On The Lewis and Clark Trail--US 12 to Missoula

Apple and cheese sammos will sustain us for the drive along US 12, the Lewis and Clark Trail, from Winchester Lake State Park to the Wilderness Gateway US Forest Service Campground in Idaho's Clearwater National Forest, where we relaxed for a couple of days.

 The mountains rise to greet us.

Soon the Lochsa Wild and Scenic River parallels the road east, and with every bend the view is more extraordinary.

Ladies and gentlemen, a new camping low to stay here: $2.50 per night.

Art picks up his axe and gets to work. Plus...new science details surprising benefits of this vigorous effort. Nice cut, honey!

Some people better get late lunch underway. The eagle-eyed among you will note the secret ingredient in this our second grassfed-beef concotion...beets. One lonely, squishy beet longing to be part of the grand scheme (spinach and broccoli included).

Studying short-term spikes in the testosterone levels of Tsimane men, UC Santa Barbara anthropologists Ben Trumble and Michael Gurven have found that the act of chopping down trees –– a physically demanding task that is critical to successful farming and food production –– results in greater increases in testosterone than does a directly competitive activity such as soccer.
Read more at http://scienceblog.com/65788/chopping-wood-boosts-testosterone-more-than-soccer/#YmSqOZRkJEiIqct5.99

  

A toast to the axe-man.

You know you're camping when

this is your cocktail table (Gwen).

One last log won't be cut. Easier to burn it in half. Does this seem like a replay of previous posts? All in a day's camping...

Studying short-term spikes in the testosterone levels of Tsimane men, UC Santa Barbara anthropologists Ben Trumble and Michael Gurven have found that the act of chopping down trees –– a physically demanding task that is critical to successful farming and food production –– results in greater increases in testosterone than does a directly competitive activity such as soccer.
Read more at http://scienceblog.com/65788/chopping-wood-boosts-testosterone-more-than-soccer/#YmSqOZRkJEiIqct5.9

Studying short-term spikes in the testosterone levels of Tsimane men, UC Santa Barbara anthropologists Ben Trumble and Michael Gurven have found that the act of chopping down trees –– a physically demanding task that is critical to successful farming and food production –– results in greater increases in testosterone than does a directly competitive activity such as soccer.
Read more at http://scienceblog.com/65788/chopping-wood-boosts-testosterone-more-than-soccer/#YmSqOZRkJEiIqct5.99

Studying short-term spikes in the testosterone levels of Tsimane men, UC Santa Barbara anthropologists Ben Trumble and Michael Gurven have found that the act of chopping down trees –– a physically demanding task that is critical to successful farming and food production –– results in greater increases in testosterone than does a directly competitive activity such as soccer.
Read more at http://scienceblog.com/65788/chopping-wood-boosts-testosterone-more-than-soccer/#YmSqOZRkJEiIqct5.99