Recent content by Keeled Over

Eureka No-Bug-Zone but there are a number of similar shelters available now. I throw my 10 x 14 over top and ride anything out. On The Missainabi I just brought the tarp and an 8 x 4 mesh. I was solo so I hung it from the center and let it hang. Crawled in, threw some gear in the corners...

Been doing it for 3-4 years now. I don't bring a tent unless it's fall, and add 10 x 14 CCS tarp.

Looks just like the Boundary Waters but on a larger scale. I believe you can access from the west via old roads and skip the train.

Fantastic Alan!! It has been fun - some amazing classics to be sure, and sooo many other great tomes that would never have crossed my mind had it not been for that list. Both my son and daughter have dabbled with it. Check it out folks - you may have already read some great books!!

TACKLING "Under the Volcano" by Malcolm Lawry. Reading some reviews prior to delving in there was a constant stream of comments discussing how difficult this book is to read. I wouldn't even have started but it is on the Modern Libraries list of the 100 Best Novels. I was warned it is a...

Toyota's for us - last 3 new cars. I think the RAV4 is about perfect. I have 3 things I would change, and 2 of them are due to my clydesdale status. It makes a lumpy bed but I can sleep at 6'2" in the back with a creative pillow placement. Plenty of power when loaded with canoe, gear and...

I always managed to get ashes in my cobbler while removing the cover. I don't know why, but I have had more then a few dozen Scouts complain about it.

Lifelong consumer of Hersey bars. Nobody but me eats peanut butter in our house so the entire Jif jar is mine. I bust up segments of Hersey's and throw them right in the jar. However, for trips I just bring one little Halloween sized bar for desert each nite. I only trip during shoulder...

Thank you for the great report. Your trip was very similar to one I had taken some years ago - same route, same time of year, same weather, but I stayed at #30. Only saw a kayak close to the lower dam and a quick wave to someone at a distance. It turned out to be one of my favorite ADK...

Depends - were there chaps and spurs involved?

For many years, regardless of being in a tent or under the cap of my truck, I would smoke the final cigarette of the day with the doors open. That always chased them out.

I have to go with statistic's on this one. I always taught my kids to "stop, look, think' and trained them that, statistically, you just have to be a little safer then the other people around you.

Wow - you are busier, in a good way, then the combined effort of everyone I know. Good for you!!

LOVE your choice of bikes - you have covered the motorcycle spectrum. I have 4 guitars upstairs, and I have never successfully completed a B Minor on any of them.

In addition to my responsibility of posting inane comments on public forums I also dig bicycles in a pretty big way. I currently own 4, and I ride throughout the year with bikes focused on specific tasks. Like the canoe quiver, we sometimes find that odd project that compels us to bring it...