Recent content by jdeerfoot

The trick to paddling the Wisconsin Rv, especially downstream and heading west, is to paddle during the morning. I have always paddled it in the spring or fall to avoid the strong westerly wind which the river valley funnels into your face. Perhaps this is not a problem during summer, I wouldn’t...

Thanks much for the recipe. I don’t do anything regarding food prep at home or in the bush. But since I am increasingly base camping I need to liven up my mundane diet while camping. And I have a Lodge dutch oven that is mostly unused.

For a number of years my main paddling partner would bring his homemade reflector oven and make birthday cakes for whoever had a nearby birthday. They were commercial cake mixes but sure tasted good around the campfire.

I had forgotten about Early Winters and still have some of their stuff including several candle lanterns. They offered some interesting stuff you never saw anywhere else.

Kopka River July 2017. The birds were in Wabinosh Bay, Lake Nipigon, the other photos on the Kopka River.

So far in almost 20 years of travel in the Canadian bush the bear seem to be timid and quickly vacate the area when we are around. We have attributed this to the fact that most of our trips have been in lightly traveled areas so they are not habituated to humans. When I first met Clem Quenville...

Welcome to the group. Nice to have a few more midwestern folks on this site which seems to have a heavy eastern US membership.

Great idea with your chair. I have a very similar chair with the nylon material of the seat giving out. Now I have a winter project - thanks for the idea.

Dispersed camping wherever you want is allowed in the Superior NF outside of the BWCA. Starting back in the early 1970’s and into the 1980’s I often dispersed camped in the Nat. Forests of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota as well as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. At that time I didn’t know I...

My first BWCA trip was a base camping trip to the Gunflint Trail in 1973. My brother and I camped various USFS campgrounds along the Trail and day paddled a number of different lakes. Lots of different day paddles available along the trail.

If you haven’t already, connect with Kahel, a very active member on this board and a fellow resident of Germany. And welcome to this most interesting bunch of paddlers.

Never took classes but used NOC to paddle the river for a day with my daughter and her boyfriend in the late 1990’s. I remember eating at their restaurant and learning they were in a dry county. With us being from Wisconsin and in need of a few beers, we had to travel to a neighboring county to...

Welcome to the site. You will find much knowledge and many knowledgeable people here. I am somewhat familiar with the VA tidewater area due to my time there in the navy in the 1960’s. Nice area with mild winters, especially when compared to Wisconsin, but really hot and humid summers.

Maybe contact Frost River for their recommendation.

When it comes portaging I always remember what Harry Roberts (I think it was him) used to say. Something like, portages are great for screening out the riffraff.