Recent content by Keeled Over

I am happy to say I almost started a local incident back in '72 or '73 in the Boy Scouts. My dad was active in the National Guard for many years and he came across a huge amount of "C" or "K" or some letter rations from like the War of 1812 or something. Anyway you just boiled all these cans...

If it involves anything more then boiling water I have zero interest in it.

Hello all, It all comes to a happy end. The border went smooth as most thought it would. I had the same border guy as I saw when I came home without the canoe. I pulled up and said "looks like it worked out - everything in the back still all yours?" and off I went. Below is what I put...

Thank you Erica! The most amazing thing was the receipt and the rest of the paperwork were exactly where they should gave been. That NEVER happens. I've also got my pictures of me and the cops in the helicopter and at the airport. Heading out tomorrow!! Thinking about coming back...

I am happy to report that my gear is safe, sound, and being dried out thanks to Follow Her North. Going upstream in the rapids proved to have a couple of exciting moments, but all is good. A huge thank you to Mylene and her dad. I will be heading north soon to get my gear and thank them in...

By all means check out Follow Her North in Hearst. Saved me.

I won't be going back on this one, unless my brother want to head up and finish the second half. My own personal tripping rules maintain that if I cannot finish a trip due to errors on my part (navigation, shear stupidity, etc.) then I have to redo them. In the case of mother nature...

Well, the hits just keep on coming. While I was fiddling about in the bush Chick was making a bunch of calls on my behalf. One went to the town of Hearst, where Melanie at Hearst airport gave her the name Mylène Coulombe-Gratton, who operates Follow Her North in Hearst. I placed a call...

I'm not sure, but it seams all of that incoming helped the constable approve the extraction for a non-emergency situation, for which I am grateful!!

Sadly things are not as organized as I would have liked. At one point I was to return to Bell's Bay from the end of that 600 meter portage. I brought the boat there but on the return the trail was gone. I backtracked several times but still couldn't locate the trail - the trail end in a...

You are correct recped. No issue at all.

I went through this awhile back and I believe it was billconnor that gave me the lead. I got the 80" bars, standard straps held them to my existing rack just fine. One fellow would get a bike inner tube, cut it so one long length, and wrapped the tube tightly around the rails. Said it held...

10 x 14 CCS tarp and 4 x 8 mosquito netting to hang from the tarp if needed. But, just spent 5 nites in Canada sleeping under the stars with a head net on. Low weight, incredibly fast set up and take down.

I have been so used to driving to Mich to pick up buddies for canoe trips I failed to realize how fast I can get to the Sudbury, Ontario, area. Six hours from Rochester and I was there. This can provide some additional opportunities. Those who have suffered my blathering's know I am on a...

I pretty much set it up myself along with Hap's book. I used Hap's maps from the book instead of purchasing traditional maps. I called Ontario Parks and they did the permits for me. A call to Via rail had the train tickets and Smoothwater shuttled me. Except for the food for 3 weeks...