Recent content by jdeerfoot

In 2017 a buddy and I encountered a Keewaydin group coming upstream on the Kopka Rv. They were doing a 28 day trip in their old w/c boats. I asked one of their trip leaders how their boats were holding up. During the time frame of this trip, mid-July to the first week of August, there was little...

Late in reading your excellent TR with great photos. Reminds me of a short trip I took the grandchildren (15 & 17) on. I was real concerned about their interest in the trip and disconnecting from their device-centered existence. They both really enjoyed it and did not seem to miss their their...

I have a number of them. Oddly, a big box home improvement store carried cheap Ray-o-Vac headlamps for sometimes as low as $7.99, otherwise regularly priced at $9.99, and they work and seem to last as long as as much more expensive name brands. I always take mine on all trips but generally only...

You may want to check the hull for condition of the Royalex since it may be degraded from years of sun exposure. When I inquired about trading in my 23 yr old OT Tripper at Rutabaga, Madison WI, the owner Darren Bush wanted to assess the condition of the hull. He flipped the boat upside down and...

Memaquay nailed it. I really enjoyed and used my 17’ Sears aluminum canoe, purchased new in the spring of 1970, on a number of BWCA trips and UP of Michigan trips. Even took my first basic whitewater class using that canoe. I replaced it in 1983 with a new OT Tripper which I really liked for 23...

I use my existing and long owned Yakima round bars on my Subaru Forester with raised roof rails and they should continue to be usable on vehicles with raised roof rails. For several reasons I need a subcompact sedan and I like Mazda 3 sedans. I need to use the Yakima Stretch Kit on the Mazda to...

This is why I have ceased posting wanted-to-buy notices.

I agree with your comment re. car manufacturers and roof top rails. I have been repurposing my old Yakima round bars onto newer vehicles for many years. However, since Yakima moved away from round bars to aero bars about 10 years ago, it is no longer possible use round bars w/ Q-clips any...

On this issue I think back to the many years of Wabakimi Project trips I participated in. Uncle Phil would not allow us to burn any trash contending that there would be scents while burning it which could attract bears. I had wanted to rinse out Mountain House pouches concerned these would...

Hahaha…

Canoecopia has a long history. I started attending in the early 1980’s when it was held in a smaller building in the same location as the current venue. Before that there was a one day event at the Monroe St store, which was formerly a small IGA grocery store. There were a few presenters in a...

Any alcoholic beverage will do and I am sure he would appreciate it.

Having read Ramlin Boy’s TR on his visit to Cliff Lk and toast to Uncle Phil, reminded me that I was there with Phil on my first WP in September 2007. Uncle Phil’s ashes reside there and if you want to toast him consider using Drambuie, his drink of choice in the early years of the WP or rum and...

What I remember is while 2009 was an extremely rainy, high water year on the Albany, 2010 was a low water year. Uncle Phil’s SR boats really took a beating. As I recall, he had Souris River pick them up that fall and rebuild/refinish them over the winter.

In my youth it was Southport Beach a couple blocks from where I grew up. In 1965 after high school I worked there as a lifeguard and had to deal with those troublesome neighborhood kids acting just like me when I was their age.