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    Poll: What is Your Opinion of Tilley Hats

    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...
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    Wolves

    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...
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    Solo - fears and boredom

    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...
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    Pros and Cons of Guided Canoe Trips

    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...
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    Congaree National Park.

    Take binoculars, there’s re many interesting and beautiful birds.
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    How did you learn?

    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.
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    How did you learn?

    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...
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    Canoecopia 2022

    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...
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    Waiting on a Hammock Gear Econ Burrow 20 Down Quilt

    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...
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    Waiting on a Hammock Gear Econ Burrow 20 Down Quilt

    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!
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    Camping at Home

    I use my backpacking quilt most of the time. It is warm and snuggly.
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    Waiting on a Hammock Gear Econ Burrow 20 Down Quilt

    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!
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    Waiting on a Hammock Gear Econ Burrow 20 Down Quilt

    Did it come in time? ????
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    Waiting on a Hammock Gear Econ Burrow 20 Down Quilt

    That's expensive for a thermometer... she says as she really, really wants one. I can't believe you haven't gotten your quilt yet. From their sale pages, they did not have a whole bunch just sitting around in stock, waiting to be put in a box (though the entire kits, I would bet are, since...
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    Waiting on a Hammock Gear Econ Burrow 20 Down Quilt

    Did you get it yet? Is it fluffy and beautiful? I ordered a new Econ Burrow 20 during their Black Friday sale. I had gotten a 0* one a couple of years ago, and was impressed at how warm, fluffy and comfortable it was, so decided to get a 20* one for summer (in the mountains). While I was...
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