By Ralph E. Cook on December 18, 2012
Dear Campers, For the second year in a row Dorthy Fix will perform at the Longest Night Music Festival in New York Mills: http://kulcher.org/?p=1834 Last year DF had a blast getting to meet and hear other performers from this area. Â Can’t think of a better way to spend this once in a many many […]
Posted in Dorthy Fix | Tagged 2012, Abandoned Scout Camp, December 21st, dorothy fix, Dorthy Fix, End of Mayan Calendar, Longest Night Music Festival, Winter Solstice |
By Ralph E. Cook on October 7, 2012
Dear Campers, Can you feel the wave of energy from this year’s Barter Fest? Hewitt still does and so do we! For three autumns in a row, humans from this region and beyond have came together to create a power plant of positive energy for Stowe Prairie and the rest of the Universe right here […]
Posted in Barter Fest | Tagged Abandoned Scout Camp, Barter Fest 2012, Hewitt, Stowe Prairie |
By Ralph E. Cook on September 22, 2012
Dearest Campers, Barter Fest 2012 has arrived! Set on the Autumn Equinox, this year promises to be remembered. Once again the weather is cool so don’t forget to dress warm. In Minnesota, it’s never to early to break out the long underwear! Always sexier to undress than dress! So, get here and lets celebrate this […]
Posted in Barter Fest, Camping, Music | Tagged Abandoned, Autumn Equinox, Barter Fest, Scout Camp |
By Ralph E. Cook on September 11, 2012
SCOTT WEGNER 12pm-12:45 Keeping it Real by Scott Wegner CAITLIN ROBERTSON 12:55-1:40 http://caitlinrobertsonmusic.com/music PICKERS & GRINNERS 1:50-2:35 http://youtu.be/StWuM9rmPJw Al DeSautel 2:45-3:30 http://www.radionorthland.org/featured/al-desautel-and-eric-smestad-play-the-mixtape/ MICHAEL MITCHELL 3:35-3:45 KAREN TOWNSEND 3:45-4:30 http://www.myspace.com/karentownsendband WOODED HEARTS 4:40-5:25 http://woodedhearts.bandcamp.com JNAUTS 5:35-6:20 http://soundcloud.com/abandoned-scout-camp/workout-mix-1 ALIEN BRAIN AND THE JUGULAR VEIN 6:30-7:15 http://youtu.be/_g_6-QMBum4 THE BROTHERS BURN […]
Posted in Barter Fest, Music | Tagged Abandoned Scout Camp, Al DeSautel, Alien Brain and the Jugular Vein, Barter Fest 2012, Caitlin Robertson, dorothy fix, Dorthy Fix, Duluth Spin Collective, Hewitt Minnesota, JNAUTS, Karen Townsend, Leon Boots, Michael Mitchell, Pickers & Grinners, Scott Wegner, Sob Sisters, The Brothers Burn Mountain, Wooded Hearts |
By Ralph E. Cook on September 10, 2012
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Posted in Barter Fest Map | Tagged Abandoned Scout Camp, Hewitt Barter Fest |
By Ralph E. Cook on September 8, 2012
Dear Campers, Yesterday Smokey the dog and I discovered a vortex in Hewitt! Could this be one of the reasons why so many interesting people have ended up in Hewitt! Â The energy at the center of the vortex is very powerful. Â Both Smokey and I felt disorientated at first, but after awhile I started to […]
Posted in Adventure, River | Tagged Abandoned Scout Camp, Hewitt, MN |
By Ralph E. Cook on August 22, 2012
Dearest campers, This year’s Barter Festival is quickly approaching! Â Once again we will kick off the event Friday night at 6:45pm in the park across from A.S.C. with the 10 billion beats drumming: http://www.10billionbeats.com/intro.html http://10billionbeats.spruz.com/pt/10-Billion-Beats-Hewitt-Mn-8.16.2012/events.htm?a=& Come early Friday night, find the choicest camping spot and participate in a world wide peace drumming! How the heck […]
Posted in Barter Fest, Barter Fest Map | Tagged 10 Billion Beats, Abandoned Scout Camp, Al DeSautel, Alien Brain and the Jugular Vein, Barter Fest, Caitlin Robertson, DJ Guy Jean, dorothy fix, Dorthy Fix, Duluth Spin Collective, Hewitt Barter Fest 2012, JNAUTS, Karen Townsend, Leon Boots, Michael Mitchell, Pickers & Grinners, Scott Wegner, Sob Sisters, The Brothers Burn Mountain, The Push, Wooded Hearts |
By Ralph E. Cook on August 8, 2012
Dear Campers, This year for Independents Day we decided to drive our own sand point well here at camp. Â After 33 days and many lessons learned we now have free water! Â Why run a point you may ask? Â Answer: the chemicals silly. Â Why water your garden with fluoride and chlorine? As you can see we […]
Posted in Action, Gardening, History | Tagged Abandoned Scout Camp, Fluoride, independents day, Sand Point, Water |
By Ralph E. Cook on August 4, 2012
Dear Campers, You will be able to hear what Dorthy Fix has been up to on Aug. 16th at the Red Raven in Fargo and at Planet Supply/Red Bird Music store in St. Croix Falls, WI on Aug. 18th!  These two shows along with Aug. 17th in Minneapolis will be with friends Leon Boots.  Together the […]
Posted in Dorthy Fix, Music | Tagged dorothy fix, Dorthy Fix, JNAUTS, Leon Boots, Planet Supply, Red Bird Music Store, Red Raven Espresso Parlor |
By Ralph E. Cook on July 16, 2012
Dear Campers, Wooded Hearts, Leon Boots and Dorthy Fix will perform a show at the Acadia Cafe in Minneapolis on Aug. 17th, 2012. Â Here is a link for more info on the show: http://hearitlocal.com/#!/tc/live-music?detailID=26971 Hope to see you there! P.S. Watch for more DF shows coming soon.
Posted in Dorthy Fix, Music | Tagged Acadia Cafe, dorothy fix, Dorthy Fix, Leon Boots, Wooded Hearts |
By Ralph E. Cook on June 11, 2012
Dear Campers, Yeah, it’s been awhile! Hope you are taking advantage of the wonderful Summer so far. This evening we finished planting the garden here at the Abandoned Scout Camp. This ends the 3+ month process of starting seedlings in doors and in the cold frame and then finally transplanting outside. It appears that this […]
Posted in Barter Fest, Gardening, Music, Recording | Tagged Abandoned Scout Camp, Barter Fest, Juggernauts, Leon Boots |
By Ralph E. Cook on April 30, 2012
Dear Campers, This past weekend Leon Boots took advantage of some bartered studio time and rocked out/recorded 11 tracks in one day!  These boys have been playing music together for  25 years and not since the days of the band “United” have they released any music, but this will soon change with an up coming […]
Posted in Music, Recording | Tagged Abandoned Scout Camp, Leon Boots, United |
By Ralph E. Cook on April 16, 2012
Less than six months left until this year’s Barter Fest September 22nd, 2012! This may be the time to align your stars so that you may attend. All visitors are sure to make friends with official Abandoned Scout Camp dog: Smokey.
Posted in Barter Fest | Tagged Abandoned Scout Camp, Barter Fest 2012 |