Recent content by Odyssey

Time. ( I am not intending to get churchey here.) Over the past few years we've bailed on several trips, either altogether, or by shortening them; and so we've lost time we'll never get back. In fact I try not to think about how often we've paddled out of a trip with home beyond the horizon in...

Very lightly battered perch and pickerel are my favourite fish n chips. What is this fish broth all about?

I bought some HMPE cordage this summer off the internet. And clearly not the brand name good stuff. I wanted to try it and see. The results were poor. I tried stringing up a tarp with it and found that it easily sliced through itself. I gave up on it just before I ended up with multiple pieces...

Vehicles are fridges on wheels, unless you can pad out (inwards) that steel box. We loved our minivans cargo style for cheapskate boon-docking pre and post trips. Was never a Chateau Frontenac but sure fit the bill. A twin size inflatable mattress over a reflective car blanket, topped with...

Ever since the square sterners entered this site my interest has been piqued. How would the world look if I backed my road vehicle up to my water vehicle, dumped and loaded the camping contents therein, and paddled/motored off to find a portage-free base camp Shangri-la? I didn't quite do that...

My 3 year old Flextail is still going strong, though we only use it a few times a year. I see they're smaller now, maybe stronger? This was 20 bucks back then. It fits our NeoAir pads, inflate and deflate. Those pads we might be changing. My only gripe against these things is that they disturb...

It's beer o'clock

Love that vintage trailer!

Made a quick visit to a nearby museum whilst on a northern trip. Enjoyed the La Vase Portage display. https://discoveryroutes.ca/la-vase-portages-canoe-route/ The two birch bark canoes were made traditionally by a local and donated. Fort Laronde was a trading post...

Our fly and tarps are seldom wet upon departure, but if they are they get stuffed into a dry bag, which is included in the tent pack. The tents have different sacks for each component anyway; tent body, fly, poles, pegs... they all go into the same backpack regardless. On dewy mornings it...

There was a saying when I was a kid that didn't really apply to tents, but I'll throw it out there anyway. "Hey kid, close the barn door or the horses will get out!"

The closest I've come to a circumnavigation of Ireland was on a portage trail in Algonquin. My wife and I were just finishing up a week in the park, waiting for the portage crowds to thin when I fell into conversation with a lady who had 101 questions...bears, food, weather... Detecting the soft...

I was gifted a Reactor 12 V Multi-Functional Jump Starter Power Bank by my son-in-law, very generous. Thus far I've only used it to charge phones and gkids' toys, but I have no doubt it'll provide backup to devices. It comes along on car trips but hasn't gone canoeing. Maybe this summer...maybe...

Timing eh. Pre 2020 I took a peek at tiny trailers (who needs gas fireplaces and granite counter tops) and the prices were reasonable. Despite that I thought I may as well wait for retirement before getting a used Boler or whatever. Along came Covid and people went on a tear replacing indoor...