View Full Version : Just for fun.. A misplaced but well intentioned blaze.
I live on the beachside about 30 miles from the FT, so I thought it would be fun to blaze my mail box! I miss the trail in between trips so a daily reminder of where I wish I could be makes me happy. My 15 y/o son (who has a few FT trips under hip belt) seems to think we will come home to find a tent and and a camp fire in our side yard :-)
http://gxr.homeip.net/img249.jpg
ShakeyLeggs
01-26-2010, 23:45
Unless they follow the blue blaze on the road hehe:D
GMcClain20
01-27-2010, 19:30
Unless they follow the blue blaze on the road hehe:D
Oh wow. This made me laugh. I have seen real blazes in some strange places, I thought this was actually on the trail.
I blazed a couple of trees in front of my cabin...
(Oh, wait a minute, that IS the trail! :D )
Ahhhh boy.... That pic makes me miss bare ground...
BumpJumper
01-27-2010, 21:52
That is too damn funny. Lets all blaze a tree or something in our yard...that is funny.
jnanagardener
01-28-2010, 21:30
Very cool! Is the blue arrow directions to the spur trail?
ShakeyLeggs
01-28-2010, 21:35
Very cool! Is the blue arrow directions to the spur trail?
Or the privy, water source?
For my birthday this past year my wife gathered a piece of bark from a tree, which her folks were cutting for firewood to heat their home this winter, and painted a white blaze on it. She then found a deep set picture frame and mounted it. It's hanging on my bedroom wall! Best gift ever!!
Wise Old Owl
01-28-2010, 21:38
Very cool now I need to White Blaze a tree outside my house
Cool AT Breeze
01-29-2010, 01:18
I've got a real white blaze on my house.
BumpJumper
01-30-2010, 08:50
What Cool, do you own the a house on the trail?
What Cool, do you own the a house on the trail?
Cool works at Mountain Crossings.
GeneralLee10
01-30-2010, 11:01
I think Cool Breeze has that name for a reason. He is a cool guy:D
Kerosene
01-30-2010, 12:18
I white-blazed a small evergreen at the top of a tiny hill on the side of my property in southeast Michigan. I fondly recall the northern half of the Long Trail every time I'm lugging something up the hill to the burn pile.
I blaze most of our town land trust trails with white paint. That way I'm reminded of the joys of a long walk whenever I show up to build a bog bridge, cut a blowdown, or cut some more bushes.
Weary
OutdoorsMan
01-30-2010, 23:20
I am going to do that on my mailbox. I wonder how long it will be before someone figures out what it is.
Someone took out my mailbox and drug it almost .5 miles! A friend and fellow hike spotted on the side of road and brought it back to my house. I did not know it had been hit but knew it was mine because of the blaze. Thanks Jay Blaze!
http://gxr.homeip.net/broke.jpg
Someone took out my mailbox and drug it almost .5 miles! A friend and fellow hike spotted on the side of road and brought it back to my house. I did not know it had been hit but knew it was mine because of the blaze. Thanks Jay Blaze!
http://gxr.homeip.net/broke.jpg
Thank goodness for the blaze, or you might not have recognized the 115 :D
tomlapointe
04-10-2010, 21:12
now i have to figure out how to get the orange paint mixed to match so i can blaze the 3 oaks in my yard. my son and i can walk around in circles