Camping at Cherry Pond
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Repeated meals of flapjacks, maple syrup and onions have begun to test two campers' patience. Henry Abbott's first-person account follows him and Bige at Cherry Pond in early October, where a deer hunt has yielded more miles of walking than fresh supplies. Their frustrations sit beside close descriptions of woodland conditions, animal habits and the practical work of keeping a camp comfortable.
The shelter itself receives careful attention: a three-sided log lean-to with a stone fireplace, a bed of birch poles and balsam boughs, and storage that needs protection from porcupines. A visit to nearby Otter Pond brings a camera outing, young mink feeding on fish, and a beaver whose tail sends water over the narrator. The appeal lies in this mixture of wry camp talk, construction detail and patient watching, offering a personal record of outdoor life built from small incidents.
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- Henry Abbott
- Pages
- 14
- Language
- English
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- Travel Memoir
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