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Down through the ’33’, a piece of forest that’s like a park. The name came from how much it cost.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Nancy and I are truly fortunate to have our own bit of nature here that’s big enough to actually camp in. Through the years, we’ve added to it, strategically bought chunks here and there, and now it’s a very tasty place to walk. So, since we’re supposed to stay home, how about a little backpack with Nancy as the supporting photographer and me as painter!<\/p>\n\n\n

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This patch of trilliums come up each spring, getting bigger each time and is at the start of a little loop that is really a complex bunch of deer trails. I have some new equipment, so, out we went with that new Six Moon Designs<\/a> pack on to try out their new tent, a Lunar Duo. If I can’t do it up a mountain somewhere, I can try it out here.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Along the way, I tried to get a couple of small paintings going, just jestures  of how it felt here on a warm spring day in a forest I know better than any.  This huge big-leaf maple is a favorite of mine, a giant sprawling mass of life that changes each year as branches fall off in winter storms. A couple of years ago, a fawn was born here.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A little way down the deer trail this little scene unfolds. I made the trail a bit wider in the painting, hopefully the deer won’t notice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My new Lunar Duo tent from 6 Moon Designs – a perfect tent for an old guy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here’s a little tent review for the Lunar Duo, a perfect ultralight two-person tent:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This tent is already a hit with me.<\/strong> Less than half the weight of my old standby, yet much bigger in size. For decades I’ve carried a free-standing tent, one with enough complicated poles that you wouldn’t want to put it together in the dark. The Lunar Duo comes in at 2.5lbs and uses one carbon fiber pole and my hiking stick, that’s it. (my old tent was about 6lbs. and had about 30 little poles all stuck together with bungies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve read this one takes some fiddling and adjusting to put it up, and requires ground soft enough for the titanium stakes, but that’s the same as the other one – I never camp on rocks and still had to connect it to the ground. With a floating floor, this was up in minutes and I was set for the night. The floating floor means it just floats around under you like a little water tight boat under a waterproof cover.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Yes, a good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thanks for reading this week. Stay well out there so you can join me in the next addition of this little journey. Art and nature, they go together well, even if you’re still at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All photos by Nancy Cherry Eifert using the old Nikon backpacking camera without post processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Eifert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s my Facebook fan page<\/a>. I post lots of other stuff there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Instagram is here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click <\/a>here to go to our main website \u2013 with jigsaw puzzles, prints, interpretive portfolios and lots of other stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy\u2019s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here to go to Virginia Eifert\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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