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    Father / Son Canoe Camping Trip at Seboies Lake Public Reserved Lands, July 2020

    Nice video. I enjoyed the cuisine too. Using an All-Clad frying pan none the less. I will have to travel to Seboise, but maybe with my wife. I've got to cover some opportunities in Maine, since no Canada this year. There are so many great place close to home. Thanks for posting.
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    Debsconeag Lake, Maine

    Nice pictures and write up. A couple of years ago one of my sons and grandsons and I camped at the site on 1st Debsconeag. They fished and I just sat around. Later we walked the trail to 2nd Debsconeag. Carrying a Tripper would be a challenge. Earlier my Wife and I did a trip to Middle and...
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    Futile Camp Chair Question

    Last year I was shopping for a camp chair at LL Bean. I sat in one and I couldn't get out, it was to low. I had to roll on the floor. but I looked around to make sure no one could see me - coast was clear I rolled. I decided to look for a chair higher off the ground and I found one online...
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    New Tripping Book - Border Country: The Northwoods Canoe Journals of Howard Greene

    I rec'd the book as a Christmas present. It's fun to imagine their trips and where on their trips they might have gone. I try to figure out if I've crossed their paths.
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    New gasifier twig stove test

    I received a Biolite stove as a Christmas present. It's supposed to also charge electrical things that use a USB connection. Once Spring arrives I'm going to give it a try. It's sort of heavy. I've used gas stoves with canisters for the last 8 years which seemed fine..so we'll see. As far...
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    Bowron Lakes Aug 25-Sept 1 2017. No wind. No rain.

    Spectacular photos - wow!
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    My Birthday Present - Trip to WCPP

    I turned 70 at the end of May. My three sons decided to give me a trip to Woodland Caribou PP for my birthday present. It has been a place I've wanted to go and actually planned to go last year but it didn't work out. I think they were worried I would talk about it and not do it. So Monday I...
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    Q17

    I was supposed go to Quetico and enter on Beaverhouse in early July, but it didn't work out. I'm envious, but I enjoyed the pictures and the storm description. Thanks for the report.
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    Effect of scratches on canoe efficiency

    I'm sort of like dougd - I just plug along scratches and all. I've never purchased a new canoe so almost all my canoes came pre scratched so I've never reached maximum speed. I have had a couple of deep scratches which I filled with bondo and sanded down until it seemed smooth (I don't know...
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    Middle Jo-Mary, Lower Jo-Mary Loop

    We did not pass any check points, so we didn't have any fees.
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    Middle Jo-Mary, Lower Jo-Mary Loop

    During the Summer of 2015 my wife and I took an overnight canoe trip to Middle Jo-Mary Lake and Lower Jo-Mary Lake. The area is near Millinocket, Maine. It's about 4 hours from our home in Windham, Maine. Most of the driving is on Interstate 95/Maine Turnpike. We exited 95 at the Medway...
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    Best used boat buys

    I saw an ad for a Souris River prospector 17' for $750 on Craig's List. I went and look at it. It had a hole punched in it in two places, the gunnel was bent slightly and the finish was mottled. I decided that it could be fixed, but I decided I'd leave it for someone else. The seller told me...
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    Your inspirational people or canoe heroes?

    Kim, Thanks for the link - it's fun to find someone interested in what interests me. Bob
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    WTB cold handle frying pan

    I assume you want a frying pan that the handle stays cool when you are cooking with it. If this is the case buy a frying pan with a stainless steel handle attached to the pan. Stainless steel is a poor conductor of heat so the handles stays cool when the pan is hot. Most stores that sell...
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    Poll: How Old Are You?

    I'm in the older end of the spectrum. One of my daughter-in-laws ask me when I would stop going on trips - she's very thoughtful. I had just showed up at their house after a trip with a grey beard - I told her I'd paddle until I couldn't. I hope to go to Woodland Caribou next summer, or do...
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    Got a new knee and now in PT and my PT is a

    Hey Kim you shall over come. Next Spring you'll be portages like a champ.
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    Wollaston Lake to Goose Lake (Nunavut Border) and back

    Alan, Great write up. Each morning before work I'd read an installment. The best canoeing adventure I've read online - right there with "Canoeing with the Cree". Thanks for sharing it. Bob
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    Canoe tripping footwear

    I have been reading the posts trying to figure out the best shoes. I then I saw the Chuck Taylor post, wow this is the one. When I was a kid I wore them for canoeing and portaging (actually I wore them everywhere) and I think I liked them. I had given some thought to buying a pair for an...
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    The first step is admitting you have a problem!

    This all seems familiar. My problems start with packing. I think I need to pack everything I own. I can't make a decision which canoe to take. It takes me longer to pack for a trip than the trip takes. Last Friday I did an overnight on a lake in Maine with one of my sons and my grandson. I...
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    Paddling around the entire coast of Lake Erie

    I grew up on Lake Erie. I never canoed on it, but I had a small sailboat (Thistle) that I raced with and sometimes I rented a row boat and rowed a 1/2 mile of shore to fish. I had one incident ( I didn't check the weather) when I was sailing where a storm came up fast, the wave were 10 feet...
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