BUILT OUTSIDE CABIN DOOR ... DID ANTHER 75 METERS

 LOTS OF WHITE WINGED CROSSBILLS AND PINE SISKINS AND WHISKEY JACKS...... IT IS FUNNY TO SAY BUT WHAT THESE BIRDS ARE AFTER IS THE URINE CRYSTALS.  EVEN BACK AT BASE CAMP ... WHEN THE WHITE WINGED CROSSBILLS SHOW UP THEY GO FOR THE YELLOW STAIN RIGHT AWAY.  WE BELIEVE THEY GO AFTER WOLF AND OTHER URINE ALSO BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T FIND IT FRESH IT IS GONE THE NEXT DAY.

 THESE ARE 2 1/4' BOX NAILS ON 1 1/2" BOARDS.  THEY GO 3/4 OF THE WAY THRU AND IT IS DONE ON PURPOSE.  IT IS CALLED CLINCHING (TO GRAB) AND IT IS AN OLD METHOD USED IN BUILDING LAP STRIP BOATS.  IF YOU ARE REALLY FUSSY YOU BEND THE NAIL TIP A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH PLYERS BEFORE YOU HAMMER THEM DOWN... ONE ONE WAY THE NEXT THE OTHER WAY.  MAKES A GOOD DOOR.

 WED MORNING WE WOKE UP AND JUST READ OUR BOOKS..... INSTEAD OF GOING AND MAKING MORE TRAIL WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO CAMP.  WE ARE REAL TIRED AND WE CAN COME BACK TOMORROW FRESH. 

 WE GOT BACK TO BASE CAMP AT AROUND 3 PM AND THE LAKE WAS SOLID.  THE CHICKENS WERE HAPPY TO GET OUT IN THE SNOW AND THE TOMATOES HAD SURVIVED THE THREE COLD CABIN NIGHTS.