Recent content by Pringles

I had just gotten a new boat, and wanted to “test” it. You know, you have to make sure it floats. :-). It was October and two friends and I went to a nearby big pond. I had on my wet suit. We were staying near shore. At one point, I was testing something, and went over. I bobbed up, and...

I’m afraid I’m not too consistent in my step size, and were I usually camp, trees are mostly too far away from each other. Going to ground seems quite fiddl-y, so I am measuring. There’s one site that I absolutely adore, because there are two trees that are the perfect distance. I’m hoping to...

Unless it’s actually raining, I have at least one vestibule of my tent open to keep down condensation. I enjoy looking out at the stars, when I wake at night. When I sleep in my hammock, I always have the tarp up, and miss being able to look up at the stars. I don’t wake up as much when I’m...

Five or six years ago, I found a Tilley on the ground, at a Yellowstone bear jam. There was no one around, so I picked it up and took it home. I now love it to wear at bear jams, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, and backpacking. It stays on my head. It keeps the sun out of my eyes. The brim is...

I have seen quite a few from the road/car. I saw my first wolf while driving into Sawbill (BWCA). It was huge, and trotted across the road about 100 yards in front of me. I lived in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and saw a few there and in nearby Ontario. Most memorably, one came out of the...

I never make a fire when I'm alone. There's too much responsibility... I MUST put it out. If I never start it, I don't have that problem. But I sometimes carry one of those little battery tea light candles, and put it in front of me and my Helinox chair facing the water in the evening. I...

I've done a number of guided trips... all on water. I'm perfectly capable of setting up camp, and I can paddle my canoe but when I'm in an unfamiliar place, I don't want to trust my own whits to saving myself on water. I've taken guided trips and rafted and canoed and kayaked in a number of...

Take binoculars, there’s re many interesting and beautiful birds.

I did. We didn’t even get wet, it’s just that canoeing can be so graceful and peaceful. Going “thunk” from bank to bank was neither. Learning occurred, however.

My Dad bought an old livery canoe (no name, aluminum, about two tons) when I was a kid. He taught me what he could, and was quite patient when he wanted to fish, but let me “steer.” He got pushed into the bank and snags a lot, and more so when the wind was doing anything. But he was patient...

I went about ten years ago. I drove 8 hours each way, and thought it was worth it. When they offered it digitally last year, I signed up and enjoyed the sessions I watched. To me, it’s really the only thing like it. When I went physically, I especially enjoyed seeing and touching the items the...

I’ve been very pleased with the quilt I got a couple of years ago. I got and Enlightened Equipment quilt a number of years ago, and that’s when I found that I really like quilts.They were more optimistic about how warm a person might be in their quilt, though. Hammock Gear seems pretty...

Yay! I ordered a Thermodrop, too. I had a dickens of a time gettting the keychain on. I’m waiting anxiously for spring so I can use all of it!

I use my backpacking quilt most of the time. It is warm and snuggly.

I’m sorry. I hope it comes soon, and you like it as much as I like mine. A pound of fluffiness in a chosen color is pretty wonderful!