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    Gear storage and trip packing

    On Thursday I was straightening up in the loft of my barn where I keep all my non-weather sensitive gear attempting to figure out what to do with all small pieces, plasticware, extra pegs, line... I have sitting in boxes. Friday I drive into town and there on the side of the road is a...
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    Poland Pond, North Maine Woods

    According to Ray at Loon Lodge the dam is now broken and the trip up to the pond is now a bit of a struggle.
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    New, currently living in Massachusetts.

    When you tell people, even in-state, you're from Colrain you get, "Where's that?" My reply, "And that's the way we like it."
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    New, currently living in Massachusetts.

    The civilized end. I'm out in the Lost Hilltowns Welcome to the board
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    Why Are You Here?

    I don't remember how I found CT I come here daily because I'm not on the water.
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    What was the first river you ever paddled?

    "You have chosen wisely."
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    What could you leave at home?

    I do pack some comfort items that could be left at home, but my biggest problem, still, is packing more food than I need. I think trip planning is just as important. I will always double carry, just won't push as far.
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    What was the first river you ever paddled?

    Allagash. My cousin tried for years to get us to go. He grew up in St John overlooking the St John looking into Canada and across the street from Norman L'Italien. He and his father spent a summer at Michaud Farm. At a family reunion, he pitched it one more time. We had 15 cousins that wanted...
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    Solitude isn't for everyone

    I love paddling alone. I go with my sons a couple'ah, three times a year, but there is nothing like being alone in the woods on a well laid out easy trip. No real schedule, just time alone.
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    Leave No Trace pledge to pick up trash

    I was shocked the first time I went to Algonquin at the amount of trash there. The only clean place I found in the park was a loop I did that was deep in the NW corner of the park. I have never seen anything like it paddling in the ADK, Maine, or hiking in the Whites even in the '60s before the...
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    Cooking fuel

    WOOD. All I carry is a stick stove
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    Leave No Trace pledge to pick up trash

    Tell that to the people who leave their TP around all the sites in Algonquin PP
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    Photo of the day

    Profile Lake NH back in the day, Photo found on FB
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    Wood canvas canoe gathering?

    I've driven my wife's Nissan Versa to Canada with the canoe on top a couple of times. It gets a little squirrelly in bad weather and around big trucks but I'm saving money
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    Printing maps?

    I use the method Odyssey described with one additional part. I print my maps for each day of travel.
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    Anyone got some Chaga?

    I make a Double Extract (Water/Alcohol) from it that I take daily and have seen results from it.
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    Anyone got some Chaga?

    @JamesBerry here's a link to get you started and it's a lot more than just gastrointestinal. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318527#How-to-use-chaga-mushrooms
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