Tim Smith, Registered Master Maine Guide
I’m adding a new photo digest here starting today. I post lots of photos to our Flickr, Google+ and Facebook pages, but those of you who only read the blog will now be able to check them out. You can see a full-size version of the image by clicking the title. Let me know what you think.
We’ve got a new photo gallery on the web, and I’ve been looking through old pictures for a few days and posting them. In a few months I plan to have all of our archived photos posted. It’s powered by the newest version of Gallery, the same software that ran our old photo gallery, which will also remain on the web.
The address for the new gallery is bushcraftnetwork.com/gallery3/
I’ve owned and stayed in a variety of different types of canvas and egyptian cotton tents over the years. Outfitted with a wood stove, they allow you to be comfortably nomadic in any season. This photo gallery shows some of these.
Home is where you hang your hat. The benefits of being able to build a comfortable house in the woods are immeasureable. For it to be useful, any shelter then must have a designated hat-hanging spot. Here are a few of ours.
Here are a few of my favorite canoe photos from the last few years.
A friend recently went on a fishing trip to Manitoba’s Big Sand Lake. This monster was the second biggest trout he caught there. Notice the Jack Mountain hat. Some people are lucky when they fish. Others work hard for what they get. This fish, and his large cousin caught the following day, were the result of hard work. But hard work fishing is an enjoyable avocation. A fish this size is one where your arms hurt the next day. Or so I’m told.
The smooth waters of the Allagash reflecting the sky at dusk.
Allagash falls after several days of heavy rains. A shirtless figure stands alone, shaking his fists. Shot during the fall, 2004 fall semester course on day 9 of an 11-day trip with a disposable film camera. Great shot, great trip, great guy.
Paddling into the mist on Long Lake, part of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in northern Maine. Shot on a cool September morning under a clear blue sky.
This is one of my favorite photos, taken during the fall, 2003 Wilderness Bushcraft Semester. It’s the St. Croix River, which is the border between Maine and New Brunswick. In the photo are two women poling solo in 18 foot canoes. It was a beautiful fall morning; cold and crisp, with warmer water generating the mist. We had just broken camp and were working our way through a low-water section of river. It was a great day, a great trip and a great course.
My name is Tim Smith and i'm a state-licensed Registered Master Maine Guide. Since founding the Jack Mountain Bushcraft School in 1999 I've been a full time guide and bushcraft instructor.
