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Used to be portage signs in the BWCA but they were removed when the wilderness regulations went in during the 70"s.

For me the best coffee mug is the one with coffee in it!

Found the remains of an old weather balloon once, still had a national weather service tag on it. Also found remains of an old wooden rowboat in the BWCA and 1/2 of an aluminum canoe at the bottom of a rocky rapids.

My first time in a canoe was a day trip in what is now the BWCA in 1965, I have done an overnight trip every year since starting in 1966. Dad rented a canoe in Ely, MN and we paddled across a lake looking for a trail that Dad used when he was a kid in the 1930's. We found the trail, hiked up...

The one time I had a black bear problem we did chase him away by making noise and throwing rocks at him. We were on an island and it was apparently his home as he wandered into camp in the broad daylight, climbed a tree and started chewing on the rope the food bag was tied to. We yelled and...

Your reason for carrying it points to keeping it on you and accessable.

I don't think I can choose, I'm blessed to have 40 acres with many different trees - one of these days I'm going to start figuring out how many different ones there are. So far I know I have white birch, Aspen, black walnut, red oak, shag bark hickory, maples, white ash, cherry, blue spruce...

With wooden gunnels it's important to keep those as far off the ground as you can, they will soak up moisture.

I solo and fish a lot in the BWCA with my 14.5 Merrimack Tennessean that almost always includes my 70 lbs pup.

FYI for those that think the lightweight alumicraft isn't really that light. It's a 17' tandom weighing 53 lbs which is lighter than many canoes. It needs to be treated like a composite because it was built with thinner aluminum and less beafy thwarts. I think the reason they quit making it...

I've had that model for 25+ years, needs to be treated like a lightweight not an aluminum tank, I think that is why they quit making it. Works great for plus size folks. Mine has handled a 250 and 300+ with gear together. The seats are also wider than most.

Mallet should work fine and I've pressure washed my aluminum canoe many times, after 30 years it doesn't look great but still works.

I'll preface my comments by saying that my son and my nephew started the Sanborn paddle company but about 5 years ago my sons sideline of also making baseball bats exploded so he sold his share of Sanborn to their 1st employee. I used to be in the shop a lot but only rarely now and I don't know...

I covered one of my bear vaults in foam, only added a couple of pounds and I put some frozen bacon and such in the bottom - keeps for a few days depending on the temp.

Paddled 100 miles of the Missouri river through the Missouri break in Montana, it was beautiful and a great trip but there was a lot of hype about following the route of Lewis and Clarke but the river without dams and flood control (which is great) is probably nothing like when Lewis and Clarke...

I've always wondered why my dog can chew up a pill and be protected from ticks but there isn't one for us larger mammals.

Go with a group that includes folks I know nothing about. Leave my pup at home - you want to go with me then you go with my pup.

They do that in the BWCA but you get a refund of everything except $6, not much of a deterrent. On the brighter side I did secure my permit for a May Rainbow and Lake trout trip.

2024 Season BWCA permits go online at 9am Central time this morning, they are all first come, first serve. Unfortunately the trend the last few years is for folks to grab the majority of the permits right away without firm plans. This leads to a lot of cancellations many of which are done too...

It was the end of May, I'm pretty sure it was the aluminum tank I was carrying that helped!