Let the Rain Fall!

Good morning. It's been another long night, and several extremely long days. Yesterday the temperature apparently hit 102 degrees. If you don't know, that's extremely warm for Wisconsin. Thunderstorms came through last night, and it's still raining now. It's helped to make it a bit more comfortable, but if it gets hot again, it's only going to make it very humid.

I felt much more comfortable with the storms last night, being that I've nearly completed my shelter. It's actually turned out quite a bit better than what I had hoped. My plan was to finish it today, but the only problem is the fact that it's raining out, and I need some boughs from the trees to finish my roof. I'd also like to find a sheet of plastic somewhere. I think vapor barrier would actually work pretty well, being that you can buy it pretty thick. This would definitely keep the rain out (especially once that's covered with the pine boughs).

Well, Chad sent $50 to me. He mailed it to Paul's house, and it should have gotten there yesterday. This is the reason why I had came to town today. I told Paul to send it in cash, hopefully the envelope did not meet a greedy postman along the way! I had spoken to Paul at the end of last week. He was surprised to see me because he had thought that I had just taken off not to be seen again. It was pretty funny. He wanted to come out to the camp to check out where I've been living this entire time, but I avoided the situation. He actually wanted to bring some friends too. I just didn't feel comfortable with that, being that if something were to happen to my camp, I'm finished. The mission is over. He did however say it was fine if I had Chad mail the money to his house.

I'm trying to create a list of items that are essential to my existence that I am going to need to purchase with the money that Chad sends me. It's difficult to decide whether to purchase tools for existence or food for existence. With the tools I may create an abundance of food, but on the other hand starve to death trying. With the food I may get by for a while, but not last long due to the need for tools in the woods. I think it's going to come down to a combination of the two. The main difference between them in my eyes is the fact that I could most likely purchase the tools I need at thrift sales for 10% of the normal price, while food on the other hand is rarely discounted.

I've noticed the last week or so that I've lost some weight. Nothing to worry about, but I'm looking a bit thinner. I'm feeling better though. My arms in particular are quite a bit stronger which is probably from the sawing and hauling of the trees, logs, and branches I had used for my shelter. I'm beginning to feel a slight sense of accomplishment in regards to my mission thus far. I am now vowing to make my camp much more comfortable, and to find some way to enjoy some type of entertainment from time to time (I think that this too is quite essential). I haven't quite decided what to do yet, but I'll be sure to let you know when I do.

I should be shoving off. Paul is only home until about 7:30 or so, then he takes off for work. I hope that everything is going well for everyone. Take care, and God bless!

Eli