Alone in the Wilderness

00:00:27 It was good to be back in the wilderness again, where everything seems at peace.

00:01:51 I sat down and leaned against them

00:03:52 and its windows were boarded up.

00:05:56 The same with the handles I made for the wood augers

00:08:09 And the big window would look down to the lake.

00:11:12 You can't rush it. I don't want these logs looking as if a boy scout was turned loose on them with a dull hatchet.

00:13:50 The buckbrush and willows are leafing out fast now, the rhubarb is growing

00:16:13 To peel the poles, I made a tripod of short sticks on which to rest one end, and put the draw-knife to work.

00:19:11 I need a fish for supper. So I took the fly rod down to Hope Creek.

00:21:47 I need about thirty to make the slats for my bunks.

00:23:58 With a yell and a waving of arms, I spooked him.

00:26:12 A beautiful still evening. The cabin is starting to look as though it belongs.

00:28:22 But I suppose he would just solve the problem by wiping the door clean from the wooden hinges.

00:30:31 The lake is dead calm. A perfect day for moving.

00:32:40 The crops to grow at Twin Lakes are potatoes, rhubarb, lettuce, onions and radishes.My green onions looked pretty respectable.

00:35:27 They were feeding. Huddled like chickens as they walked along the slope.

00:38:01 My collapsable form couldn't have worked better. I'm glad I took the time to make it.

00:40:16 It seems like he likes to get up on the high ridges, where the breeze blows to keep the insects away.

00:42:45 I open and close the hunting season with one shot. The search for meat is over.

00:45:35 Too bad I didn't have a caribou to pull it.

00:49:07 I chopped off a chunk of moose hindquarter. The meat shattered like ice.

00:51:46 He also brought me two pairs of heavy socks that his wife Mary had knitted for me.

00:53:55 Two slabs on the packboard, and in for lunch. The slabs will make interesting table tops.

00:56:12 ---and it was time to leave this One Man's Wilderness.