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Here in Southern Ontario groundhogs were as common as dirt when I was growing up in the 50' 60's 70's, I have not seen one in at least 30 years, apparently the coyotes find them very tasty. Interestingly while there have always been squirrels the numbers have gone crazy in the last 10 - 20...

Maybe a silicone lubricant would help. Is the trouble indoor or outside? Those heavy duty zip-locks can be annoying when it's cold.

Do Canoes Distract from Drug Side Effects? In my experience they (drugs) enhance rather than distract........... FYI - In the past couple of years there have been a number of pharmaceutical ad campaigns that feature canoes, sometimes even with SOLO canoes.

For an alternative one should really try this

I have personal experience with the use of Sodium phosphate for this purpose having used it for at least 15 colonoscopies over the past 27 years. To achieve the desired results one would probably need to consume a minimum of a dozen Costco chickens in ONE SITTING. As you know there is no way I...

I have that type of interior cracking in both my Mohawk XL14's, the one where it is the worst has a small bit of hogging. For the cracks I used thickened Gflex and then covered with pieces of s-glass. Some would recommend turning the cracks into a v-shape, all I did was give a twirl of a knife...

I was just doing some window shopping at NRS and came across this page: https://www.nrs.com/learn/how-to-detect-fraudulent-nrs-website-store? It must be a significant problem if they are posting public warning pages.

The 2034 Winter Olympics will be in Salt Lake City, if Lake Placid made a bid for another winter games it would probably be for 2046 or later.

I'm with the crowd, when the weather improves give it a good cleaning and then new pics with more detail of anything the cleaning reveals. The outside storage could mean serious problems but it appear the vinyl outer layer is still intact which means the Royalex itself may have survived the UV...

Depends on the GPS unit. My old Garmin (GPSmap78s) is good for 8 - 10 days on a pair of Lithium AA's. A few years ago I picked up a Montana version with touch screen and internal battery, super heavy and needed recharging every day or two. When you go....go BIG (and live stream your trip)...

If you are considering a Canadian based videographer it would probably be more attractive if the pickup was on the Canadian side of the border especially if they were bring any substantial amount of gear. There are a lot of skilled video people with paddling experience here in Canada.

Perhaps this will make you feel better. While there has been a significant increase in blacklegged ticks in the immediate area around Thunder Bay, Wabakimi is still considered low risk for Lyme Disease. In another 10 years that may change and one would need to go further north to avoid them...

I'm pretty adverse to burning plastics, also scrunched up aluminum foil and beer cans. I've been on trips with others who do this from time to time but that is at least better than coming to a campsite littered with trash which would have been only marginally better if well burned. While I am...

I've made my New Years Resolutions........ 1 - Make it to 2027 (alive) 2 - Go on a long solo trip this summer (must include current and rapids I can run) 3 - Finish this #)*$&@*#^$ trip report! One down, two to go! September 5 - Day 17 Distance: 11.1km (Total 237.3) Time: 4hr 34m Caltopo Map...