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It is a great book, I really enjoyed reading it back in the day when I thought I'd like to build canoes as a retirement gig. When the book arrived I opened it to the inside family picture to find it was signed by Joe who signed it as 1906 but later in the book it reads 1907. Mom, Dad, and Sis...

I drink my coffee slowly and like it hot so I use an insulated cup and on easy trips, I sometimes bring a second cup for the morning's paddle

I tore my finger on a brad nail and took a Band-aid from my camping kit. They were in pretty rough shape so I figured it was about go thru the kit and see what else needed to be replaced. Time to check the First Aid Kits

I was thinking more like this one

I've seen a picture like this somewhere

Nope. They got snakes bigger than the canoes

Teach them young, Good score

I bought a 17' Coleman Ram for my son that I named "Big and Ugly" It's a great boat when the Allagash is low.

I found this on another site and wondered if anyone named their boats. I have not.

The oldest would be a Cold Handle Fry Pan. The oldest piece I bought new and still use is my EMS 1st Aid Kit from the early 70s

Jab the thread is about 'Use', not 'Abuse':cool:

Camera in the left pocket and I USED to carry SPOT in the right but now I have an Inreach that doesn't fit in the PFD so it's just a camera. But then I don't paddle in big water.

We tend to go with BYOB&L (Bring your own Breakfast and Lunch) followed by IGtCYBYOA (I got the coffee you bring your own additives) and then assign the planning and prep of the evening meals out by boat.

I found a Wool Stetson Stallion in a junk shop that has more of a brim than the Tilley.

@Gamma1214 NICE 4-Pak

We had a great time at the MCS just before Covid, but my son wants to do the Allagash starting the 10th.

They are out there at a wide range of prices, you just have to do the leg work. Just don't call them 'Antique Cowboy Skillets'. $15 is a good price for them, I paid $20 for a 14". A while back we were at a shop, I was waiting at the register for my wife when a guy walked in with a 6" pan and...

"...we need hobbies, even if we’re bad at them,..." That's why I like Hand Tools, I make my mistakes slower.

I've got a couple of my canoe partners' boats, his wife doesn't understand the Golf Principle.