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It’s been a very mild winter here in east-central Saskatchewan. Got the skidoo out about a month ago, but haven’t used it yet. Not really enough snow. Haven’t had to have our lane plowed yet, which saves money. I think we’ve had only one night below -20 C (-4 F). Current temperature at 9:00 a.m...

Kathleen and I used thermarests. As advertised, they mostly self-inflated after opening the valve. Then, just a few puffs filled them up. It was actually more effort to deflate them. Had to really scrunch hard on them with our knees, while rolling, to get them small enough to fit back into their...

This summer, in lieu of canoe tripping, which now seems in our past, Kathleen and I joined our daughter on a nine-day cruise from Barcelona to Rome. We stayed in Rome for three days at the end of the cruise, in a second floor room with windows on both sides of the corner. Where we live near...

Never heard the word “faffing” before. Had to look it up. Learning a lot today!

I wondered about the ASMR heading in this video, so looked it up. Found the following: “If you follow social media, you may have noticed a few of the more than 13 million ASMR videos online. Many of the videos create ASMR-inducing sounds to play out social situations with actions that may...

To me, this looked more like survival than joy. I’ve owned two canvas wall tents. One was 8 x 10. The other was 10 x 12. Plenty of room to stretch out, and to stand up. No scrunching in front of the stove. I wonder how often his small stove needed to be refilled to truly create a “hot tent”...

Oh the horror!

Very impressive, Robin.

You are good, Glenn. Very good. Very fair and inclusive.

I was always intrigued by the genus for douglas-fir, hyphenated because it is not a true fir (Abies). It’s genus is Pseudotsuga, which translates as false hemlock. Interesting genus for a plant that is a false fir.

Just wondering, Tsuga8, if your name represents an affection for Hemlocks.

Kathleen and I, early in our paddling lives, tried a kayak for a couple of hours. Didn’t like it at all, because we had no options regarding leg position. I share your sentiments exactly, BWCA66! But, everyone has their own preferences.

Now I understand the paradox. It is so simple!

Yes. I should have known! Intellectual capacity and memory way down with advancing years.

Here is a different link. https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/mobile/2013/07/30/what-did-schrodingers-cat-experiment-prove/ I could not post the wikipedia link.

I was intrigued by today’s headline, Glenn, and googled Schrodinger’s Cat. Good thing I never pursued quantum theory, as even when carefully explained to me, I confess that I do not have the patience or intellectual skill to comprehend. Thanks for revealing that. I received an error, when I...

Enjoyed your trip report. Thanks for sharing.

Very glad that you enjoyed it.

When I was a graduate student at UC Berkeley back in 1970, I think, I took a graduate course in wildlife management from A. Starker Leopold, son of Aldo Leopold, of “A Sand County Almanac” fame. When discussing predator/prey populations, Starker opined that the prey population controlled the...

We have tried citronella as an alternative to deet. Deet won in a rout. Citronella was not even in the game.