winter sports

Ice fishing and logging camps. Both rigorous activities; both my idea of a good time. Well, at least the ice fishing part anyway.
     As for the logging camp, I know there are plenty out there who maintain active fantasy lives that once done at the end of the day, that loggers would return to make hay all night. And while I certainly believe that there were times that the men had to be men and relieve themselves of their tensions, I doubt that these guys would be having non-stop orgies well into the night then getting up the next day and going out and cutting down 100 foot trees, prune off their upper branches, hook the logs up to a team of horses and drag them back into camp without being a tad over-tired.
     Life in a logging camp was far from idylic. Cramped quarters, no insulation [there's likely a good reason why so many of these guys are close to the wood stove] nor indoor flush toilet plumbing; a total lack of privacy [even characters who think that's "hot" have to acknowledge that some moments alone are oft time desired] and close, cramped living quarters. Entertainments ~ when they had them ~ were certainly all male, but as I noted before, I don't doubt that some sexual extra-curriculars took place, but not all the time, and not every night. Still...

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