[Howie....got me a Jerry Freeman 'blackbird' and 'mellow dog' headed this way. You played either of those? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> [/quote]

Never had the pleasure yet Paul.

We have a lot of dead fall due to the fact that the pine beetle did a lot of damage to the Canadian parks. That is why there is frequently larger diameter logs left at the wilderness camps.

Something that makes me chuckle a little. Here we sit discussing the merit or not of carrying a hatchet. The concern being the extra weight. The parks people I meet are often small females packing chain saws. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> It is their job to cut and clear the deadfall off the trails.

Howie