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careful. my ban hammer has been known to go on the fritz

i've just always been in a habit of picking up random stuff i find in the roads and camps. i dont pick up the gross stuff but anything metal and pokey automatically gets picked up. i have a whole collection of bolts and screws i've found in the road. can't tell you how many hitch pins i've found too. ain't gonna get far without one of those...

 

most likely. lots of things to get distracted with when you're setting up camp - i knew to steer clear of mom and dad while they were parking the camper and getting us settled in. most of them i find are in campgrounds or within a mile of. i usually throw them up on the information/fee station bulletin board or give them to the camp hosts if there is one. figure whoever lost it is gonna need it sooner rather than later and they're probably still in the area. also found someone's equalizer bars laying in the grass one time. gave those to the camp host as well hoping they could track the owners down via the payment stubs.

 

expensive oopsies!

 

the magic button of the bird has popped! 16lb bird and only 2.5 hours in. there was room in the roaster to scoot the bird down and squeeze the loaf pan of stuffing at the end of the roaster. gonna be eating sooner than i thought

 

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Oh I know. Got the meat thermometer out and I'll check a couple spots here in a few. He's due for another basting at 15 after.

 

birb is checking in at 185* @Tacoma Mike
gonna give him until 3 for good measure and then take him out to rest while i work on the gravy