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Fifty one years ago I could fit into them. Easy to buy pants 32X32 back then still have that 32 inch inseam…….

I never had or used a Sven Saw, I heard that they were not very good for bigger diameter wood. Just by looking at them I knew they wouldn’t be up to some portage clearing or campsite clearing. I did buy a Schmitz Pack Saw made in Maine. I saw one in a canoe outfitters store in Ely, Minnesotan...

I’d move to Ontario in a heartbeat. From what I understand, they don’t want more old people l, even if they have a really good retirement and really, really good health care coverage. I could enjoy my dotage fly fishing for speckled trout in spring, summer and fall. Tying flies and watching...

I liked the idea of having a clear material to give a well lighted area during daylight hours for a work space. Somewhat off topic but I friend of mine was a fighter jet pilot that knew anther pilot that crash landed a F-16 that burst into flames. His nomex flight suit, gloves and helmet kept...

Tryin’……. On pages 36-37 of Bill Mason’s book ‘SONG OF THE PADDLE’ there are pictures and a illustration of what he calls a Closed Campfire Tent with a wood stove with stove pipe sticking out the front.You would have to fabricate three attached walls, for under the front canopy. I would also...

Thank you Tryin’….. Best tread start on these pages in a long while. Something good to watch while waiting out the last few dark days of winter. Thanks too to everyone else that chipped in. Gave us something to dream about.

Memaquay…… How did I miss seeing this invitation?? You will be the first stop I will make after leaving the border crossing. Second stop, if I see a Finnish Restaurant while passing through Thunder Bay on the way. You and a handful of other posters are the ones that have made this forum my...

Option 1: Small 2hp Honda or 2.5hp Yamaha outboard on a side mount. Option 2: Big Leather BarcaLounger and a little silver bell.

A few years ago some flat lander posted a picture of a roller portage. In a personal message I asked him about it, you know the kind of interest that kills cats. My curiosity was scorned, was told that it was a big secret, however this past autumn while visiting my friends, grouse hunting...

Canoe Tripping!!

What about the portage yoke? Or do you have plan to use the paddles?

When I trapped beaver with an old trapper, we used his Grumman 17 foot lightweight canoe as a toboggan on the ice of frozen lakes in the spring, when all the snow had melted. When the ice got iffy, we would walk next to the canoe pushing it with paddles wedged against a canoe rib. When the ice...

I enjoyed this video, it was in a canoe and definitely a canoe trip, not a short paddle dipping half day putzing about. Far more entertaining than a lot of what we are seeing here lately. Big plus, not one mention of infirmaries, kayaks, racing or paddling.com. No points lost due to using a...

I meant to put a smiley face on my post 🙃. I really don’t like potatoes in general, I do like some crispy hash browns or fries just short of being burnt. Mashed with good gravy is also okay, as is double baked with cheese and bacon. As for pancakes, the only kind I eat are sourdough pancakes...

You will never get the stench or taste of the ugly spud out of that cold handle skillet.

DougK you are 100% correct on everything thing you wrote. Except for a few inches in rod length that neither of us would probably notice. I like nothing better than a trout freshly caught, cooked to perfection on an open fire, with a nice view near or far of the nearby water body.

I doubt that they would want or need you.

I’m glad you are back to writing about this trip. I have often wondered if I had missed the final episodes. I have been looking for them lo and behold there it is this morning. Now I’ve gotten to enjoy Part 8. Your writing makes me feel like I’m experiencing it with you, I can almost feel the...

Up here at 64° N, we’ve already gained 1 minute and 58 seconds since the Winter Solstice. Still 17 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the daylight we get on the Summer Solstice Solstice. In my childhood memories, I can still hear my mother’s voice saying, “As the days begin to lengthen, the cold...

Glen…… That wasn’t much help for me. Hope someone else can use it, but I surely will not. I don’t remember what I had for breakfast. I am not at all interested in how easy or how hard doing things on my minuscule iPhone are or are not going to be. I did write that if they were interested where...