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Same to you doug and the rest of the clan here too.

al, you need a bigger stick! :)

you guys are way more hard core than me. I find the uncle bens ready rice and a foil pack of tuna or salmon convenient and delicious as is or tweaked a bit with olive or coconut oil and spices. There are at least 6 different blends of rice with or without beans, vegetables etc and they only...

I would have tried to kill it during the first charge. Needless to say charging a human is totally out of character behavior for a raccoon and a sign he ain't right. After many years of running hounds for deer I know quite well how scrappy a raccoon can be, even a little one is capable of a...

lol, Verlen wasn't your average cat. Monarch not quite Kruger expedition grade for sure, but more than good enough for most of us and as you alluded to its lighter than a seawind, probably by 15lbs or so too. Tom and I planned to trade canoes on this trip for a few miles to see how they differ...

yup Monarch, great hull, too bad they quit makin'em

Hi gang, This is my second paddle trip with the Northwind, first was 12 mile solo on the Withlacoochee river paddling against 1900cfs, didn't record much on that trip so didn't do a report. Didn't record much on this trip either. Just a mish mash of a few photo's and short video clips taken...

yeah, what doug said, some stories are a lot better the way you remember them as opposed to exactly how they happened :)

looks like you have a winner here, but you won't be sure without drinking a lot more beer out of it under a variety of circumstances. Sometimes too many controls in your testing defeats the purpose of such things...

Yeah, could be. The weird thing here tho is you say there is varnish underneath the blistered coat so its probably not from the heat drawing moisture or oils out of the wood below. Maybe some trapped moisture between to two coats and the heat expanded the moisture to the point where the outer...

Great project and subsidizing the shops existence is a noble endeavor too!

lol, ramen noodles are very sensible and practical for camping, but for me its more psychological. Ramen reminds me of leaner times in my formative years. I've worked very hard for decades to move up the food chain a bit. Its like drinking Early Times vs 10yr old Russell's Reserve.

for easy carbs this is my hands down favorite, especially the brown, but there's at least a half dz different blends, long grain, wild, jasmine, red beans, etc etc. https://www.unclebens.com/rice-products/ready-rice/whole-grain-brown Squeeze the package into a 650ml cup, add a couple tbsp of...

nice pics, the health food looked as though it was prepared to perfection too. Looking forward to the rest of the report...

gorgeous paddle!

thanks for another great diy thread Mike, this may be the nudge I need to get busy on my spray skirt...

too funny. "Study after study shows that adults who were exposed to the outdoors as children were more likely to participate in the outdoors during adulthood. In fact, 37 percent of adults who were introduced to the outdoors during childhood grew up to enjoy outdoor activities as adults." Only...

I have run into similar conditions many times all over S FL. Wind, waves and tide can definitely create some formidable conditions and quick too. Not fun in paddle craft. Appears you fared well and maybe came out a little wiser now too. :)

looks great. Yeti gets enough advertising, I would name it Siberian Toaster

beautiful scenery and gorgeous canoe. You're a good man too, I may have been tempted to have grilled mallard breasts for dinner. :)