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It’s hard to know what’s purposely thrown out and what’s an accidental litter. Either way, it drives me bonkers seeing trash around. We do our best to grab trash on our walks, hikes, and paddles. But sometimes it’s hard to get it all Here’s a photo of trash picked up everyday from some good...

I think groups can definitely be fun! Like several other people have said, they’ve gone with family, friends, acquaintances, etc and have had a good time. It is a blast to have good company around and shoot the breeze with each other and tell stories around the fire. Those gut busting laughs...

I prefer solo, or with my wife. Groups bother me, everyone has the “better” way of doing something at the same time and that tends to get under my skin. Some of my not as “outdoorsy” friends don’t know proper care or handling of items, and we’re dang near 40. So, I’ll stick to solo or with my +1...

I agree! And she often comes looks like a chese. The wife had one of the dna tests done and it came back lab/pitt parents and the rest of her bloodline as lab. But who knows

Bob, I’ve had a few people ask if that’s what she is, but she’s actually a lab mix

Last year, I purchased my first Kevlar canoe, a blind purchase for a used Northstar. It was used for one season and the serial # and sings reflects that. I paid $1,500 for it and drove from Northern lower MI to just past Ely for it. Had a fun road trip! I did have some repair work to do, and I...

A thief will get what they want if they really want it, but here are some locking cam straps that could help in conjunction with some of the ideas mentioned above. Not cheap, but neither is a canoe. https://www.kanulock.com/collections/all Thule, Yakima and Sea2Summit also make some of these.

There were many times last summer when one of us found a tick on us, it was so tiny! Like the head of a needle small. So easy to miss

If you can’t contain the head, yes, twisting is bad. If you twist and the head breaks off, there’s risk of a dirty infection. Not necessarily tick borne infection, let me emphasize that. I think twisting with tweezers or fingers has a higher potential of separating the body and mouth. This...

The number of ticks seems to go up every year, and what an annoying pain it is to pull them off some times. It’s extremely common to see them or pull them off while I’m working. Sometimes, while we’re taking a break or lunch on the trail we can actually see them crawling. Last spring while...

While camping, I don’t want to have a too much food prep but I don’t want to always eat dehydrated meals either. I love a good “buttered noodles” dish. I use butter at home and olive oil camping. Cook my noodles add salt & pepper, some janes crazy seasoning, and parmesan. That’s it! Nothing is...

These electric chainsaws are becoming very good! Even in the winter time, I can use an arborist saw (trim saw) ALL DAY long non stop and only use two batteries. Summer is better… I highly recommend the Makita saws, and I’m a stihl/husky fan. They’re the only saws out that are More water...

The three mentioned above are good, plus there’s a few other brands out there. ACR makes a couple as well. They were the company I ever heard of to make such a thing and at the time they were very pricey and bulky. I personally have a Spot device and like the easy non mistakable buttons...

Reminiscing on warmer fall paddle days. Tucked back through rock islands on Lake Superior, we found a spot to stop and pick some wild blueberries and cool off in the water

Fears: I guess getting a cut is supposed to be high on my list of carefulness, I’m still adjusting to my lack of healing itself now. Does the person I’m with have an understanding of what to do in a heavy or serious situation? If I stay a few more days, or a week, will my boss be mad?

I get the complaint, I do! There are plenty of options with just a flood light or just a spot light, or both with minimal sequence chains. Or if you prefer, there’s headlamps out there that automatically adjust based off of distance/depth, hands free. Pretty neat idea, but I have zero TRUE...

Jokes on me…. This thread is old

Stuffed in its storage bag and not the compression bag, you’re good to go. You haven’t done a thing to it to reduce its ability to loft up. Over time things will degrade on their own, so I would not consider it a 0° anymore. However, a piece like that, I’d keep for nostalgia reasons and look...

I also bring a few mini carabiners, the DMM xsre. They cost more than the cheap ones you can get anywhere ( at $13), but they have a 4kn weight load. I do bring a few 24kn binders too. Waterproof notepad/writing utensil - notes, directions, trip details etc. Trivia/playing cards & mind trap...

A camano, kaliste, or any other low angle kayak paddle isn’t designed to flow through the water at that angle. It’ll work!! But werner, lendel, and many other names out so much thought and science into how the paddle can be powerful yet efficient enough that it doesn’t tear on your body as bad...