 Welcome back to camp everybody. We are on day two sitting in our spot that we have gone deep into the wilderness with our overland camper. So my lovely daughter over here, this is her second time being up in the wilderness of Colorado with us. And the first time she was really too little to appreciate it. She saw me catch a few fish, you know, we actually could not have campfires back then because of the firebands. But this year, you know, she is just getting into exploring and collecting and all that stuff. So it's a perfect time. And it's fun for mom and dad to, to just give her a list of things to accomplish. And then for us to see as well, do you have the list right here? Do you want to show everybody what you have accomplished so far? This is everything that you need to find on this trip, right? And today's a big day. We're going to knock some things out. So let's take a look at that chart again. Show us what you've seen so far. That one. Yeah, we got, we got a green aspen leaf. We're looking for a yellow. I think we just found a yellow this morning. We've found a pine cone. We've found a chipmunk. We've seen a mule deer. We saw a rainbow trout dead on the shore. Daddy didn't catch it. And we have seen, oh, wild flowers. So you are probably about halfway done with that list as we sit right now. Mom is coming in from her little mid morning hike. The sun is high. How are you feeling? Awesome. I also found, since we're talking about leaves, I overheard. So this is a green leaf that is changing into a yellow. It's starting to change. I mean, that's a cool one. That's kind of what happens in nature. So it starts out green. You saw yesterday, you picked the aspen leaf that was green. This one is starting to change into yellow. And then we got to find a like a straight yellow and a straight red. Yep. We're at the beginnings of fall. Some of these are literally going to be changing why we're here as the nights are getting cooler. So last night was awesome in the camper. It was perfect temperature. It was, yeah, it was perfect temperatures. I want to say it was probably like high 40s outside. But inside the camper, I had it set to 60. And I think we're running a little low on our first 30 pound tank for all y'all that are keeping up with the overlanding camper status and everything we got going on in here. Me and Steph slept amazingly in our bed in here. I'll show you guys how we had it set up. Probably my best night's sleep I've ever had up here. With the Tempur-Pedic pillow in the back had the moonlight coming through the window a little bit, but not enough to keep us up, man. Slept like a baby in there. So Amy was wearing it a little bit though and couldn't figure out why and well, we left her window open last night, but she survived. She had plenty of blankets and everything, but tonight we'll close that up. So part of this is like, how do you make it fun for toddlers up here? You know, she's used to being at home. We do have woods at home and stuff and she has swing sets and tree houses and plays outside a lot. But you know, she still likes to go inside, watch her, watch her cartoons. We're trying to figure out how can we do all these things outside of the house. And the scavenger hunt has been a great success so far. And also part of this experience is learning and acquiring new skills. So we are giving her badges. Badge duty is like my favorite. It's like you and the fire. Badge duty is my favorite. Okay. It's kind of like the little kid in me maybe, but I got these off Amazon guys. So if anybody is wanting to know where we got them. So this is the first one that she got. This is her road trip badge that she got right out of the gate. 12 hours. She did good. She did great, honestly. First day she got her little hiking badge. She says, let's go hiking. Yep. She wanted to go on a hike first thing in the morning while it was chilly. I said, okay. And then we went up onto some actually some pretty steep little grades and she was like, I want to, I want to go up there. Can we climb that? And I was like, okay, yes. So I helped her a little bit, but she got up there pretty much on her own. I was very impressed. So she went ahead and got her hiking badge. And then this one was from last night. She and I, the girls built a fire together without daddy's help. All you did was actually light it, but we built it, you know, we built it from what? The tender, the kindling. We got a scene from that. So we'll go to it. Those are good. I think a little bit longer though. Mommy's is perfect. Like finger size, something you can stack on top of each other and make a little house. One. Oh, good one, Amy. Okay. Perfect. Okay. I get the stick. Do you get pine cones? I like the pine cone. That's a good idea. She's on collection mode. I like it. Now, here's the rule. Here's the rule for this. I should be able to hold a flame to the tender for three seconds, take it away and then we have fire. The tender catches the kindling and then we go to the fuel. So you want to make sure you got enough kindling in there where you're going to be able to transition to the fuel locks. Oh, good one, Amy. I like that one. That one's good. That one's good. Good job. Oh, yeah. Look at that. Oh, that is going to light. Nice. These are kinder catches. Now let's see if your kindling catches on fire. After that, you're home free. Camp fire badge. That is so cool, Amy. That's a big one. Wow. Heck, yeah. Fire badge earned. Yay. Look at you. I got three. You already got three. And it's only been the first camp day. That's how you're doing pretty good, Amy. Yep. Give me a pat. Look at the spaces. Look at the silliest spaces. One of the things we wanted to earn was our knots, like a knot badge. Maybe we'll roll that in. So she needs to learn a knot. We need to set up a hammock here. We're going to set up a tarp so we'll have some shade for the hammock. And then also, we're going to build a little tripod here. And we'll set it over the fire and we'll use our sticks that we're going to build. Anyway, lots of adventure. So let's get to it. All right. Okay. Amy, you ready for your first lesson? All right. We're going to learn how to hang things. Why don't you get in the shade? So I know you've been getting over hot. So I got your backpack right here. We're going to learn how to hang your pack or hang other things. First thing you need to find is a little stick about the size of your, well, your thumb. About the size of your thumb. About the width of your thumb. About this big. Something straight. Can you find something about this big? Let's go look for a stick. Can you find one that's sturdy? There's lots of little sticks around here. How about this, dad? Is this good? That one's pretty good. Maybe a little bit wider. I would say hands width. You mean longer? Hands, uh, yeah. Just a little bit longer than that. Okay. How about this? Isn't that strong? I think that one's all dried out. It's pretty good. Okay. Oh, wait, wait, wait. Look how big this one is. Oh, there we go. This one good? That one will be good. We'll just clean up those little knot parts on it. Okay. Okay. All right. You got it. You got your stick. All right. So sticks about the size of your thumb. About the thickness of your thumb. And it's wider than your hand, which is good. Okay. All right. Now we're going to use that. That's going to be called a toggle. Toggle. That's a fun word. A toggle. A toggle. Yep, a toggle. Show the folks at home. So first thing you're going to do is wrap the rope around the tree. Okay. Now let me try to do about this height. Let her put it through that hole there. Okay. Is this, come on over here. Stand right here. This is perfect height for you. Okay. You want to do it about head height. Hold on with the stick. First, put the stick down for a sec. Put the stick down for a sec. Okay. First, you're going to take this end and loop it through the hole. Can you do that and pull it tight? No, not with the stick. Let's take away the stick for a second. We got the stick. Put this end through the hole and pull the rope tight. Okay. Yep. Hold it. There you go. Now pull that through and now pull it tight. Pull it tight on the tree. We'll get it up a little bit higher. Now pull it tight. Hold, pull, pull and move it around. Yeah. Perfect. All right. Now is it going to fall when you let go? Nope. Nope. I don't think so. It's up there. Okay. So that's object number one. Object number two. Attach the toggle to the string and you want it to be about chest height for you. Okay. So we're going to take our two fingers and we're going to make a bunny ear. Okay. Then we're going to take these two fingers and go through around and make two more bunny ears. And the stick goes through the bunny ears. The stick goes through and we're going to pull that tight. Okay. Okay. All right. You want me to show you one more time? Okay. Look at mom. Camp counselor mom up here. Take our two fingers and make one bunny ear. You take these two fingers. Do it with me. In. No, no, no. We go inside first. Okay. Can you go inside? Now open your two fingers and go around. Yep. Yep. She's got it. Pull that in through. And pull these two. There you go. There you go. Now you made those two bunny ears. Let go. Now you made two bunny ears. Put that stick through there. Can you put your stick through those two bunny ears? Okay. Now pull this. Pull it tight and pull down on your stick. You want to make sure that it's right in the middle. Uh-huh. Get it stick right in the middle. Oh, that looks pretty good. It's like it's going to hold. All right. Now how do you get your backpack on there? Where's your backpack? How would you hang your backpack on that toggle? Do you think how to do that? Just think back to your tree house and your bucket. It's super heavy. She does have her water bottle in there folks. Oh, yep, yep, yep. There you go. She did it. Now is your backpack hanging? Yeah. So those creatures on the ground aren't going to get into it and it's not going to get all soppy from the wet ground. So now you come to your backpack and it's not going to be on the ground. Yep. And you can get in there and get your stuff out. Water bottle, flashlight, shade, headlamp. All right. All right, Emmy. So you just earned a knot sticker and you're one step closer to earning your base camp badge. All right. So we have to do what to do to get the whole badge? So that was learn knot. So that was a whole setup right there. Yeah. That's almost a camp badge itself, but she's going to help me fly the tarp. Fly the tarp. And then hang the hammock. And I mean, you have your your backpack on the tree next to it. You got a camp. Good job, Emmy girl. You feel confident? Yeah. High five. If you could do it again. No, you couldn't do it. High five though. Good job. Got to make it fun, quick and snappy. That's that's key. Okay, tarp time. I'm going to do this rope part because it's a little difficult for a four year old, the stage, but we learned the toggle and we're going to be building on this knowledge as we go. Okay. So I'm going to tie a bowline, a little above head height here on this tree. And then we're going to run it to the other tree and tie it off. Okay. We're going to run this, this in. And I've got some, some plastic loops, some plastic loops on here that we're going to be putting the tarp on. Just set those in the middle for now. I'm going about head heights. Head heights? I can't right there. Oh yeah, you found some glass, didn't you? Okay. And then I'm going to tie a trucker's hitch. Not really tight. This is not tight. That trucker's hitch tightened up on itself like that. And now we're going to put the tarp up. We're going to put it over the line, like a diamond shape in this corner and the little bank lines that I've tied on here. Just going to put that toggle through like we did with the backpack. Slide that down. Same thing over here. Now our tarp is tight. So we can come out here on the sides, tie this down with some stakes and some rope. And you got a little house. You got a house and some shade and some shade. Which is really important. And then we'll just take the hammock and run it underneath. So I need you to help me stick down these sides. Okay, Amy? All right. I needed a little stick, amount of toggles. You're good at that. Yeah. Did you find a little stick? A thumb-sized stick. That one's just having a lot of fun. All right, Amy, bring me that end, that corner. Bring me that corner right there. The corner piece, the very, very corner, triangle corner. Yep. That triangle corner right there. Perfect. See what that'll read. Hold that corner for me. Your camp badge is on the line. Uh-oh. I'm counting on you. Go. All right. We got one side. Got it made in the shade. It's pretty cool. I think any four-year-old would like this sort of thing. Yeah, it's like a little house. Like they're a little house. Amy loves building her own little houses out of pillows and blankets and stuff at home. So now we'll get the hammock in here. She can hang in it. Daddy left the sunglasses in there. Oh, daddy was napping in there. We got a full bug net. Best hammock purchase I've ever made. Where do you think about that now? It's a nap ready. We finally got some shade. Got shade. You got shelter. What do you think? You want to sleep out here? It's going to be chilly. It'd be chilly. It'd be a little chilly. Yeah, I bet old, uh, was it pink foot? Well, pink foot will keep you warm. It's like her version of Sasquatch. Can you place me under the hammock? I can. I think you have officially earned your base camp badge. It's the base camp. She's got a shelter and she's got essentially, you know, places to sleep. Yeah, we'll do the, we'll do the pot hanger later. But yeah, you gotta adapt when you feel like there's maybe a lull. You gotta keep it snappy. It's one of the keys. All right, Amy, it's time to go put your base camp badge on your backpack that's hanging on the tree over there. Yay. So you helped daddy with the tarp and the hammock and tying it off. So that's the base camp badge. This is your base camp badge. Daddy, you want to get a good look at that? Look how cool that is. Oh yeah. It's got a little tent. Mommy did good. It's got a little tent in the mountains with some pine trees. There's a little tent and there's your fire. So this is your base camp badge that they're camping at the base of the mountains. There you go. It's awesome. Wow. It's filling up. It is filling up. You got four badges. Good job. You're going to be four on your birthday. You're about to be four. Heck yeah. Okay. You ready to do a little scavenger hunting? Yes. Good job. Are we successful? Oh, we didn't find any blue or green river rocks now. Were you successful in catching a fish? I was not. Okay. Two failures. I had one bite. All I've had is bites from these darn fish. I'm on a full commit. It has been hot. So maybe that has something to do with it. Amy, are you ready to head back to camp? So our little camper fell asleep. So it's up to me and OSG to complete the last bushcraft task of the day. Never could find any river rocks. We did see some yellow leaves and we saw some orange leaves too. Still on the hunt for those red leaves. Still on the hunt? It might be a little too early though. Stay tuned for the completion of our scavenger hunt and badge earning. I guess you could call it. All right. So what I did was I took some, some sticks, some trees. These are felled trees. They had already fallen from whatever storms. I did not cut these trees live, even though they are green. They were, I found them on the ground. So took some cordage and did a little wrapping up top. And then we've got a little pot hanger for our kettle that we're going to be cooking. What are we cooking tonight? Burgers or a pork? Pulled pork, salad and some beans. Okay. Pulled pork in the kettle. Are you sure it's going to be strong enough? It's pretty heavy. Let's test it. Food's not even in here yet. Okay. Don't lose tension on that string. Oh yeah, it's going to be pretty good. Pretty good right there. So if you need to go up higher, you can adjust this or you can just do another wrap around. Or if you need to go lower, you can adjust this nut lower and then you're just, you're just sitting on top of the fire. Literally just yelling at you like, hey, you want me to get you a whiskey? All right, turn around. There's a two. That's a whiskey. That's a lot of whiskey. She is over there. Hey, Rox, you did today, huh? That deer is legit going for the baked beans. She smells it. I've never seen, man, I need to light up a pot of beans at deer camp this year. It could be what calls them in. I think that's what started it. Well, y'all, another adventurous day. I'm going to sign it off right here with a deer behind me trying to get to our baked beans. Insane. We're going to finish with our pot. We've got our pork on there. So we're going to have pork and beans for dinner. And we got to continue this scavenger hunt. But today was awesome. Emmy learned a lot of great stuff. OSG even learned a few things as well. And it's just awesome being up here in the wilderness, guys. This week was actually going to be the first week of Emmy's pre-k school. But we decided to take her up here because there's a lot of life lessons to be learned in the woods. All right, hey girl, you got to get out of the beans. For real, those are my beans? Absolutely nuts, guys. Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss more of this action up here. I still got to do some fishing while I'm up here. So stay tuned and I'll see you on the next one.