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Any clinging salty moisture would be bad IMO. Cold and dry should be okay, more or less. I wouldn't wipe it down (scratches?) Like your car. Maybe blow it clear with a (clean dust-free) leaf blower? Feather duster? lol. Or maybe just give it a quick rinse to flush off the salt brine. Air dry. On...

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re: Marshall loop 2 cents. Each and every camp the first few nights are worth layover days; Marshall, Grip, and Summit lakes, Kap R too. Each evening I thought to myself "I could stay another day or three here." Although my trip was an abbreviated one in which we took out at the (Ogoki?)...

In The Lonely Land Sigurd F. Olsen wrote "...Then he dug with a sharpened stick in a wide crack beside the fireplace and pulled out a great chunk of moss that had filled it. He laid it on a shelf of clean limestone and began to comb it carefully, picking it apart bit by bit. He was deeply...

I am such a sucker for your clickbait Glenn. I read your thread heading and thought Oh Wow! Glenn's shooting canned meat out of a cannon! Must be a McGrady New Years tradition? But no. Oh well. sigh Keep up the good work Glenn. And thanks.

It's hard not to read your OP Pitt and feel discouraged, but I'll try. Yes, one type of adventure may be fading, but many more may be waiting. Sorry if that sounds patronizing but I really do believe it. So should you. Aside from twerking (imagine the possibilities!) the old paddle and portage...

I think it all comes down to our ever controling humanistic land use policies from the paleolithic to the present. We steer, subjugate, and steward what we can, either for an economic or ecologic benefit. They seldom agree. Piney summarizes it very well when he sweeps it all into neatly fitting...

In Sigurd Olsen's Lonely Land (1961) he says: "Boiling fish is common in the North. The Indians (sic) boil it with a little flour, or broil oily fish like trout. Only white men resort to the frying pan." I'd always thought frying was the traditional method, but it seems to be a more modern...

And earlier in The Lonely Land... "Here was a chowder as it is made in the North and as the Finns and Scandinavians have made it for centuries in Europe. No tomatoes, pork or bacon, no fancy ingredients. Just fish, potatoes, and onions, with a little something extra for good luck." I wonder what...

More fish recipes from Sigurd Olsen...from The Lonely Land (1961) a) fried fish, b)fish cakes, c) smoked fish "Omond's came in first, a pike over twenty pounds, then within minutes Elliot's, and finally Tony's. We laid the three fish on the rocks. They totalled sixty odd pounds... What...

The most beautiful things I've seen on portages has been the natural beauty. The flora never ceases to amaze me some days. From moss carpeted boulders to old growth pines, and every variety of fern. Many more reasons to take my time and enjoy. The funniest thing I ever saw, and in a charming...

Recently I was listening to a yarn told by a Dubliner. He reminisced about when he was a chiseler (a young lad) and the traditions around Christmas time. This fellow mentioned "New Christmas" and "Old Christmas", being the difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars and particular habits...

Last year I was gifted a pair of inflatable camping pillows. His & Hers. I liked mine, she didn't like hers. So I guess I have a spare.

Having a comfortable yoke on a lightish canoe solves any portage problems for me. So no, I am very happy with my current situation of carrying canoe with a day pack. I understand that this pack bracket could be a practical solution for lacking a yoke but I think simply focusing on a better yoke...

Winter hiccupped last month with a brief appearance of snow and a biting breeze. Then it all went away replaced by mild. Mild everything. We're still wearing raincoats and carrying umbrellas. My felt lined boots are still in storage with my shoulder season rubber boots seeing extra mileage. It's...

This AI is a very new thing for me still, so the only place I've encountered it that I'm aware of has been my browser asking me if I'd like to chat with it and ask any questions. Last week my elderly brotherinlaw took the bus down from the great mild north and found himself a little turned...

Jeff, are you also Unlostify? I'd like to be sure my next purchase supports the work you do.

My wife shops in her favourite French boutique for everything from lightly loved sweaters to tested trusted coffee pots. I shop in my favourite haberdashery for similar things. In fact they're the same store, it just depends how you (mis)pronounce the name. And from one week to the next you...

A number of YT channels I frequent are audio only. Books, stories etc. Some of these narrations include some gentle sound effects. Overdone it can be distracting, but when subtly introduced they can really add textures and context to the story. It may only be a matter of time before some bright...

Clothes. Far too many. No, I'm not talking adopting a naturist routine to tripping, it's just that I often overthink clothing for trips, and I wind up wearing 1 set of clothes for days, until I go for a plunge scrub in the lake and start all over again. Similarly, this summer I read a response...