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Go with Alan’s suggestion, get a paddle and start using it. You will add more paddles as you continue paddling, experience will help learn what you prefer. And eventually you’ll be like many of the rest of us, wondering why you have so many different paddles.

I have used old sockets heated with a torch to melt holes in the straps which then keeps them from fraying.

Interesting thread, especially with the pics. Usually we just see a packing list.

Erk - Killarney PP is one of my favorite parks. I especially like the trip circumnavigating Prince Phillip Island. The area is very dramatic with the highly glaciated southern shoreline - unlike any other place I have seen on the Great Lakes. However, once a blow from the south comes up you can...

KO - the tour of the fur trading post is excellent and very informative.

I will going on a Canadian trip with friends I have known for some time. All of us are retirees ranging in age from late 60’s to late 70’s. This trip has been setup by someone who is very organized. In a pre-trip questionnaire he asked us about existing medical conditions. When my wife saw the...

When we were kids we built simple little rafts and went out on Lake Michigan never considering that the lake is maybe 90-100 miles wide. At least these guys were smart enough to stay on a small river.

My SIL has a Tesla Y model (I think it is) and he takes out of town overnight trips and reports that other than a few waits he has always traveled successfully with charges available as needed. For me, I would be interested in electric but I still need a vehicle I can take into distant and...

You may want watch the Robert Perkins video available on YouTube titled One Man in a Boat. He paddles solo from London to Scotland.

I have going through TB at least annually since 2007 with the exception of the Covid years. It does seem to have gotten rougher since my first visit. Maybe less jobs now and/or in-migration of down and out people.

The strangest and a bit scary thing I ever encountered was on a local river many years ago. The local river is about 1/2 mile from my house. Occasionally I have my wife shuttle me about 10 miles upstream and I paddle back to a park not far from my house. Most this section flows through farm land...

You can camp at Fort William Historical Park, a recreated fur trade era fort. It is located just south of the airport as you come into TB from the south on Hwy 61. However, the campground is located in a large open field without any shade. You can probably find some city parks in TB for day use...

I like Otter boxes for the protection they provide, but have learned you need to keep the gaskets clean. And if you use more than a few they can be bulky to pack. A number of years ago on a trip I stopped at the Old Town factory. In the company store they had a plastic box about the size of a...

Very clever and much cheaper than the $60 I paid for the used Yakima equivalent for my round bar rack.

This is a very pertinent topic, my thanks to Black Fly for starting it. I am well into my Medicare years and I have pondered this topic often especially at my frequent medical appointments where I am asked if I have fallen lately. Like others have mentioned I fall on most canoe trips both with...

As I am of Scottish/Welsh heritage I have mostly listened to Celtic music for the past 30-40 years. Both my vehicles have cd players and I have a very large collection of cd’s. If I am driving my vehicle with a trip mate I test their willingness to listen to my music by cueing up some bagpipe music.

Just finished The Wager by David Grann (author of Killers of the Flower Moon). The Wager (publ 4/2023) is the story of the shipwreck of the HMS Wager in the 1740’s near bottom of South America. Very readable and a riveting story. It is coming out as a movie soon.

Bent, I envy you and your trip. Spring and fall, my favorite tripping time. Me, I am currently on medical hold for a month so no spring trip this year.

I think this is kind of an old guy problem. In my case it seems the padding I used to sit on now obstructs the view of my navel. And I am still trying reconcile my apparent need for suspenders.

Speaking of finds, this is my most interesting and treasured find.Found in the Sylvania Wilderness/Ottawa NF western UP Michigan. Sylvania was designated a wilderness in the late 1980s as I recall. The USFS staff pulled the portage markers and discarded them in the woods. My buddy walked into...