Day Three: Shell Falls, Bighorn National Forest to Greybull, Wyoming to Tensleep Canyon
Sunday, June 8, 1997

We awake to the clinking of Mr. Memphis and the Muleskinner trying to build a fire. They always get the early morning award for getting on the first pot of coffee and warming up the campsite with a roaring fire. Well the coffee is hot, but as far as the fire, its just smoke billowing outta wet logs.

Photo: Early Dawn | Photo: Mountain Man Breakfast Crew | Photo: Cooky Helps
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Breakfast turns out to be an important test. Seems the Memphis-Slicker has bought a new dutch oven along and has a recipe (from a pitcher book) for what's called a "Mountain-Man Breakfast". Only thing is this is the first time Mr. Memphis has ever tried cooking it. Cooky frowns a little skeptical-like about the whole thing but decides to lend a helping hand to the this dutch-ovenfied-city-slicker.

Meanwhile, Bill finds that Coleman fuild cures a smoky fire real quick and we proceed to make coals for the dutch oven. Back at the picnic table there's a lot of chopping sounds. Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat, just like a kitchen at a Chinese restuarant as Cooky and company chop-up onions, potatos, and cheese for the Mountain Man breakfast.

Well, the Mountain Man Breakfast turned out just perfect. Either it was beginners luck or that dutch oven is almost idiot proof. The blueberry pie was good too.