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Our snow pack is gone ... my 3 plus miles of snow shoe trail ... vanished. Bulbs are starting to wake up ... perfect weather for my firewood production season ... until today. 3 inches of heavy wet yuk! Slush everywhere and temps will slowly sink into the 20s for a couple days, which will...

Swede form vs symmetrical ... I remember many excellent paddlers telling me my old timey ways are ridiculous, Swede form is the only way a serious tripper should travel - it is faster, quicker, more efficient ... etc. I suppose they are correct, but those attributes are not what does it for me...

Well ... with temps drastically warming and rain on the way, Jake and I made what may be our last snow shoe trek ( at least for a while ) up to winter camp. After hanging out for a bit, I put the bucket cap on top of my chimney, then we walked a good bit enjoying the snowy wintery woods and the...

Hey Snapper, LOVE the stove buddy!! That Crawford stove is crackling ( pun intended )! Seriously, if I was ever to build a cabin or redo my home, that is the kind of stove I enjoy looking at as much as using. Good on ya figuring out how to post pictures. The second pic is my favorite … more...

Snapper, I have lusted after the LP/ wood stoves forever, set up is not practical with my house. I look forward to seeing it and your drying cold handle once you get posting figured 😉👍

Well I 'll be darned, I did not think anyone had ever used ashes before except me and the old way people. Good on ya snapper. Post a pic or two of your pans as well, sitting on the wood stove. I like looking at traditional stuff like that. Bob.

Hey Mem, you built a cedar strip Raven I think? I think you posted it paddled better than a RX built boat. How tender would that boat be with a fidgety dog? I think the Raven in cedar strip could be a good idea. Bob.

Ok, I will tell you what I do … but it will be different from every other reply you will receive. I clean the pan and it’s inside walls with hot water and a scrub brush thoroughly before I season it, then likely never again. I rub olive oil once dried on the inside and the walls of the fry...

Good call on the Candienne! I forgot about that boat. It is really fast, forgot how much I enjoyed paddling one … it has been a looooong time since I was in one.

Man I wish We lived closer, we would have a blast buddy!

Snapper, I know you have been looking for land for a while, and heartbreakingly missed out a what sounded like a terrific parcel ... sans snowmobilers . I hope you find your little bit of heaven ... and post pics of your adventures! Good luck with your search. Bob.

We have 80 acres. to get winter camp it is literally up hill the entire way there. My house is nearly in one corner of our property and on a diagonal to just about the furthest opposite corner is where these pines are, thus winter camp. Due to steep valleys and ridge tops I can not walk a...

Great question about the water. I have a steel kettle, a large steel coffee pot ( percolator ), and a steel water jacket with spout I can hang on the side of the stove. It is ok when it freezes, it thaws easily, quickly on the stove. Making coffee or hot chocolate is a luxury to enjoy after...

Split some fire wood, got my stove blasting and when warmed up some I collected kindling for my future outings. What a great day to be in the timber ... just miss my old buddy Jake. It is just too darn cold for him to join me ... and boy is he pissed I left him home.

Well today is just too pretty to stay inside! 15 below and bit of a north wind but I need water in winter camp so today I humped nearly a mile on my newly broke snow shoe trail with Portage pack and tump with 4 gallons of water, not too heavy with my snow shoes and good trail.

I second the Nova Craft Pal, as well as the Eaglet. I paddle tandems solo exclusively. I paddle day trips or wilderness trips in them with my 70 pound dog and gear, solos just do not cut it for me. The Pal is more maneuverable than the Eaglet, but Eaglet is a bit less tender. Both are very...

Glad you made it safe Blackfly, what an adventure. Your canoe looks like it took that trip well … fun to imagine what other, more pleasant adventures you will have with it! Bob

Alan, I hear about your dog. Jake‘s hip is real bad. When temps are this cold and snow so deep, he can not keep up with me anymore when I snow shoe … he just gets stuck and shivers or tries to keep a paw out of the snow. He is just too old.

5 below here, and dropping with high winds. Broke trail today with my snow shoes, much better than yesterday but still, breaking trail sucks. With this cold weather it will be a nice hike up that trail to winter camp this week.