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miss katie…… Back when I was a young man all the canoes that were seen in Northern Minnesota were mostly either Grumman or Alumacraft, just like most of the cars back then were Ford or Chevrolet. As a Bemidji State College student we went all over the in those cars and canoes they were do all...

If you think a live simulation was fun try a real war. Maybe wasn’t all fun of course, the adrenaline rush was never far away. The exciting part was that it wasn’t over in a few days. Oh ya, the dead were real not simulated.

A fux@&$g doctor, a lawyer and a biting insect PhD walked into a bar…. Sorry wrong joke. Simuliumvenustum …….. Do you think you can help Black Fly, the guy that posts here? ;)

Vern…… I too grew up in Northern Minnesota, on the eastern side of Red Lake. We had Finnish neighbors. My parents little hobby farm was homesteaded by an immigrant from Finland. Left that part of the world in 1964, returned four years later to go to college on the GI Bill at Bemidji State. Lots...

Vern… The Finnish word you were looking for is spelled Puukko. All Puukko’s are knives, all knives are not Puukko’s. I would agree with you that they are the one of the finest knives for outdoors people. For those interested in knowing more about Puukko knives there is a Finnish guy with a...

I always have bow & stern tied down, along with straps over the canoe at load bars position. Plus properly positioned load stops. Better to be a bit safety conscious, may save time & money in the long run. I once watch a Cessna 185 on floats fly over our fish camp with an improperly tied on...

Beans are what a few of us call dog kibble. It started in our home because our Border Collies are stock herders, much like the cattle drovers that moved herds North out of Texass to the railroad in Kansas. The drovers staples were bacon & Beans. My friend Steven an old trapper also asked his...

In the short version, I heard him say “I’m from Minneapolis”! Which confirmed my initial impression of him. “All hat, no cattle,” is an old saying about urban cowboys. A little book learning, a community college or Boy Scout class might have been a foresight he didn’t think he needed. A...

Good trade Robin, time in the shop for time in a canoe.

My Athabaskan mentor’s along the Yukon and Tanana Rivers in interior Alaska were meticulous about getting all the snow off from their smoke tanned footwear before coming inside, never wearing them indoors, to avoid polishing the soles. Socks, felt booties, insoles and mukluks were carefully hung...

She is passing down canoe tripping knowledge that she learned from old Maine Guides or learned the hard way from experience. I too enjoy watching her videos, as much as I enjoy reading the posts of the two gentlemen in posts #1 & #2.

Real smoke tanned moose for the bottoms is way, WAY, better than commercial tanned moose. The Steger Mukluk is a far cry from the real thing. They are pretty good but no way as good as the native smoked tanned. Smoke tanned moose hide also makes soft, flexible chopper style mittens or just the...

Steger mukluks are as their name implies winter footwear. They are not waterproof, glopping them up with boot grease, snow seal or reindeer fat/ beeswax or any other water proofing products will defeat their purpose. They are for cold dry snow only, wearing them much above +20° F.(-28.889° C) is...

Handful of old white guys are teaching Native Americans the craft of building birch bark canoes. Plus the book, Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America by Adney & Chappelle that is used by many of these old guys as their guide to building these boats. I’m all for giving people back their...

Frost River packs # 3 and #4 are the same as Duluth Packs. Frost River is owned and manufactured by former Duluth Pack employees that started Frost River when new ownership of Duluth Packs started make an inferior product.

Very nice, you have very lucky friends.

We are mostly not climbers, we are canoeists. There has to be a better place for you to post your request. Best of luck in your endeavor. ……BB

Very interesting, I will have to give that a try. I don’t use the Theracell much didn’t seem to work all that well when the mossies were at their thickest. Worked great when the little biters were just a big irritant, needed a bug shirt when they were bad. Thanks for the money saving link. ……..BB

Snapper….. Having a lawyer explain things to you is not necessarily a good thing. Getting a child to teach you how to use current technology is maybe a better route to take.

I enjoy seeing your posts of your winter retreat. Great idea to get outside for some exercise, fresh air, then some quality quiet time. I am wondering how you keep four gallons of water from turning to ice in a wall tent at -15 degrees Fahrenheit (-26 C.) ? Packing that much water into your...