Search results

The next installment - yeah! Way to keep your head when you were temporarily misplaced.

I used to use a stuff sack stuffed with spare clothes which was OK but I now have an inflatable pillow (I don't recall what brand) and it is very nice. I can vary the amount of inflation to suit my needs.

+6 C at noon as I write this. We have virtually no snow on the ground. The lakes are frozen - the one I checked had about 25 cm (10") of ice. The forecast is for more of the same - warm temperatures and no snow. I'm really missing cross country skiing. We were able to skate on local ponds...

Really fascinating how much gear he had, with lots of small parts to get lost (he says speaking from some experience). He seemed to have a specialized piece of gear for everything he wanted to do, some of it battery-operated yet he used a rock for pounding in pegs into what I assume was frozen...

Thanks for posting. Always good to get an expert opinion.

Wow, many of these stories are amazing! I have nothing so dramatic but a few interesting events. Once in northern Saskatchewan, we had an 18' canoe that was pulled up on shore and turned over (but not tied down) picked up and blown onto the lake by gusts from a nearby thunderstorm. It...

Tangled tent guy lines are a pain. I've taken to doubling mine a few times until it's quite short and then tying a loose overhand knot. That seems to work most of the time to prevent guy line tangle. Recently friends gave us a cheap pop-up tent for our grandchildren to play in. That tent had...

Bumpy road. Good that you found the will to keep going.

Oh my! I can't even imagine what that experience was like for you two. Words like "cancer" and "amputation" are beyond frightening. I think you don't need to apologize for feeling sorry for yourself or for your sense of relief at the good news.

I have found that most campsites have been left quite clean, however, I have certainly come upon campsites that have been strewn with garbage. Usually we carry a bag for our own garbage and we have often cleaned up campsites where garbage has been left behind. Sometimes the amount of garbage...

You are a gifted writer. Thanks for this and keep going.

Quite a lot of cross-country skiing. Planning "hopefully, maybe, someday" canoe trips even when they are unlikely to happen but, just in case they might happen and, besides that, they are fun to plan. I also try to plan canoe trips that are more likely to happen - read: closer, shorter...

Thanks! Good to see it again. Yes, I'm quite sure that one of the paddlers is a young Bill Mason.

Wow on so many levels and in so many ways!

Definitely suffering from withdrawal. Water is starting to get hard. Hopefully we'll get enough snow soon so that cross-country ski season can start.

A very good point. I'll see if I can fix that.

We had enough snow to cover the ground a couple of weeks ago and it was quite cold at night - about -18 C or 0 F. It looked like it was going to stay but we've had above freezing daytime highs for quite a few days and it's forecast to be above freezing for the next week or so. Can't paddle so...

Your "partyers bridge" is likely the bridge near Del Bonita which is where we started. The next bridge with a campsite is at the town of Milk River. Agree that the Milk River above the town of Milk River is pretty tight and has significant current so being able to back ferry was helpful. The...

Glenn, Money sent. No need to add Site Supporter. I missed the part about adding a message. Not a problem for me if it's not a problem for you.

We considered doing that whole trip that year because some friends had done the lower part into the States a few years ago and also because we were quite interested in the faster river in the upper part. Time became an issue so we had to choose between the upper or lower part of the Milk and...