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Happy World Elephant Day! 🐘
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CaptainOllieWest reacted to GeoBoy's post in the thread Why are the oldest and tallest trees all conifers? with
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The term bristlecone pine covers three species of pine tree (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus, subsection Balfourianae). All three species... -
CaptainOllieWest reacted to recped's post in the thread Why are the oldest and tallest trees all conifers? with Like.
Conifers are smarter?
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CaptainOllieWest reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Why are the oldest and tallest trees all conifers? with Like.
Is this true? If fully or partially true, why do conifers live so much longer and grow so much bigger than (single stem) longleaf...
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The past few weeks was a sad time when the local historic courthouse Elm tree in Wellsboro Pa had to be removed after 300 years. The...
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Impressive! What are they? Coastal redwood, giant sequoia, Douglas-fir, Sitka spruce?
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What fabulous trees. Jim
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CaptainOllieWest replied to the thread Photo of the day.They are Cedars and Sitka Spruce. I read that the Cedars may be over 1,000 years old. @ppine may be able to give more information. We...
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CaptainOllieWest reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Finally added a river tripper to the fleet with Like.
Congrats on your new hole plug, Erik. The Explorer in both the 16' and 17' Royalex versions is a versatile tripping canoe. I thought...
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CaptainOllieWest reacted to eckilson's post in the thread Finally added a river tripper to the fleet with Like.
There has been a hole in my fleet for a while now. I have a Kevlar Spirit II with bucket seats that is a great lake cruiser and will...
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Old thread, but I finally bought a tandem. My wife and I were having lunch with some friends on Saturday and they mentioned wanting to...
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CaptainOllieWest replied to the thread Photo of the day.Some ancient trees for your viewing pleasure.
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I haven't seen too many fawns this year and was happy when this one showed up in my yard yesterday.
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CaptainOllieWest reacted to Gamma1214's post in the thread How to make steep portages easy with a canoe pole with Like.
I think they leave that to us when we trip while portaging. (hopefully not going over a 6 story drop but, I suppose the durability of...
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CaptainOllieWest reacted to Paddlinhal's post in the thread How to make steep portages easy with a canoe pole with Like.
Why don't they drop it nose first?
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A few shots of the Nantucket Outriggers launching one of their boats. You can read a bit more about these boats here...
