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Re: Golden Eagle in Michigan ? I was paddling with a small group down the Little Manistee river (in MI near Wellston) when I spotted an eagle of some type in the pines on a bluff over the river. It was all dark (on a cloudy day) and looked quite a bit larger than I thought a Bald Eagle would...

Shaving ? What is this Barbaric practice of which you speak ? Larry

Met this couple on a "paddle" down the Horse river to Basswood river. Larry S

Mike, If you know someone with a decent sized Metal Lathe (large enough bore through the spindle to pass the item) have them chuck it up and bore out the wood. Larry S

Scratchypants, If you don't mind taking out a bank loan to finance the purchase you can still buy a wool Pendelton Bath Robe: https://www.pendleton-usa.com/men/mens-clothing/sleepwear-robes/ I've got a few Pendelton wool shirts that I splurged on. They make nice canoe tripping cool weather...

OK. The 60L Blue Barrel weighs 7lb. The Harness weighs 2-3/4lb. Total - 9-3/4lbs. That is based on the "claimed" weights of each. So at the end of the trip you are carrying probably 10lbs or more (with trash) of Empty Space. Does that seem logical when you can carry an Ursack that is a LOT...

My Tripping Style, although I have only gone twice, is as a Solo. Even when I am with a friend or two. I have spent a lot of time and money going as light as possible from a backpacking background and I carry all my own stuff. I don't care what anyone else carries as long as I don't have to...

Forgot to mention that I am happy with my Anker Powerbanks. I have a 10,000mah and a 20,000mah model. I think my phone recharge takes about 2800mah and I just carry a spare battery or two for the camera. Larry S

I had a SPOT Gen3 device that I carried on backpacks for safety and mostly so I could send my wife a prerecorded "I'm OK" text when I got to camp each night. That worked well until they jacked up the subscription price to $200 per year. I called to cancel and they dropped the price to $100. So...

This thread should have been entitled "Soloing while staying Married". {:>) I used to use a SPOT Gen3 device and that worked well but recently changed to a Garmin InReach Mini so I could send out more than a pre-recorded "I'm OK" message each night. For Backpacking and multi-day trips into...

As I remember it the Surgeon told me not to drive for a week. Something about delayed reaction to hitting the brake pedal ? Larry S

i I had my first hernia surgery in the early 80's. That was Old School where they just ran a lot of stitches back and forth across the opening to close it up. Indirect Inguinal Hernia. I had the second in the late 80's (the other side) that was done as a mesh patch across the opening. It felt...

I don't know where you hear anything good about the Old Town Pack, except that it's light and cheap, but in my opinion it's a Pig. I have one and paddled it for about 3 years as a first canoe. It has been hanging unused in my garage for about 7 years now BTW. 12' long and 32" wide I think. It's...

It looks nice. Did you do a before and after weighing ? How much weight did you add to the boat ? Larry S45