2/3 of the private land in Montana is owned by 4,000 private individuals / corporations (think Ted Turner for one). Nothing surprises me anymore..... Sierra Valley.....you...

Trapper seemed to be particularly intrigued with this ice feature.....Tanner.....he seemed to follow me while Trapper hugged the edge of the ice feature..... I wasn't particularly concerned when I noticed that Trapper began to walk underneath the ice wall.....Tanner seemed maybe a little...

As the old saying goes "all good things must come to an end" and so it was that we headed back to the rig..... This time we took an entirely different route.....we crossed the trail at one point but mostly we just wandered in the direction of the rig. I had spotted a herd of elk to the south...

ITTOG.....go figure..... As far as I'm concerned, when hiking in Grizzly Bear country, these wide open expanses are where I want to be. In my mind, it's much better watching a Grizzly Bear charging at me at 30 mph in the wide open than it is to surprise one while in a dense pine...