Recent content by Packrat

The "Seals" say that what doesn't kill you just makes you stronger. Only way to test that is to push the limit a little!

I haven't paddled for a few years and decided to give it another try. Couldn't comfortably lift my old solo, so I purchased a lighter one and did a few short paddles on local lakes and then headed for the Bowron Lake chain. With that circuit my total for the year was about 100 hours but that was...

My Clipper Packer has a tractor seat and I bought the Clipper gel pad for the seat. It works well and has an added feature of a bottle storage under the seat that makes it handy for quick drinks.

The thing I like about Mount Hagens is that it doesn't have the usual bitter taste that instant coffee normally had. And I'm not on their sale staff!!

On a recent canoe trip I discovered that I had a lot of Mountain House meals that were two servings. Since the evenings were realatively cool, I saved half of my spaghetti evening dinner and ate it cold for breakfast. Have to say that worked well. Did the same with Sweet and Sour Pork. Actually...

Found something I like better than VIA. Was given a Mount Hagen's instant coffee sample on a trail work party and really liked it. Last canoe trip I was on I Canada, I passed some out to campers and they are were impressed with the taste. Not bitter like most and handy when one or two cups of...

I'd say northwest Washington State. Because just across the border is a paradise of canoeing spots in BC Canada.

Just completed the 116km Bowron Lake circuit in my Clipper Packer 14' canoe. Did great but wasn't as fast as my old Clipper Solitude which I needed to replace for something lighter for my old body to heft. Can't find any faults at all with the new boat and love the tractor seat with the gel pad.

Number one is my folding chair. At camp during a canoe trip it is relaxing, and during a rest stop for lunch it beats sitting on a rock or a log. I'm too old for that any more! Number two is my empty Folger 1# coffee container. (plastic) I've sharpied the "2PIN" word on the side and it is very...

I have alway laughed at the Deluth Trading Post ad featuring Bare Naked shorts. Well Cosco had them lately and I was departing on what turned out to be an eleven day canoe paddle in the wilderness of British Columbia so I tried them. When I returned home I dumped my cotton underwear and bought...