A snow inspired shelter

After visiting my dad in early May, Paul and I headed up to visit a friend in Colorado. My friend Tyler caretakes a Boys and Girls camp up at 9000 feet. It is a beautiful space with coyotes, Elk, bear, even a fresh water lake and all the wildlife we longed to connect with. It was great to hang out with Tyler for a while. Tyler is very energetic, enthusiastic, positive and adventurous. Tyler even joined in on eating the Primal Diet while we were there, raw meat and all.

While we were there we were informed that a snow storm was coming. Paul looked at me and said, I need to sleep outside, want to build a shelter? So we did. We put the Standard Class lesson to the test. Paul and I labored in the high altitude pine forest for about five hours. We found a ridge pole, all sizes of rib branches, lattice and heaps of pine needle debris. In the end, we spent three nights in this cozy weather worthy shelter. We spent our days working at making friction fire, following tracts in the snow and perfecting our bow drill kit. We felt thrilled and free.