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When we got as far as Huntsville* one year my memory kicked in. An event that doesn't usually happen, so best not ignore it. I suddenly...

Think back to when you were broke, and you had a 13 foot aluminium bathtub of a canoe, and you would put two other chums and all your...

Clearings like that are not natural occurrences up here, and whenever we find one on a canoe trip, we know that there has been a human...

years ago, as part of the youth outdoor skills and survival courses I ran, I had a day long exercise in a local Conservation Area where...

Earlier in this thread I mentioned I needed to cain the seats for a JR Robertson canoe. Unfortunately, I gave up on them, I just...

Part 6... Thursday, June 2, 2022, Day 8 When I got up at 6:00 a.m., I felt like I'd barely slept. I was quite tired, my muscles were...

Leave your paddle alone. Wear a glove. And go from there. And relax your grip. Take it easy.

I wound up on that vid after binge watching others from those camps. One of which might've been the Thelon, but who knows? Different...

I watched that vid a short while ago. IIRC it's from a camp trip the youth group took in the north. Sorry, I can't remember the camp...

White Tailed Deer, Field Mice, and humans are the main blood hosts for Deer Ticks here in Ontario. But I think they will feed on any...

As responses slow down, I want to thank everyone for offering such thoughtful and considered responses. It has been useful to read so...

Part 5... Tuesday, May 31, 2022, Day 6 Thunderstorms passed over the camp again during the night. When I got up, everything was wet...

I got out for my first paddle of 2026 today on the ice-free tailwater of the Swift River below Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts. The...

"I've had some irate folks tell me not to burn plastic". Oh Mem, I would've paid extra to sit at that fire. ha ha

On a cycle ride in Burgundy we passed by a string of happy school children along the canal path, each and every one of them singing out...