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My first canoe was a Solo Plus. I got it partly because I had trouble controlling the Mad River Independence I test-paddled it against (I eventually got an Indy and was happy with it). The other reason was that I wanted a boat that would go both solo and tandem, thinking my son would want to...

I had a book once that had something like 20 stories in it about canoeing accidents. I believe all, or nearly all of them, involved tripping - and a fatality. Most of the fatalities were experienced canoe trippers, and most of them were the guides. The common denominator was thinking...

I've done it many times. I prefer to do the bike part first, for two reasons. If something happens on-river and I'm delayed I won't be biking in the dark. And I'd rather get the bike ride over with - it's usually in the morning, vs. taking out in the (warmer) afternoon. I trailered my dog ...

The Opinel's blade is very well made, in that it's tapered rather than ground. I have a couple of Opinels and find they hold an edge well.

I'm a fan of Mountain House, if only because its freeze-dried chicken is edible. My own version is not.

Picaridin - in the maximum strength of 20% - is supposed to be as effective as DEET. Last year I used it on a very mosquito-y trip and found it worked quite well, though not having encountered black flies I can't how well they like it.

I don't know what's easier than dipping the dirty water bag, hanging it above the clean water bag, and waiting 6 minutes for a gallon of clean water. If anyone knows of an easier and equally reliable method, I want to hear about it. I also carry several water bottles. But I still ran out once...

Kim, you have my undying sympathy. I've resorted to buying online. I get large quanitities of some things but they last me a while. Notably: #10 cans of a couple of Mountain House items; 12 lbs of hollow corkscrew fusilli pasta; Bigelow's Pomegranate Pizzazz tea; and of course Scho-Ka-Kola...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-9cpQNQNsI This was taken on one of the four days we were windbound on Ima Lake in the Boundary Waters. We could have gotten off the site but the next portage landing was downwind - a narrow, vertical breakwater where waves could be seen crashing up from a mile...

I've seen a lot of posts like this. An easier solution is to just buy the Platypus CleanStream system. Works like a charm until it approaches its useful life (maybe 200-250 gallons) and then it slows down. Backflushing is par for the course. One gallon in 6-8 minutes works for me.

Great name! Isn't that the US Forest Service in its maintenance role in the Boundary Waters?

Ho hum? You must not be allergic to bug bites. I've known mosquito bites to linger, itchy, for over a week - without having scratched once. I've been bitten by one black fly that I know of. It hurt and itched for a month or more. More than mozzies or even crowds of people, BFs are the reason I...

About 20 years ago my son and I were on the Kickapoo River in Wisconsin with my son's friend and his father. We were in a borrowed Mad River Malecite. At ll years old, my son probably had more experience than in the other boat, total. At some point he leaned over the side and the boat just...

Thanks, Kim.

Charlie, could you please explain "cheek"?

Thanks.

By "Wenonahs" I mean canoes with narrow stems that slice through waves rather than rise up over them. Prospector-types, on the other hand, do the opposite. Given all the interest in w/c and other Prospector types, I'm curious if there are many here who prefer the Wenonah type. I ask because...

Looks like my boat. I paid $800 and it was in good repaired condition. Seemed like a fair price. That one should sell quickly at $500.

LOL! I get that. :-)

You mean about 1863? Mais non, this version is compensated, however poorly one might think.