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cabingal3
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:03
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do u keep a journal of all your land and cabin building experiences?
i would like to. i think i may start very soon.our next visit.

turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:32
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when i built my 1st cabin on my property 21 years ago, i keep up with every purchase $$$ i spent, when i fertlized or planted trees, etc.
how many deer or turkey i killed off the farm etc............
when i ever i run across it, i always smile when i read it...........
have not added to it in over 10 years...........
should start back, since i started clearing property for new camp......

fpw
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:44
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I put quite a bit of information on a blog. However, I do keep a personal journal at the cabin and a guest log. The personal journal has plans, drawings, thoughts, sketches, etc. When the journal gets full, I send it to my nephew who lives in another state as way to share the experience.

cabingal3
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:47
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yeah.i told hubby if we kept a journal of all we did each time we were out there...sit at the end of the evening over the fire and a cup of coffee-we would be clear on dates and events and then he could add his funny twist on things and there he would have another book.i think he just cares about funny stuff.lol

Youngster
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# Posted: 22 Feb 2011 11:55
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years ago, a buddy of mine invited us to his family's cabin for a weekend hunting trip. he had one of those dollar journals and anytime anyone from his family would visit the cabin, before they left, they would write down the date of their visit and any highlights.

even though each entry was maybe only a few sentences long, page after page, year after year - the "family journal" documented a long history of hunting trips, family get-togethers, etc.

cabingal3
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# Posted: 22 Feb 2011 22:17
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Youngster.thanks for this.great idea for sure.

hattie
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# Posted: 22 Feb 2011 22:50
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Youngster - I absolutely love that idea!!!

cabingal3
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:55
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i am gonna do this all the next time we head out.i will keep a consistent journal.i am going to write about the wild foods i find and how i fix them and my squirrel hunting ventures and cooking squirrels and Gary o watching cause he wants me to do this so he can get a hat.he has already told me he will never eat a rodent.
snicker.so i plan on making a steady stick to it journal.maybe a book tht can write itself.

turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:55
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Quoting: cabingal3
my squirrel hunting ventures and cooking squirrels


i love tree rats and dumpling at hunting camp---fine eating for sure...:-)

Erins#1Mom
# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:04
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squirrel gravy!

MtnDon
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:35
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1. a photo journal; seasons, changes made, events, visitors both human and animal, ....

2. expense record of anything that could count towards taxes; either for the immediate year or for when, if ever, it gets sold or passed on

squirrel
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:59
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squirrel gravy come on now I starting to feel alittle unsafe here lol

cabingal3
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 13:33
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Quoting: MtnDon
1. a photo journal; seasons, changes made, events, visitors both human and animal, ....

good ideas here.
thanks

Gary O
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 13:44 - Edited by: Gary O
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Quoting: Erins#1Mom
squirrel gravy!

Quoting: squirrel
squirrel gravy come on now I starting to feel alittle unsafe here lol

Think she feels unsafe....I know cabi would slip a squirrel anus or two in my chicken Fricassee....

Star date 5/10/2020:
'sumpm tastes like butt'

cabingal3
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 16:22
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Quoting: squirrel

squirrel gravy come on now I starting to feel alittle unsafe here lol

snicker.u should squirrel.lol

cabingal3
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 16:25
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actually i suppose i want to keep a journal of our jobs we accomplished each day.
and the plants i identify and write what they are and find out if edible and how certain processes work out such as the making of the solar shower and things such as this.the progress of the hand pump and well.things like this.
anymore ideas?

cabingal3
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 16:27
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another idea would be to post the things i cook out there for each meal and how i cooked it.i would have a pretty interesting cookbook after no time at all.of course it would be way better to live out there and live and do to figure out certain catching of meals and growing of crops and meal s and going to town once a month to stock up.to keep a journal of all of this would be pretty interesting.

Erins#1Mom
# Posted: 13 Mar 2011 18:22
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As I haven't started a cabin yet. I have a wish book filled with a few cabin plans, etc. Today took a few photos of possible site. Those will be added as well.

backcountry
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2011 16:45
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definately we even keep the wins / losses of the card and dominoe games in the evenings.. lol

cabingal3
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2013 01:10
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been writing in my journal at the cabin.i keep it there.i write down the date and what we did and saw.man.never knew how handy it could be.like we were trying to figure out what season we saw this or that.well just open up the journal and lo and behold.there it is.yay.pretty handy i have to say

exsailor
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2013 12:11
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"Think she feels unsafe....I know cabi would slip a squirrel anus or two in my chicken Fricassee...."

Don't worry Gary they are small little things you would hardly even know it.

cabingal3
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2013 12:43
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Quoting: exsailor
Don't worry Gary they are small little things you would hardly even know it



LDamm
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2013 16:10
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If you like cabin jounals, read from the master. I like these better than the book because they are in his own words.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/lacl/proenneke.pdf?bcsi_scan_07dcb2655646b 264=1

cabingal3
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2013 16:21
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Quoting: LDamm
If you like cabin jounals, read from the master. I like these better than the book because they are in his own words.

thank u LDamn.i surely will enjoy this one.

KSalzwedel
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# Posted: 20 Jun 2013 00:46
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So far have pics in camera, backed up to computer, and handwritten journal of events. Couldn't update this weekend because I think it got packed for the move

Kharkov43
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# Posted: 20 Jun 2013 17:07
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We keep a cabin journal (Me Shed) and we take pictures of the cabin to see how she has changed over the years.

JMH
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2013 10:01
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I've been keeping a journal since we bought our cabin 8 years ago. Great resource for finding out when we did what, who visited when or just 'remember this'? As they say, time flies and there is no way I'd remember it all!

skootamattaschmidty
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2013 12:13
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When my uncle built the cabin he would keep a journal about his visits. I have now owned the place for 4 years and started keeping a journal from day one. On every visit we log an entry into the journal. Sometimes the entries are daily, some are a synopsis of the time spent up there. Every entry is prefaced with what the weather was like and the temperature. I have a mandatory rule for visitors, that being that they cannot leave without making a journal entry first about their experience. I make it a point for the kids to write about their favourite part of their visit. I especially enjoy reading what others have entered. I figure the journal will be an excellent starting point when they make a tv series about me. Ha Ha Ha.

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