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KO - the tour of the fur trading post is excellent and very informative.

I will going on a Canadian trip with friends I have known for some time. All of us are retirees ranging in age from late 60’s to late 70’s. This trip has been setup by someone who is very organized. In a pre-trip questionnaire he asked us about existing medical conditions. When my wife saw the...

When we were kids we built simple little rafts and went out on Lake Michigan never considering that the lake is maybe 90-100 miles wide. At least these guys were smart enough to stay on a small river.

My SIL has a Tesla Y model (I think it is) and he takes out of town overnight trips and reports that other than a few waits he has always traveled successfully with charges available as needed. For me, I would be interested in electric but I still need a vehicle I can take into distant and...

You may want watch the Robert Perkins video available on YouTube titled One Man in a Boat. He paddles solo from London to Scotland.

I have going through TB at least annually since 2007 with the exception of the Covid years. It does seem to have gotten rougher since my first visit. Maybe less jobs now and/or in-migration of down and out people.

The strangest and a bit scary thing I ever encountered was on a local river many years ago. The local river is about 1/2 mile from my house. Occasionally I have my wife shuttle me about 10 miles upstream and I paddle back to a park not far from my house. Most this section flows through farm land...

You can camp at Fort William Historical Park, a recreated fur trade era fort. It is located just south of the airport as you come into TB from the south on Hwy 61. However, the campground is located in a large open field without any shade. You can probably find some city parks in TB for day use...

I like Otter boxes for the protection they provide, but have learned you need to keep the gaskets clean. And if you use more than a few they can be bulky to pack. A number of years ago on a trip I stopped at the Old Town factory. In the company store they had a plastic box about the size of a...

Very clever and much cheaper than the $60 I paid for the used Yakima equivalent for my round bar rack.

This is a very pertinent topic, my thanks to Black Fly for starting it. I am well into my Medicare years and I have pondered this topic often especially at my frequent medical appointments where I am asked if I have fallen lately. Like others have mentioned I fall on most canoe trips both with...

As I am of Scottish/Welsh heritage I have mostly listened to Celtic music for the past 30-40 years. Both my vehicles have cd players and I have a very large collection of cd’s. If I am driving my vehicle with a trip mate I test their willingness to listen to my music by cueing up some bagpipe music.

Just finished The Wager by David Grann (author of Killers of the Flower Moon). The Wager (publ 4/2023) is the story of the shipwreck of the HMS Wager in the 1740’s near bottom of South America. Very readable and a riveting story. It is coming out as a movie soon.

Bent, I envy you and your trip. Spring and fall, my favorite tripping time. Me, I am currently on medical hold for a month so no spring trip this year.

I think this is kind of an old guy problem. In my case it seems the padding I used to sit on now obstructs the view of my navel. And I am still trying reconcile my apparent need for suspenders.

Speaking of finds, this is my most interesting and treasured find.Found in the Sylvania Wilderness/Ottawa NF western UP Michigan. Sylvania was designated a wilderness in the late 1980s as I recall. The USFS staff pulled the portage markers and discarded them in the woods. My buddy walked into...

On a trip in NW Ontario we stopped for lunch at the end of a portage. I foolishly hung my favorite tripping hat on a tree. Of course, after lunch we shoved off and it wasn’t until several more portages passed that I realized where my hat was. We were not going back for the hat even though it...

I buddy and I just attempted to do what Chip and his friend did. We were trying to clear a large pile of floating debris from our local river prior to an annual paddling event. All the floating stuff was jammed in a large tree that was undercut and fell blocking the entire river. It didn’t help...

I kind of know what you mean - I missed out on 2 years of trips in Canada (pandemic) where I started paddling annually in 2007. And at age 76, I can’t afford to miss any more. I was just talking to my main tripping partner yesterday and we both agreed we need to get in all the trips we can. He...

If you are working with an outfitter check with them on fishing regs. You will need to get an Outdoors Card as well as a license (they are available from all outfitters and many businesses). Or you could call the local NMR office in Thunder Bay during normal business hours and they can answer...