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Very melancholy ending to your post, Glenn.

Very impressive goals, recped. Hope you reach them!

Kathleen and I have never wondered what the water temperature is. Where we have generally paddled, in the NWT, the water is cold. I don't know how cold. But cold. Here is a view on July 7 on Whitefish Lake, 300 km (200 miles) east of Yellowknife. The ice serves as our thermometer.

Kathleen and I began canoeing and tripping fairly late in life. She was 38 and I was 42 for our first northern trip on the South Nahanni River, NWT, in 1990. Our last trip, in 2022 was 17 days on the Barren Grounds 300 km (200 miles) east of Yellowknife, NWT. It is January, the month that I have...

Great to see you back, Erica!

Five days ago, our neighbour to the east put down a skidoo track along our lake, on which there are only five houses. He grew up on Lomond Lake (originally Loch Lomond) and he says he likes to be the first skidoo out every winter. Kathleen and I also like him to be the first. For the past four...

You’re correct, Glenn. Kathleen was in an administrative position at the University of British Columbia. During a period of work stoppages, she was required to put in a lot of overtime. When the larger than usual pay cheque arrived, we briefly discussed what to do with the extra money. “Well,” I...

I’m not anywhere near an expert on canoes, Glenn, not even on the canoes that I have owned and paddled. Kathleen and I bought our first canoe in 1987, a 17.5 foot Clipper Tripper from Western Canoeing in Abbotsford, BC, a little east of our home at the time in North Vancouver. Marlon, the owner...

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.