Recent content by PrairiePete

I was probably 13 or 14 when our church youth group decided to do a weekend float of the Current River in Missouri. That became my first experience paddling a canoe; in a rented, square-sterned aluminum tank of a boat. Since my partner and I had the largest canoe we were tasked with carrying the...

A well designed removable portage yoke shouldn't be a pain to put on. The one for my solo canoe takes less than 10 seconds to place and secure. A removable yoke has the added advantage of leaving your canoe in original condition.

It is against the law to burn trash (even paper) in many states, including Minnesota. This makes trash burning illegal in the BWCA as well. Besides, do we really want to go to the woods to smell someone else's trash burning? Pete

I don't have any good ideas, but I will keep googling this topic to see if anything happens for next year. Pete

The threads about the Adirondack, Florida, and Midwest Canoe Symposiums (Symposia?) make me want to attend one. However, New York is a long way from Kansas, and the Florida and Ohio events take place during the school year. There was a hint that the Wisconsin CS might happen last May, but I...

I always wanted one of these. http://wicycle.com/index.php/products/boat-trailers/wike-woody-wagon-canoe-bicycle-trailer I like the idea of riding my bike to river, paddle down a few miles, then pedal back home. I don't have any personal experience with them, but they look good. And they aren't...

Well, this is the small scale site related retailers section. Most of the posts in this section could be considered advertising. Pete

Using "Today's Posts" only works if I can remember which posts I had already read and if I'm willing to spend the time to find the new ones. It also only shows threads that have had new posts in the previous 24 hours, so it won't work to get caught up if I am gone for a few days. I keep...

I miss the "New Posts" button. "Today's Posts" is not the same thing. I takes me to the beginning of each thread that has a new post, not to the new post itself. In some cases, that is 18 pages away from the new post. Pete

That's when you find out who is REALLY your friend. Pete

I think that as we become more experienced, we become more aware of just how many things can go wrong. Especially things that are beyond our control. Immediately after my last wilderness canoe camping trip, I was convinced that I would never go again. A couple years of reflection, and a new...

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Don't be too quick to dis peanut butter. When planning a lighter menu, don't look just at weight. Check the food's caloric density: calories per ounce. Peanut butter is 166 calories per ounce. There aren't many foods that are higher, unless you're into eating sticks of butter (203 cal./oz.), or...

We seem to be going ‘round and ‘round. I think it’s because we’re talking about two different things. I appreciate your comment that you want a disinterested third party to be attracted to the site because of the header photograph. However, I don’t see anything wrong with it. Maybe it’s the...

That's what Robin himself said. He took to photo to capture a memory of his trip through the WCPP, not to have a photo of his canoe. Yes, the canoe is a dominant element in the composition, but the power of its placement in the foreground is deemphasized by the left side being as dark as the...