Penns Woods

My sisters and I in 1965. I still own this canoe.

Time for some varnish on the gunnels, otherwise the shop dust came off and she looks ready to go.

like you, for winter camping and late fall/early spring my go-to is wool- Canadian forces cold weather or winter weight wool socks...

At my lake cottage, I and several of my neighbors like to hike the paved road onto the neary dirt roads. From late May through July we...

I've been happy with my Duluth Pack map case. It has a velcro closure. I noticed that the newer version has the velcro closure at the...

I’m watching a YouTube video this morning, sorta like a pep talk for those who are approaching 80. I was happy to see a canoe have a...

I can remember one winter, I was pushing a surveying crew for a pipeline threw the mountains in snow up to your knees, Staying warm and...

I took a hike one day to help a friend find a mountain goat that he had shot. It was raining on and off that day and we had to walk...

Grew up on a NE Ohio farm. I’ve eaten many groundhogs. Better to stick with the young ones.

Count the calendar weeks until the Vernal Equinox, just a couple days more than 6 weeks to the first day of spring! What a coincidence...

November 24, 1945 – January 23, 2026 After a life spent traveling Canada’s wilderness in wood-canvas canoes, Hugh Stewart died at the...

Believe it or not, Spam is so popular that the Walmart in midtown Anchorage has it locked up. I've never noticed that, but when I...

I do similar, I wrap in plastic (or vacuum seal), then a couple of layers of wet newsprint, and finally a couple of layers of foil, the...

Woodchucks are fairly tasty because they eat what cows and rabbits eat, but I'd try eating nutria. Probably similar to muskrat, which is...

I had a Gortex coat that I used for years. Recently, before a trip, I knew the coat was old, so I sprayed it with the recommended...