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Last night in our son's kitchen my wife and I eased back in the rickety chairs and commenced to party, passing around the boxes of take-out Chinese food, filling our mugs to brimming with steaming hot tea, (feeding the dog under the table), and laughing till we cried over our young...

Space can be a luxury or a necessity (or both) depending on your point of view. While I love my smaller more modest home I sure wouldn't mind having a garden gate that opened onto some rolling rural scenes. More space all to myself. I could go skinny dippy forest bathing. Lol. Our family tents...

I'd be happy to send something now rather than go digging in my yard again. 4-legged creatures do that for me now. The city squirrels raid the tulip bulbs, the family dog(s) dig just because, and wildlife burrow towards the unknown. I've let my urban yard "go", mostly as an effort to bring the...

a) what's your address again? b) was that a ferrous or nonferrous cash container? c) was it just 15 bucks or do you invest all your important savings in the backyard?

This whole pie in the sky notion that somehow we might (or should aspire to) "get back" to "the good ol days" before --- is charming and worthy of the finest puffy dreamcloud ( I often go there), but we lost the maps to those Elysian fields eons ago. I may be settling for less but I'm quite...

Man those moose know how to party, dey be bringin their own tunez.

Love those mountain views from across the water. "Could it get better then this?" Yes, I bet it can, but that's a beautiful start.

Mostly what others have said. Know thy strengths. Know thy limitations. Know thyself. Otherwise... My facetious approach is to lean into the coffee pot and give myself a generous pour, lean back in my chair, settle just under the tarps drip edge and enjoy the windswept view.

Hey Chris, how about reading a journal written by a trip survivor? Here's a link. All thanks to Allan Jacobs and the Lanouette family. https://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=46535

My suggestion to the OP is to plan and carry out a research canoe trip. Try to emulate the situations and conditions as well as possible, without the suffering of course. Don't worry too much about the small stuff like exact canoe or gear chosen. You can imagine away the inconvenient stuff and...

There are times when a simplistic thumbs up or tearfully laughing emoji is terribly insufficient. This is one of those times.

We're celebrating our Thanksgiving here so maybe he and family are out plinking some grouse for the table.

This may be true, but just this morning I recognized the vehicle in front of me waiting at the lights. I could tell it was our neighbour from up the block by the conspiracy paranoid stickers all over their bumper. And tailgate. And rear window. He must've run outta room on his garage and lawn. I...

Now don't plunk me down in the wrong camp when I say this Mem, but the ocassional bear has been seen to wander down south of Barrie without too many people freaking out. https://www.tvo.org/article/why-ontarios-black-bears-are-moving-south And to be fair, besides the snickerdoodle dog owners...

Years ago when the kids were young we had one crash thru our campsite late at night. We'd stayed up earlier sitting around a fire listening to the wolfpack howling and felt closer to the wild. Hadn't imagined we could get closer than that. I bolted out the tent flap to investigate the ruckus and...

I've not often encountered firewood "voluntarily" left behind, more often (particularly in parks) the remnants of failed fires in the pit. But the rare times it is it has been a small and welcome offering. A small measure of etiquette I consider a strength of character rather than a weakness of...

My wife and I have 2 pr of sleeping bags, one pr down fill (0C) and the other pr Primaloft (-stupidC) Although the Prima is rated for colder temps I prefer the packability and comfort of down. I intend to retire the Primas as we're quite happy with the down mummys and wool blanket combinations...

No idea why anyone would scatter cut wood like that. Was it too green? Too wet? Too big? It can still be stacked for future use. I generally don't leave wood by the firepit only because it's usually exposed there to the elements. Instead I pile it towards the campsite clearing edge, often next...

2) Coffee A good cup of coffee makes every morning sing. On a sombre wet morn when the mist creeps out of the forest and swims across the waters the stillness is astounding, almost intimidating, whereas on bright mornings the fleeing shadows and rising sun feels welcoming. In any morning mood...

It's hard to narrow all the luxuries down to just three. Just being there feels like a luxury I'm grateful to afford. I'm used to making do and doing without in life and our ocassional tripping life is no different, so the luxury additions to bare bones basic gear has been gradual and welcome...