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East coast Canada where I am at, the winter is seldom more than -15 c. But most times it is damp. If it is dry -15 it a nice day. When it is damp, -5 will chill you to the bone.

Today’s blizzard & a hack for unclogging a snow blower. The harbour in front of our homestead is ice free at the moment but I won’t be out canoeing today. An afternoon blizzard with 20cm (8 inches) of white gold falling before changing to rain is forecasted. The roads will not be safe so I...

It is always a great pleasure to read the writings of the exceedingly great people who wish everyone well in my favourite online forums namely www.tractorbynet.com, www.homesteadingtoday.com and www.canoetripping.net To open up and share their experiences, write of the things they did right and...

Good morning topic we can discuss your weather, your paddling plans, and your plans for the day.

I lived in NewBrunswick for 35 years. Fished and canoed various rivers but mostly the Miramichi which I have some writings of. It's a beautiful province with lots of long rivers that you could take weeks to run it's entirety. I like your blog.

Short days and cold nights of winter can be unproductive. Time managing my homestead tasks is required if I hope to be canoe tripping in early spring.

You are not guaranteed a healthy retirement especially if you kill yourself trying to get there. Therefore I agree.... it's important to find some time to paddle your way to a good life now.

The culture shock of a slower pace life take awhile to get use to, but once you do, you will become comfortably lazy like me. jk. Enjoy your retirement. Happy paddling.

Nicely put.

I wish I could of held on to my career for a bit longer too but if I did most likely I would be dead. A second though about holding on longer is many people are dying of cancer early in life. If you want to increase your probability that you will have an extensive retirement with good health...

lol... if it had enough weight it would of fell off. lol. jk.

I don’t believe we are the only ones that stress was killing. Like my mother, as soon as the snow melted from the river and she could get to the river, she would throw away her pills. Just goes to show that pills is not a fix, the river and canoeing is. Happy paddling in 2019. Ray

We love our canoeing but I had a unique experience. This is how canoeing saved my life or at least was the breaking point of putting me back to health.

We went to put the canoes away but I couldn't resist. I had to take a paddle. Even thou it was -8 degrees Celsius it felt beautiful to be on the water. Here is a short video of my final hours of the season. The background music is me playing Silent Night on my Classical guitar.

Here is a movie to help celebrate and enjoy our East Coast Canadian winter.

The last two years my 3 companions and I didn't do our 5 day canoe trip down the Cains River which is a tributary of the Miramichi in NewBrunswick Canada. After a few beers we felt we all missed that trip so decided that we commit ourself to do 5 days on some river whether it is the Cains or...

Man there is nothing worse than a low life thief. I have a small firewood business and I had wood stolen, logging chains etc. I put up game cams and one of them were stole but not before I got some pictures of the trespassers. Turns out there were several thieves. One crew was older guys with...

I tied and successfully used the Goddard Caddis. I always carry a few of these with me. They are awesome for trout at least in eastern Canada. It seems like the smaller trout will not leave them alone long enough for the < 2 pounders to get a chance to take.

I agree with Mike. The first thing I though about was my coleman lantern. I just take a head lamp and use it just when I need it. Usually to find my beer. The second thing that I do not take anymore is a butane cook stove and big pots and pans. Now I use my wood/alcohol burning rocket stove...

Jimmy with his two dogs in his canoe and me doing solo on the Bras D'or lakes fishing. Highlights were Jimmy broke his rod in two places on a striper, Bella the dog takes charge as a stern-men, and beautiful scenery of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.