BackWoods Drifter

The Drews Creek ramp dinner is scheduled for April 18th from noon to 7pm.
I haven’t been out to check on ramps (wild leek) yet this year. I have this one particular hollow I go to for ramps. It is a mile or so on past the church in Drews Creek where the ramp dinner is [...]

…is what this blog needed.
I took the ATV out again yesterday. It was another one of those lower 70 type days, mostly sunny, just a great day to be out and about period.
I had planned on a nice 2 or 3 hour ride but I was gone for about 5 hours and I only rode [...]

I haven’t had much of an opportunity to get out and take photos since getting the new camera. The weather here is going into Spring the hard way – cold and wet. I did, however, just happen to be outside when the local group of deer went by the house a couple days ago.
I’m always [...]

I followed through on my threat to go to the mountains today. Couldn’t have asked for a better day.
If you like ramps or morels (mollymoochers) this is going to be an excellent year for them. We’ve had plenty of precipitation and the ground is saturated. I spent about 6 hours in the woods today mostly [...]

Don’tcha just love this time of year. I sure do. The mountains are coming back to life after a fairly cold winter. But the cold winter was no surprise cause the bees told us it was going to be a harsh winter.
I got the ATV out today and done all the after winter checks. Like [...]