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I would agree with Glenn that my best purchase was the Platypus gravity filter system that I got at a 30% discount while working at Canoecopia. A friend actually paid for it and we donated it to the Wabakimi Project for use on their trips. Previously we used MSR Miniworks Filters, which I...

A well used canoe - nice.

Well run weekend training can be very helpful. It was through the River Touring Section of the Wisconsin Sierra Club that I got my initial whitewater/river running training in the early 1980’s. Sadly, I understand the Wisconsin Sierra Club no longer includes the River Touring Section. They...

I have had one of these GSI folding tables for quite awhile. A bit heavy but I justify it as one of my comfort items which advanced age entitles me to. It is used on my increasingly common base camp trips. I also have a roll up table about size of a card table which was used a lot when my card...

In the last several years I sold off my Quik-n-Easy rack which was great and attached to rain gutters. And I sold off my dad’s which he attached to 2x4’s for his rack. When vehicles with gutters disappeared these racks went into the garage rafters. And years later there was a market for them...

This is why I need a CD player.

Woodpuppy’s post reminded me of my first British sports car , a ‘58 Triumph TR3. My recall is that it had a small key to turn on the ignition and then you pushed a starter button. I soon discovered that the keyed ignition lock was so worn out that I could simply use a fingernail to turn the...

I last did the kind of outdoor cooking you are asking about with the scouts in the 1960’s. In the more recent past my brother and I would do hobo-type meals (cut up potatoes/onions/carrots with some browned stew meal) wrapped in aluminum foil and baked in the campfire coals. Now that I often go...

Great that you could engineer and build your own rack system instead of having to buy the outrageously priced commercial stuff. I continue to use Yakima stuff I have had for years and have used on multiple vehicles, mostly Subaru Foresters (I am on my fourth Forester), the current one is 2021.

Great video - thanks for sharing. Searching for old portages was what we did for the 14 years of the Wabakimi Project - look for old blazes, trail tread and old cuts by ax or saw. It always amazed me that Uncle Phil could flag a likely route without finding any signs of an existing route and...

Thanks much - very enjoyable. I have been to Scotland, the olde sod, 3 times bicycling and hiking. I would like to do a paddling trip. Clan Sinclair member for about the last 30 years.

Nice. I had the exact Tripper purchased new Spring 1983 and used extensively for 23 years. It was still going strong when I sold it because I grew too old and weak to carry it.

After reading all the stories of people’s experience with the eclipse I am sorry I didn’t make an effort to experience the total eclipse. In SE Wisconsin we had about 90% which I have to say was not very impressive. Kind of like a very slightly overcast day or like one of the days last year...

A buddy who likes to camp cook will make pancakes and makes his own maple syrup using Maplene (appears to be a concentrate), which tastes pretty good.

Have you tried audio books available at many libraries. They are great on road trips.

While traveling with Uncle Phil and the Wabakimi Project I learned that Phil always packed one emergency meal. My recall is that it consisted of 2 pkg Knorr Spring Vegetable soup mix, 2 pkg of instant rice and dehydrated peas. This recipe made a large pot of soup enough for 4 people. I still...

I was really enjoying this thoughtful thread until it went to symmetry/asymmetry in regards to wives. In June I will be married to wife #2 for 50 years. And while I am not the smartest guy on the block when it comes to women, I know this is definitely a topic I would never ever bring up in my house.

I first went to the UP in 1970 and found it to be everything SE Wisconsin is not. Almost no people and many, many trees. I always loved the solitude you can find there - the western UP is mostly National Forest so plenty of places to disappear into. I have also been to Isle Royale NP several...

Nice trip report. I am waiting for the ice to go out and stay out in my favorite area in the UP so I can get out on my first trip of the year.

Me too, in terms where I acquired my collection of used paddles. I always tried to return any found paddles if they were marked with the owner’s contact information. Incidentally, I also have a large collection of used tent stakes I have found in the Sylvania Wilderness in the UP where camping...