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20 minutes and 5 days too late for the real money shot but a beautiful evening with Belle. Freakishly warm days in Eastern Ontario the...

Ely 20 years ago. Don’t know if I’d enjoy summers there nowadays. I’d look hard at the UP of MI. Short drive to Ontario, some...

the only real cure for moss or algae covered wet rocks is good old wool felt, but it's also remarkably nasty on mud- it works because...

I'm always tempted to take a pair of sandals for around camp but, having broken my right ankle twice, it's become arthritic and I now...

This is what I wear: Merrell Moab These are my camp and portage shoes. There is a men’s version too. I’ve never found anything...

Wet, lichen covered rocks, are always a hazard for me as well. Shoe soles come in many different configurations, some of which are more...

I’ve been using some lightweight waterproof high tops for camp shoes and they’re good except they are like wearing ice skates on damp...

Micro, your Sylvania experience was typical. I have tripped the there since May 1975 and only missed annual trips in a few years. Since...

I went to Sylvania for my first canoe camping trip. Copy and paste a trip report. I came back early, which says something. Sunday was...

Huh, there was a thread on BWCA.com about that plane and how it circled the lake for a while and then landed. The poster said the pilot...

I have been there several times in October (and sometimes late October) and it surprised me how many people show up, especially on the...

Timer on camera and a little articulating tripod I call “passerby.”

Im considering that very thing if I can clean up other stuff and the weather forecast is good.

It’s been a very long time since I paddled in the BWCA and haven’t itched to go back because of the reported crowds/reservations, etc...

Not much sun on my week long trip to Disappointment Lake. It was only one longvportage in, and the traffic was non-stop. On the third...