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Thanks for your reply ... I'm so sorry to hear about Sadie. Sending out thoughts and prayers to you and your family... Any plans for future solo wilderness trips? My nature excursions will be spent hiking at Indiana SPs. Gail

Hi Canoe Daddy! Keep those puns coming...they provide much needed comic relief. Nothing like a puntastic paddler to put a smile on my face! Gail

Ppine...my sentiments exactly! Canoeing was one of the most important pieces of my life. When my husband and I could no longer paddle, at first we were heartbroken. But we decided to find a new way to experience nature, through day hiking, and are ready to move forward to the next crossroads.

Alan, thanks for your reply. BTW, how is Sadie doing these days? She sure had the trip of a lifetime on the Bloodvein! BTW, just a couple of questions that Sadie didnt address: how many days was your Bloodvein trip? I just read that you built your own canoe... awesome! Then you sold this...

Thanks Michael...I've had a fascination with the Nahanni since I read The Dangerous River as a teenager!

Michael: Just found thisl thread! First of all, I've just finished reading your trip reports entitled "Winter of our Content..." and "Anderson River NWT 1999" ...simply stated, your words have touched my heart. In the short time that I've been involved with this group, I have been inspired...

Yes! I'm so happy that Rutabaga will be staying open and hopefully be acquired by another person(s) who will value this business and its customers highly. I have so much respect for Daren and his wife. Can anyone provide an update on Rutabaga's situation?

Thanks for the expertly written TR, Sadie. And, those photos... such a cutie ! (Just a little late, I know) Just one question for Alan: what is required by Canadian customs when crossing the border with a dog?

Al....LOL. what a sweetie, thanks for posting those pics.

Bob B. Nice trip report. Your dogs sure are the best traveling buddies!! How fantastic that Jake is a therapy dog...soon to be followed by Max!

Over the past year, I've viewed several YouTube videos of paddling cats. A really entertaining and sweet film can be found at DITL: Solo van life with 2 cats. In this episode, the twosome (from Canada) seem to be in a solo canoe. After thinking about this, would you ever consider a feline as...

My favorite (and only) solo canoe was a Blackhawk Fishhawk, purchased from a local canoe shop in the 80s. Reasons? Perfect for my size (petite), lightweight, well suited for midwestern, class I, gravel bottom streams with occasional I+ riffles. No rocker, but still was able to pull off quick...

Steve, thanks for sharing your video...you make poling look so easy! Here in central IL, have never seen folks poling their canoes...then of course we don't have many rapids in our creeks!

Appreciate your suggestions! I am always up for a good naure/wildlife story, actually books as well as online. story.

Photo from Olive Branch, of the Salt Fork, East Central Illinois @1995. I am paddling my Blackhawk Fish Hawk, which was my beloved river "partner" from 1989-2021. Sorry for the fuzzy look...this is a "photo of a photo" using my phone camera.

Thanks for this explanation. Without a map it was difficult to determine your location vis-a- vis train station/direction train was traveling. It seems like it would be possible to arrive at the river, just travelling via train from Montreal, with help from the outfitter...but sounds extremely...

Hi Erica, whoops! upon re-reading your TR, it appears you boarded the train and headed south, getting off before Monet ...sorry for misunderstanding! According to the web, the train route north to Cochrane ON was discontinued many years ago. Also the Montreal to Senneterre trip takes...

Riffle-Raff, thanks for your fascinating report and video! What a beautiful river! I am a "retired" solo paddler who knows very little about poling. So have a couple of questions. Do you always paddle upstream on your poling trips? Does your wife paddle her own canoe? Or were she and your baby...

Erica, thank you for sharing your inspiring trip journals. Just one curious question for you. I just looked up train service to Senneterre PQ ... no active route listed north of there on the Via Rail website. So what train service did you take north of Senneterre to be dropped off at your...

I know I'm late, but really enjoyed your trip posts. My husband and I enjoyed Jack's River trips in the 90s. Beautiful river and memories...