Cabin Trip Part II WIth More Stoves!

Went down to the cabin this weekend. Way hotter than we were hoping it would be, so we didn't stay as long as we planned. Anyways, used the stoves, and took a "few" photos.

Approaching the gate. Weeds kind of tall. It's about a 3/4 mile lane to get to the cabin:


Brought a few stoves:





New kerosene lantern as well. More on that disaster later:


How I packed the gear. The bottle on the left has kero in it, and the pitcher has three bottles of alcohol in it, so it wouldn't spill:



Hot, but beautiful out:





My Becker BK4 knife:



The tree to the left of the forward trees, and the one in the middle I cut down using the BK4. Before:



After:





Thistle:


Wife made me a much needed cup of lemonade:


Not sure of the scientific name, but what we call an inch worm:


My wife using her BK14 neck knife to cut up some ginger root, for ginger tea:








A measured amount:


Little hiking tea kettle I bought for her a few years back:


Ginger in the steeping basket:


Water boiling:



Ginger root in:


Had a lot of blurry photos this time, but a baby blue tailed skink came to see what was going on:


Have I ever told you I like the BK4?



Cutting up lemon and lime to add to the ginger tea:


Sun was close to going down behind the valley, so I got a fire going, despite it being warm out. My well used and trusty BK9:




Some Johnnie Walker, BK9, Anker Boulder flashlight, and a cheapo cigar:


A walking stick came to visit:



He climbed up the stump we use for a table, and then climbed out from under the newspaper:


Time for a refill:



The beginning of the disaster. I've been around stoves and lanterns for years, as my dad used them, and I have a few myself. The wife got me this Coleman kerosene lantern for Father's Day. I lit it up at home to make sure it worked, and it worked fine. I put a half tank of fuel in it before we left for the cabin. Here I am putting alcohol in the priming cup:


Gave it 20 pumps:


Priming. The cup has burned down to about half here:


When the flame was about out, I slowly turned the knob on, and noticed the globe quickly steamed up. All of a sudden, it caught fire, and I don't mean the mantle. I quickly turned the knob off, had my fire tongs nearby, and took it off the log aflame, to the ground:


The wife snapped this photo while I looked for something to put it out with. I finally found a 5 gallon bucket, and placed it over the lantern, smothering the flames out:


This is a photo I took of my new lantern the next morning. More on that later:


Sunday morning, I fired up the 111B for my wife's coffee:



The 111B is a beast:



Bringing the water to a boil:




I couldn't adjust the 111B's flame small enough for a slow perk, so I moved it off the flame a bit:





Per coffee, perk:



As always, put the cup upside down on the pot, to warm the cup:



Looking toward the river in the morning. You can see the sun hitting the top of the valley, as the sun rises over the adjacent valley. You can often times see the fog, usually much thicker than this time. The Native American's in the area called this river, the St. Francis, the "choloholay", meaning smoking waters:


Spider I spotted. Not sure what it is, unless it's a variety of garden spider. You can see my cabin and car in the background:


Later on, I wiped the lantern down a bit, and removed the globe. With the knob in the off position, I pumped it up a few times. Didn't take long for the fuel to leak out. You can see the bubble forming as it leaks:



And dripping over the side:



Anywhos, got a morning fire going. It was about 61° out:


My early bird breakfast, a giant cinnamon roll:




Took a small stroll down the lane. Looking up to my cabin, with the sun coming over the top of it:



Amazing how this place looks these days. For the first five years I owned the cabin, I could even drive my Chrysler Sebring, as low as it was, down the lane. We had a few people move into a cabin down the hill from me, that were full timers. They lived without electricity, etc, so that had to constantly drive up and down the lane, for groceries, since they didn't have a refrigerator or freezer to store stuff, and long story short, really screwed the lane up bad. Was so glad they moved away, but they still left the place in shambles:


A few more blades. Top to bottom, the Helle GT, the Becker BK62, and the Roselli Grandfather:


Made a small feather stick with the Roselli:





And a larger one with the Helle GT:






Time for the real breakfast. Priming my Enders 9061D, although it looks like the priming cup is dry:




Flame on:



Priming the 111B:



Bacon on the Enders:


Flame shot:






And potatoes on the 111B:


Flame shots, though hard to see:





A bigger picture:



Animation:



Short video:



Good stuff:


Final stove shot:



Beautiful out, but so dang hot. Not much rain in the area either, and the leaves are drying out, and falling with the slightest of breeze:


A little color to be found:



And that's our trip in a nutshell. Interesting vacation, haha. Too hot, lantern caught fire, but it was pretty out, and of course, got to use the stoves. Really like both the 111B, and the Enders. Thanks for looking.

 

Minimun stove set for an outdoors weekend!

 

always fun posts with great pics thanks for sharing

 

@pau-i-amor

Can never have too many, haha.

@CW

Thanks man, appreciate it.

 

Nice trip. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Shame about the lantern; the kero ones are really bright.

 

Thanks man. Yeah, that did suck, but Amazon took care of it last evening, I got a full refund, and can keep the lantern. Ill probably tear into it at some point.

 

@The Warrior

Thank you, for sharing it

Take care

Enrique

 

My pleasure Enrique, thank you for looking.

 

Great photos, thanks.

It’s a shame about the lantern. Do you know where the original leak came from? Those little Coleman kero lanterns are usually pretty reliable.

Tony

@The Warrior

 

Thanks Tony. I have no idea without tearing it apart. First time I've ever had a problem with a lantern.

 

Great story and ditto pics!

Thanks for sharing - I really enjoyed reading about your trip, stoves unlucky Lantern - and your knifes!

 

So was your Coleman kerosene lantern new? Good to hear Amazon covered it. What about Coleman's warranty?
Good to hear you were unhurt.
Factory defect, or shipping damage?
I got a couple of Coleman lanterns in a deal, along with a 425F and 413G. A single mantle 222B and a double mantle CL2. I'm not a card-carrying lampie, so I'm bit leery of firinmg them up.
I did buy some new mantles, though.

 

@Harder D. Soerensen

Thank you sir, appreciate it.

@SveaSizzler

The wife got it for me, for Father's Day. Less than three months old. I fired it up at home with no issue. Not sure what happened. Amazon tried to get me to go the Coleman warranty route, but I told them that they sold it to me, and was still under the 90 days coverage, so they agreed to give me the money back, plus keep the lantern. I thought about contacting Coleman, so maybe they can figure it out.

 

Excellent photos-question-I don't think my 111 B has the scalloped burner-Is that stock?

 

Lanterns are as easy or easier than stoves. Dig into them, gentlemen! That bright glow when you are finished fettling them will warm your heart. @The Warrior , thanks for sharing your adventures. Nice knives, too. Brad

 

I grew up with Coleman white gas lanterns to the same degree as with stoves, and so though I'm no lampie in interest, we have used and continue to use them with ease. I did buy the Coleman kerosene stove some years back because of my by then developed interest in kero stoves, and it works great. So there was indeed something wrong with that lantern.

On the big tent winter campout, I use propane mantle lanterns in the tent, because I want no liquid fuel inside the tent with a bunch of people including kids. But they are still mantle lanterns; I'm never going to be able to use the battery ones, especially those made to look like the oldies...

 

Nice pictures
Thanks for sharing
Keep us up to date with the lantern.

 

@8R Pete

Thanks man. No clue about the burner ring. I bought that stove from another forum, and that's how it came. Not sure to be honest.

@BradB

Thanks man. I'm a knife nut. Got that from my dad.

@Ed Winskill

Definitely something wrong with it. The wife asked me what I wanted for Father's Day, and I came across that one, saw a few videos on it, and wanted one, so she got it for me. I have an old gas single mantle, but it's not in working condition. I have a duel fuel double mantle, and a 220 double mantle. All the lanterns I have. Not really much into lanterns myself. The guy I purchased the cabin from had a pole and hook he used to hang a lantern on, between the cabin and firepit, so the whole area would be lighted. WE use flashlights, and I really don't even need a lantern there, but I was curious to what it looked like lit up at night. Still don't know, haha.

@JP2

Thanks man, will do.

 

I don’t collect lanterns, I don’t collect lanterns, I don’t collect lanterns, I only have 11 and 3 Dietz. Brad

 

I'll never become a lampie. I only have 2 colemans [222B, CL2] and a Feuerhand 276 Baby. And a Premier carbide.
UCO Candlelanterns don't count. So it's not really a habit.