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Breakfast at the falls,

I’m not sure what they mean, one is the start of the trip and I believe he did camp there, the second flag is at his first portage. There is a symbol where he camped the second night on Grip Lake, looks like a backwards E, not sure what it’s called.

Looks like he stopped at a small campsite at the narrows, I saw a cow and calf moose behind the site when I camped there.

He made it to Gripp Lake for the night, beautiful campsite.

Gamma said he wouldn’t mind if I share some of my pics of the circuit that corresponds to his tracking. Here’s two of his current location this morning, the 1 mile portage trail from his truck to the lake and the put in at Marshall Lake. I hope he has less wind than I encountered...

We have owned 3 Foresters in the last 15 years or so, the first two had head gasket issues which forced us to trade both in before we wanted to. I was assured by Subaru that they had solved the head gasket issue so we bought our third. I recently smelled antifreeze from the 3rd one so we...

My Canadian trips didn’t alter my desire to go to the Adirondacks and Maine, I just made an effort to go off season to them and saved my summer trips to the near north of Canada. I have been the first into Lows in the Adk, maybe close to the last too, and I’m pretty sure the last to Poland pond...

Same here, I doubt if my wife would allow it in the house. You can see the extra wanigan ribs below the thwart.

Years ago I salvaged this old Keewaydin Canoe Camp (Vermont) tripping canoe just before it was destined to the burn pile. The other half was beyond repair, as determined by the camp, it was cheaper to build a new one. Anyway, I’m never going to make a bookshelf out of it so I thought maybe...

Good luck setting up the canoe to your liking, Thanks for the report. I must say that Lucy is a heartbreaker. What a beautiful pup! ❤️

Hope they make it, not double blade or blue barrel in sight. :cool: That kid in the middle with the wool plaid Jack shirt and smile gets my vote for trip MVP

In 1972, my wife and I were camped at a nice drive in campsite at the Twin Islands Campgrounds in Roscoe NY, our site fronted on the beautiful Beaverkill River. Unfortunately, our neighbors were pretty rough and the weekend was anything but enjoyable. While fishing the river, I watched two...

Nice post, that’s an impressive display. I have a J R Robinson courting canoe on the rack, new canvas has been filled and it’s just waiting for paint.

This site was originally open to all paddlers. When it became orphaned and I was able to secure ownership with my own funds, my first announcement was that it would be a canoe only site. Actually I wanted it to be open to only “open” canoes but that part went by the wayside. I did catch some...

Here’s a video showing my stretching unit. I doubt one 2x4 alone at each end would be suitable for anchor points, if you could attach a 2x4 horizontal on the wall, either outside or inside that might do the trick. I used the corner timbers in my pole barn in the video, that worked well. You can...

My first experience in a canoe was in 1955, shown in the picture below on Muskrat Lake, Cobden, Ontario. I’m 7 yo, in the bow with my two older brothers behind me. My first canoe camping experience was about 5 years later, same lake, same canoe, with a local boy my age. We paddled down Muskrat...

I would strip the inside of varnish first so you get a good look at all the ribs and planking. This is a nasty tedious job but you will be happy when you see the results. There’s a book by Mike Elliot, “This Old Canoe” that describes restoring a wood canvas canoe from start to finish, its well...

Nice video, Bob looked good in that red tandem.

Thanks Art for that informative report. I have tried to paddle the area a few times but always encountered wind. 3rd and 4th Machias Lakes became excellent options during those times. I like the idea of Dobsis dam drive in sites to wait out the wind option, Thanks for the volunteer work. What...