Building a Fort in the Woods: LAST LOG WALL FINISHED, ADDING A TARP, CAST IRON COOKING OVER FIRE.

We got a new frying pan. What are you folks doing today? Me and Tripper are out here back at the fort, obviously. You know, I had so much fun here the other day that it's only been three days, and I'm back. And in between that, we did the last video, did some stuff with the family, and let my noggin heal up a little bit. Tripper's doing good, too, on his arm. I got a, I was at Canadian Tire yesterday. Canadian Tire is like Canada's version of like Menards or something along those lines. They sell more than just tires. I saw this little frying pan, this cast iron frying pan, and I had to get it. It's perfect for eggs. I brought eggs this time. I remembered the eggs. We got eggs. So, yeah, we're going to season this guy up. We'll use it up. Grab some eggs and bacon in there. I'll probably leave this out here just because it's so heavy duty. Pick up a little lanyard on it, hang it up. But for now. Oh, and I got my solo Siberia kuksa, which I hadn't been able to find since last winter. Got it. So we're all bushcrafted up today. yeah i've got also an old brown poly tarp like i said i was gonna get uh i actually found this in my garage from the previous owners there's a couple holes in it and stuff but i figured this is the exact one i wanted why go out and buy a new one i could just patch the holes up with tape there's gonna be thatching on it as well this is just for extra bonus waterproofness so that i can leave things here so i can be protected from rain and then it'll stop the snow as well from coming through so we got all that stuff i got some more cordage uh yeah spend the day out here again with the dog have a fun day i also do have the old scout with me no axe today we got the big old chopper so this is the adventure storm scout and we'll be using that to play around with today oh one more thing i brought out a piece of a shovel i feel like i can i do want to level the ground in there so this might be a use for that if not i'll get a hole out here and but yeah i know that should do the trick he's working on that hole i like being able to saw standing things that that i don't have to hold so i can use two hands whenever you can use two hands on the saw you're getting so much more oomph out of it it's not it's taxing on your arms watch out bud you gotta move man move move and a longer saw wouldn't be a bad thing either but this this saw is a good all-around a great all-around tool stay there took some doing he's literally doing the same thing scout used to do running up and biting all the limbs off the tree they are so alike in some ways not in most ways but in some ways there you go it's good boy good boy trip you can see just how big this one is in comparison to my hand so what i think i'm going to do because they're going to be somewhat heavy at that diameter i'll start at the end and cut i'll measure here with a stick and i'll cut the pieces that i need to start on this side for the up and downs i'll start with the really thick stuff and that whole tree is pretty thick so maybe i'll be able to do a good portion of this wall with that i still do want to put one or two more beams on here but i think that's what i'm gonna do so i need a measuring stick that's going to be as long as or just a touch longer than this last rafter there's some of my cutoffs so i got two different sizes so right at the end this would be this will be fine so this is the the measuring stick to start with and then i can work up with to this one i'm sure buddy sure bro stay away all right here you want this just so my saw doesn't pinch I'm gonna roll this around underneath prop it up pretend this is that all right and what these didn't even have bigger now to have to worry about getting them into the ground so much they're gonna their own weight is gonna keep them still yeah that'd be cool if I can get a big fat wall of these guys cool okay then next up needs to be just shorter than this stick well this log is my next 45 minutes out here happening more and more you get still in there check check it's my bushcraft spike with planes what's going on tripper what's uh big guy yeah it's so bad much thicker than the other ones but it looks okay because it's at the end i think yeah yeah i put the big end at the top here because the bottom part didn't have enough room for the big for the big wide end that fills out a couple more spots that would have taken up two or three smaller logs to do yeah okay let's see where they sit now sit right there which is not bad actually there's even a little corner in the wood smashed in there this will get tied to this this get tied to the ridge pole up there and possibly even down here somewhere so it's all sturdy you saw in the last video i was i was hammering on that wall over there and she was fine so it's a good setup for this side i am going to use the actual paracord as opposed to that thinner stuff just because these are there's some serious pieces of wood gloves would help with this oh you can see just how much that toggle helps so yeah that's in there you know i said that i didn't need to dig it out but it slopes upward and uh i think it'd be just even that that more sturdy if i did so just cuts through this earth man i'm gonna save it all right next to it oh look at the color of the earth the soil um i want to save it all right next to it and then i can pack pack it in around the bottom like I did on the other side like you saw in the last video. Don't worry about it, man. It's just a crow. Alright. Got all those pieces on that we could possibly use from that one tree. It's a good start to a second wall. Look at it in contrast to the other wall here. It's on point. That wall looks fine. But look at that. Ba-bam. Something about using bigger logs for sure. So, let's test it and see how wide it really is because it doesn't look that wide. The shelter is deep. That's what's good about it. I'll have lots of room in and out this way, but yeah, I'll definitely have plenty of room to lay down Let's just test her out and see this this ground does need to be fixed I said about six inches on top maybe a little bit less on the bottom Maybe about ten inches on top but so a good a good amount of space if I even myself out in here It's not too shabby. Like I said, the beds gonna go back here. I'll probably take up probably to this second last pole or even the last one and I'll still be able to sit up in it probably let's see we put it about that high and sit up in it which is helpful and then I still have spots in front of the bed boom boom two chairs and again that that awning needs to happen to my fort in the woods just hanging at my fort you know my fort in the woods bro are you chewing on my glove you little son of a gun hey hey hey you better hope that was the velcro i heard son oh my goodness dog oh they're soaked and it it looks like the wall is going to line up with the big post like i wanted it to there you keep putting them in what are you growling about you're going to be okay man i promise actually you know what i'm getting kind of hungry i might stop uh to cook up a a lunch and make a tea and stuff but i'm just looking here i want to get rid of these tree this tree and a couple of these limbs to make it easier for me to get around this side of it because once that's blocked in it'll be easier to go this way than all the way around um it already is easier to go this way so all these limbs are going to get taken off or at least cut lower so i can still use them for hangers and stuff yeah pick out that pick out this whole clear this whole area. That's what I'm going to do. That's what I'm going to do. the three tree there, the clump of them, the cedar, I'll be able to use a lot of those twigs and branches for my fire. A decent amount of firewood there, some twigs and actual fuel. I really don't like the slope here, how my fire pit's kind of down in this pit part, and I sit over there, and this is kind of just up here, so firewood's always going to want to be there. So I'm wondering if I can dig out the ground which might even be good for it because I can I can mix up the duff with the sand underneath and it'll be even better Safer see it's red. I said the clay sand right there to be safer for it I think so I'm gonna spend quite some time. I believe trying to even this out There's a bunch of gravel under there too should have brought the handle for this shovel and really see the layers there What's up buddy, there it isn't that seems so much better now I think so you gotta remember by the time I got over here last year to start this there's already snow on the ground A lot of things couldn't get done that was the plan the whole time to wait till different times a year to come back Out here anyways, that's much better now There's still a little bit of a slant But I can at least have the fire up here near where I'm gonna be I'm gonna have to flatten all this out That'd be a that'd be a job for a tool with a handle on it I think or a dog a job for a dog bark bark bark and she is windy all sorts of leaves coming down today Very pretty. It's a lovely lovely time to be in the forest Just lovely, a little dirty, so I did not season that I'm going to season it with bacon grease see if it works out I'll grill the rest of them. I just want to get them get the pan all greasy I made myself a fancy spatula You got to remember not to grab the handle my hand if you don't grab the handle with your hand Is it even a handle huh huh this handle is the hottest thing? I've ever touched in my life I gotta try and flip these guys somehow I've dumped out some of the grease already might be a little burned on the bottom how it feels ah let's see see if i can do this nope no flipping is going to happen none of the flipping is happening this glove is toasty oh something i broke one of the oaks darn it darn it darn it oh it's hot for the dog but i'm just gonna let it cool down bacon and egg all in the same mouthful almost lost her trying to be fancy is there hotter than hot is there hotter than boiling, the wood retains the heat right, okay well lunch was good, it's a good stop, good a little break but it's time to keep going, i gotta finish this wall, i need to take down another bigger tree so i can get one two three four four or five more pieces actually and i only have on there six right now so they do a lot more work up to her that's looking pretty good okay i'm gonna put one more in there, got a decent sized log here i'm pretty good, i gotta pack it all in at the bottom if i can get one more in there let's try, well there's a big root there from the tree i have have to fit in that spot there, it's kind of won't this over here it's got a little bend to it but it's not so bad if I put it that way I think they're all right, oh all right so obviously I'll have to trim some of those pieces up it looks all out of whack but that's a solid wall boys and girls when she's coming so being she is coming so then she is coming what are you doing yeah get your nose right in there big guy old dirt merchant so I've been thinking about it looking at this I really don't like this I originally was gonna get all new ones to make them as long as the longest one have a little bit of an awning what I think what I think I'll do instead is um it's cut them all pretty short so maybe right around this length here the shorter ones I'll leave shorter obviously but right around this average length here I'll trim them all about that size so that I can drape a tarp over it for now because it's gonna rain for like the next week I don't know how much I'm going to get back here or not I want to keep stuff here I want to keep this place dry before the snow coming in in a couple months this dog is just digging to China right now so anyways I don't want to have my tarp all wampus out each way so I think think if I trim it up a little bit it'll be good tuck it all in on the sides and then the majority of it will stay dry yep just do that what are you doing there your whole face is under the ground you find some truffles little truffles under there little truffle dog little truffle dog I have to keep my eyes closed on this one. He saw it would be better, more manageable for this. I'm only going to really trim these ones right across. A little dusty. Dusty Joe. Where do you... No, I'm not going to do it. Tripper. Tripper, you can hear me. What are you doing? What are you doing, bro? Man, you're right in there. What are you doing? Can't be good for you to breathe in all that sand, eh? Well, I'm the sand dog. It's tarp time. I almost don't want to put it on. I really like to look through the logs with the leaves, but it does nothing without some kind of shelter, or without some kind of thatching. And there's really, other than ferns here, not much. Anyways, this is going to be fine. So one side is brown, one side is green. We'll put the brown on the outside. There's dimensions of this, and I don't know the dimensions of the forest, but hopefully they will line up. If we're lucky, they will line up. Get there for a moment. Stripper, there's nothing there, man. Shabby. Okay, so it's obviously not going to go Down the sides, but that's okay for now look at something else or give it something else after but right now I don't care about that. Oh, but I am son funny room Hey, she ain't pretty just yet But she's on what I want to show you is this because I know I'll get comments saying oh if you have your Tarp tucked in like you do you're gonna get rain inside and you're absolutely right, but I don't plan on leaving it like that I got to cut this down so this can come over and then this can drape over all of those as well I'm going to cut these down, too I do I do think I'll wait for my silky because it's easier to get in there with the silky saw So I'm not worried about it today. The back needs to be pulled down tight. This is all super loose, right? Back needs to be pulled taut and now I have this overlapping the back and coming down I'll pull I'll put stakes in right pull it down tight then that way might when I'm laying in bed it'll be dry and this side is pretty good actually it's covered all up pretty good I will have to stake it down to make it tight but it's looking good that's how I want the other side to look to overlap like that and I can I just need to cut them yeah it gets over most of it already I'm gonna spend some time we'll cut these absolutely flush or as close to the the other log as I can get and then I'll get them all under here pull down tight yeah it'll look much better and then i'll get some debris on the back of it too bam good boy oh here's the view from the inside that tarp needs to be fixed up big time but it'll happen this wall is awesome what do you think buddy charcoal free now out here all day my kiddo he's done school for the week we normally have movie nights on friday and saturday nights get home she'll get home right after i am spend the night together i'm going out tomorrow with bush and we are trying to find an abandoned mine we're gonna go explore an abandoned uh mine with our ATVs supposed to be storming all day but i'm excited for that uh at least raining all day it sounds like a lot of fun hopefully we find it when we find it we'll definitely go in and take you guys with us i'm gonna make a video for sure maybe i'll just make up this uh this bench in here real quick before i go just to make it look like home again been a minute since i did a camp at Boosh, we hung out a couple of times lately, but, oh, and we're not camping either. It's just a day thing tomorrow. That's fine. Low bench, low bench. I do have to trim up all the top ones. Like I said, I did a little bit of them, but I didn't do as many as I should. They all need to be flush. I think, you know what, to be honest with you, I think what I'll do is cut them almost flush to the ridge pole and then just have that tarp hanging out. I'll build a ceiling and an awning out there after. Yeah, it just looks horrible the way it is. it's all it's all touch and go with it this is all like uh cockeyed and everything like this it's not straight even though the ridge pole is not a straight line it's kneeled in some sap anyway yeah it's coming along man a lot of progress in the last couple days as well as make it feel homely homie you just leave him alone please Tripper I'm better off the ground away from the rain the elements all right yeah i think she's seasoned pretty good nice amount of dirt in there now it's always fun i can hang our pan up well guys thanks Thanks for watching this video. Had another really fun day in the woods here with Tripper, building the old fort. Come a long way in the past couple days. Only more improvements to make and more fun to have. Hopefully this is some kind of incentive for you guys to get out. I liken it to a skateboarding video back in the day when I was younger, when I was a skier. Before I went out skating, I would watch skate videos to pump myself up. I hope these kind of videos pump you guys up. Go out, even if you're not making a fort in the woods, go out and brew up a cup of coffee and maybe make up some bacon or have a hike, use an alcohol stove, whatever the case may be. It doesn't have to be this type of stuff. But I hope this kind of stuff inspires you to get out and have some fun. You guys have a good day. I'll be back soon. See you on the next one. Until the next one.