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Me too. Below is what I wrote about another experience at our winter sojourn north of the arctic circle, while snowshoeing along the frozen river leading away from our cabin. It still resonates, even 25 years later. From up the Ross River, a lone Raven approached, flying strongly with deep...

Our winter cabin was at 67° 32' north, which, for me, created a very interesting perspective regarding movements of the sun. Many of the truisms of southern latitudes have no applicability here. For example, I have always ‘known’ that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. All...

Here’s a link to some more information. Very interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcus_cloud

I think the pinky purple flower was likely Pink Corydalis (aka Rock Harlequin). Below is what I wrote after photographing the plant on our Seal River trip in 1997. The 1994 wildfire both destroyed and renewed life; everywhere above the rocky beach, pink corydalis sprouted through the...

I thought so too. Thanks for noticing!

I was thinking about Odyssey's comment in the Total Eclipse thread to "Keep in mind there are so many smaller miracles equally mesmerizing which we miss on a daily basis." True enough. I wondered with Kathleen what events in our lives truly stand out as mesmerizing, great or small. One of the...

Carly Simon says the second verse refers to Warren Beatty. https://people.com/books/carly-simon-says-youre-so-vain-second-verse-is-about-warren-beatty/

I fall asleep easily too. My major reading these days is the comic strip “Pearls Before Swine.” A lot easier than James Joyce.

Black-Fly, A couple of months ago I tried reading Finnegans Wake, the classic work by James Joyce. But I wasn’t up to it. The book is unique, I think, in the literal sense of the word. I once heard it said that it’s the most famous book never read completely by anyone. Have you considered or...

I think that’s it, Glenn. Our blades are white. The lower shafts are yellow. The upper black shafts, which I cut to length, and then inserted and secured with a pin in the lower shaft. If I remember correctly, I also positioned the grips before glueing them into the upper shafts. Thanks for your...

Kathleen and I always took four paddles on our wilderness canoe trips. We each had our own light, flexible wooden, otter tail paddles for lake water and easy moving water. Easy on the shoulders. Not tiring, even after paddling all day. Here we are in 2017, ready to begin paddling in the East Arm...

Back in the mid nineties, two surgeons joined our canoe club in Vancouver. Their goal was to develop enough paddling skills to go on extended river trips in northern Canada. Kathleen and I shared our experiences with them regarding appropriate gear, and mentioned that we always took a fairly...

Very glad that you enjoyed my trip report, riverstrider. After all, that’s why I post. I very much appreciate and welcome positive feedback. Thanks, Glenn, for explaining how to somewhat easily find my other trip reports. You are not alone, riverstrider, in declaring that you would not enjoy...

Kathleen and I have usually tripped just by ourselves. Most of our tripping has been north of treeline, our favourite landscape. In these situations, we rarely put up a tarp, primarily because we prefer to have an unobstructed view of the beauty of our surroundings, as here on the Snowdrift...

I don’t know. I simply searched for canoe cradle title, and it came up. I didn’t read/study the thread, as I don’t need a canoe cradle. Just trying to be helpful. Sorry you didn’t find anything useful. There’s also another canoe cradle thread started by canotrouge in 2018. I haven’t read it...

Previous thread on canoetripping.net https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/canoe-cradles.43466/

Kestel, I infer that you would like me to send you a book. If so, please private message me for details. Michael

Kestrel, Glad you enjoyed the report. I do have two versions of the entire report. One is a hard copy book that Kathleen and I published titled Three Seasons In The Wind - 950 Kilometres Down Northern Canada’s Thelon River. It has the complete story, but was published as a “print on demand“...

A lot of inexplicable stuff happening. Gear loaded haphazardly, a lot of gear. For what purpose? Motoring and paddling At the same time. Why? Paddling far out from shore, with no apparent paddling skills. Why? No attempt to save himself. The calls for help were lame. Yet help came. Perhaps help...

I just watched this again, and still think that this guy might have capsized on purpose, as a video fundraising stunt. He didn’t make any attempt to save himself, other than yelling out help, as if he believed help was nearby.