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Nice... some of my first trips were in my uncle's 50-pounder. My cousin inherited it, and then passed it on to his son recently.

I'll admit to not being a big dog fan... they take a LOT of work to raise right, and I never had the time or energy to do both kids and a dog. Enter Pete. We moved to LA in 2002 (I in April, my wife and kids end of May), and met a family who owned a dog named Pete. Pete's age was unknown, but...

Depends on the trip, depends on the canoe. Length of trip usually makes little difference as my gear is essentially the same, about 20-25 lbs before food and water. 3, 5, and 7 days food is roughly 6, 10, and 14 lbs respectively. more food is more bulk and a little more weight. If it's...

I try to do like Turtle with the colored bag system, but I tend to pre-pack my meals in ziplocks... e.g., my breakfast is oatmeal, so i put a half cup of oatmeal, a tbsp of Nido powder, a tbsp of brown sugar, and a handful of raisins in a bag, roll it up, and that's a breakfast. I often tuck a...

Usually, the only things I carry "extra" are socks and a cotton t-shirt to sleep in. Everything else is just one... layers are about as follows: Normal clothing is pants, synth underwear, synth t-shirt, nylon long sleeve shirt, tilly hat, knit hat, rain poncho, wool socks, and merrill moab...

If I've got the extra room on a simple trip, I like what I've grown up calling "fire pipes". Buy one 3/4"x 8' conduit and one 1/2" x 8' conduit. Saw into 2' lengths. Pinch about 1.5" of one end of each in a vise, leaving the other end alone. To assemble, put all the 1/2" pieces into the 3/4"...

No deodorant in the woods ever (not keen on bug spray or sunscreen either). For trips over 3 days, it's daily sponge baths if it's warm, or every other day after dinner by the fire if not. Feet get washed daily; there's too much at stake to let them rot (old Infantry discipline coming out...

Living proof that days spent outdoors are not subtracted from our allocated lifetime. Thanks for that Gerald. And here I am whining at age 55 over a 50lb boat.

2qts of tap water til it's gone, then iodine flavored water until i get tired of it, tea 2x a day (breakfast and dinner at least), sometimes hot cocoa (tea requires a wipe... cocoa requires washing), and eventually those little packets of Crystal Lite flavoring for the water on about day 3 or...

I don't always bring one... depends mostly on the trip, and whether I'm out to see sights or base camp and fish. For most trips, and it's mostly in the Adirondacks, I like either: GB Small Forest Ax (19", head kinda tuned to Boreal forest pine/birch). Thin geometry, cuts soft woods deep...

I canoed as a Boy Scout, and borrowed canoes for trips later in life, but frequent moves in the military made owning one sort of out of the question until later in life. I MADE my first canoe, a stitch and glue Eureka 155, when I was 43 (I gave it to a good friend last year when I moved from...

I mostly solo, and I'm lazy. So that means mostly boil and rehydrate something. I use an old KoolAid jar for a bowl. When I'm done eating, I rinse it with some leftover water and drink the 'broth', then wipe it out with a paper towel, toss the towel in the fire, and I'm done. Sometimes, I will...

I put 11-20... I paddled occasionally with Boy Scouts for the 5 years or so I was with the program, then took a long hiatus before building my own stitch and glue canoe in around 2007 and coming back to it.

I typically carry a SAK Fieldmaster in my pocket, with any sheath knife in my pack... I dislike how they hang, and they're not really that handy around camp except for when it's fish or game cleaning time... the one exception was for a large Nessmuk style blade i have, on a dangler for the...

I'm largely a flat water solo paddler. I used to tie everything in, but this made portages more work, so now i don't. I eventually figured out that soft packs (vs frame rucksacks) work really well in canoes, so almost everything I have goes in one of those (a 90L roll top GoLite Gust is my...

I always carry at least a Swiss Army Fieldmaster with me, any time I'm in the woods. If conditions/events dictate, I will bring a sheath knife... I have several. My favorite deer skinner is a Fallkniven WM1. If there's fishing involved, it's something with a longer blade, most often a Condor...

Ah. .so YOU were the other canoe... I arrived Saturday morning to pick up my new Nessmuk XL from Dave. He told me someone had picked theirs up Th or Friday. Here's mine Saturday afternoon.

I use an old Kool-Aid jar for my rehydration vessel, and a DIY blue foam camping mat coozie (and duct tape) to insulate it. works great, no crunchy spots or half-done meals. Only takes about 25 minutes for most meals, stirring about halfway through.

eBay is one place. CraigsList or Facebook Marketplace, with local pickup, would be another. I can't remember this forum's rules for selling (though i did buy a Chum here now that i think about it), but on another forum I frequent, you can list things for sale if you're a paying supporter...

As far as coffee goes, I do love it... cold and black is ok. hot is better. but hot with cream and sugar is best... however, the process of making it in the field is entirely too much effort for me, and i drink tea when out. First time I burned my lips was on an aluminum boy scout cookset...