The pawpaw is native to the Eastern, Southern, and Midwestern United States and adjacent southernmost Ontario, Canada, from New York west to southeastern Nebraska, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas.
We took a short hike along the Roanoke Canal trail with the intent to find wild edibles that are super easy to identify
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We decided to hike on down to the Roanoke River and try baking blueberry muffins in our cooksets over camp fire coals and Esbit fuel tabs.
Luke's Bushcraft issued a 30 second flint and steel challenge. I decided to give it a try.
All too often we stumble over a pop bottle or trip on discarded fishing line on the Roanoke River. Tossing old worm bait containers and foam coolers seems to have become the normal thing to do.
