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Sessions I attended with my ratings: Circumnavigate Eastern US* 63 National Parks**** Hudson Bay Girls ***** Best session! Lost Ghost Ports ***** Bear Safety*** Illinois Paddling Council*** November Canoe Trips ***** Best PowerPoint! The Thrill of a Self-Guided Far North Trip *****...

I agree attendance was down and really down Sunday. Since the 2020 cancelled show, attendance has been like pre pandemic attendance. I missed the Happy Camper, but Ron Kesselring was very good, as were the Hudson Bay Girls. Didn't buy anything, a combo of age and travelling by air. Which was...

I'd be interested in a meet up but my son may meet up with me. Schedule something and I'll try to make it. I'm not doing BWCA.com dinner.

Consider Canoecopia in Madison - March 13-15 - for a great late winter pick up.

But what dies that save? not 10 pounds I guess.

Nice article. I attended his final presentation and it was quite splendid and moving.

At 45 pounds, I'm going to pass.

Went to an environmental conference Saturday and one of the sessions was on Great Lakes ice. Clearly the record shows the ice cover is lessening.

I use the Swift carbon fiber yoke on my Prospector 14 Pack. They didn't have it worked out the first year or so, and the clamp slipped. The add a piece of tape on the gunwale and it usually works. Tighten the clamp really good. They have since incorporated a threaded insert in the gunwales. I...

Just signed up for two work weekends on the NFCT. Buttermilk Falls (SW end of Long Lake) and Bloomingdale (McCasland Bridge and Permanent Rapids Access). About 65 miles apart on the trail.) This will be nos 9 &10 for me. Friday dinner to Sunday noon. All food provided. Have always been great...

I didn't know you could canoe at the Mustang Ranch in Nevada. ;)

I believe most items are Rutabaga inventory. I recall when the show was canceled the evening before for Covid, Darren was sweating being stuck with a lot of inventory. Of course as things worked out, demand for outdoor gear exploded. But I believe most of its is Rutabaga and you check out at...

As I started this thread, cell phones may replace satellite communicators - someday.

Rutabaga sells "boats" and much more at canoecopia. They move the store for the week and order a lot.

I carry one but can go for many trips without using it. I also have a hat - baseball style - with two lamps built into brow and flat batteries tucked in headband.

I wonder how many people are alive today because they were in a canoe instead of on the highway?

Not too many places in the Adirondacks you can't get out from in a day walking, and their are marked trails. Not so in BWCAW and Quetico. And just looking at the trip from Minnesota to Hudson Bay.

I respect the no tech in the back country and practice it with exception of communication for my wife. I made the mistake once of taking my cell phone and having it on. Sitting on the shore at South end Bald Eagle I got a business call. Ended up an hour long meeting. It was unique and doing it...

I followed on trip on BWCA.COM. He had his spot set to display location in a post, like every 5 minutes. It was fun to follow his trip. He left it on while in one camp and you could follow him to the thunderbox. I just try to keep my wife happy, so report in.

It's early in terms of this technology but the single device is appealing. My cell phone battery lasts a week or longer so no different, plus all I used my spot now zoleo for is texting my wife, so still need cell phone.