Recent content by Bob B.

Welcome!!! I second Bill's comment on Canoecopia, great info there on tripping, canoe building etc. I have meet some really terrific friends while at the show. There really is nothing like it.

What has gotten better - my skill set and my attitude as well as my goals. I have turned into the guy who paddles hard to get to base camp ( 1 to 5 days ) - then explores every rock outcropping, every near by lake etc. With a base camp established I enjoy camp chores - processing fire wood...

I have a Polaris in blacklite. It is light, fast and a stiff hull, I paddle solo - but am about 220 lbs. I paddle with my 2 dogs, both 65 pounds ... before they are wet and full of sand. The canoe handles this weight well ... live weight going in the same direction - or - opposite direction...

Such sad news, Hugh was certainly an Icon of the north ... a legend. Thank you for posting Robin.

I used to travel the timber with a gourd canteen. Works great but is too fragile, I stopped using it. Now timber romps or canoe trips are relegated to nalgene bottles. On cold trips, especially with no dog to keep me warm, I like to put boiling water in my nalgene at the bottom of my bedroll...

Looking for information from those in the know. My floor has 2 inch foam board insultation built in. I will be installing 2 inch foam board insulation over my 6 inch rafters ( gambrel roof ) to allow for flow of air and moisture out of the roof vent and keep the heat in the cabin. I am...

Thanks Al, Cabin was very comy - but - I did stoke the fire about 3 times during the night ... I should have mentioned that in my original post. The cabin has a loft that goes over the porch ... so it has 4 outside walls ... cold air spills down the loft into the main room of the cabin. This...

Yesterday it was bitter cold ... too cold for my old dog Jake. He is 11 and showing his age. So my pup Max ( 16 months ) and I hiked to the cabin in the 10 below temps to start the fire and begin warming the inside. When the fire was burning well and inside temps rose to +20, we hiked the 3/4...

Longing for a perminent structure in the same location as my wall tent, i built this little cabin. I still hike here nearly every day with my dogs. I cook breakfast on my cookstove, then mess about the woods. Eventually we hike back home and i stoke the fire to warm the house and prepare...

It can be crowded, especailly during a holiday ... stay clear over the 4th of July ... Yuk. When putting in at Murray's Landing it is better as it is a no wake zone for motor boaters and is a quiet zone. There is no portaging, or at least almost none. That can be both good and bad. It is...

I was a football coach and ran the weight room a life time ago. I injured my shoulder and really did not like the idea of surgery. I started rehabbing in the weight room and borrowed one of my ball players canoes for the summer. I practiced sit and switch paddling in a heavy Coleman tandem...