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Sounds like a good snowfall to bring out the snowmobiles.

Ford Fairlane 500, 1959?

I agree with Cliff on the cookware. The new stoves are well built, but aluminum foil for windscreens? I still use a Sigg Tourist cookset with a Svea 123 stove. I haven’t found anything that is as stable, versatile, and windproof as a Svea 123 Stove with a Sigg Tourist cookset.

I use a map and compass for my navigation tools (no batteries to go dead). As nice as the GPSs are, they are battery hogs. I would have to bring an obscene number of batteries for me to depend on GPS on a long canoe trip.

There are no Tractor Supply in Alaska.

6’ rules and hand warmers are obsolete?

We get a lot of snow in the winter. In the past 36 hours we have gotten 18-24” of snow, so I get to ride the atv with a snow plow on it to shovel the snow. I also go snowmobile riding besides canoeing. Living in Alaska is a busy lifestyle so I think it helps keeps us healthy.

My Gleason score is also 9, my PSA was 17.69. I am waiting for VA to ok my next set of imaging. Then my doctor and I will sit down and discuss treatment options.

Well, my plans just got changed big time. I was just diagnosed with prostate cancer. I need more testing done to determine how far along the cancer is and if it has spread anywhere else. It will certainly delay all of my plans, I just don’t know how long the delay will be, a few weeks or even...

I wanted to buy a Northstar Solo, but would have to drive over 4000 miles round trip to get one. I bought a Wenonah Wilderness locally. It is only about 2 lbs heavier than the Northstar Solo. I haven’t had my Wilderness in the water yet because all of the lakes and most of the rivers are...

I use Permethrin on my clothes, Picaridin on exposed skin and a thermacell in camp or in the canoe. This works for me most of the time. The few times it doesn’t work, I put on a bug jacket and headnet.

I used to shoot groundhog for farmers in SE Ohio. The farmers would keep me supplied in .22-250 ammo and coolers full of ice cold Coke.

Do they have a map that shows Alaska?

What is chickee camping?

They now package spam in single serving packets. That works better for me since I mostly go canoeing by myself. My wife doesn’t like spam.

I have found the rainwear from North Face, Patagonia, and Helly Hansen works well for me.

I find them to be a lifesaver when trying to load a heavy tandem canoe by myself.

I remember as a kid in the 50s & 60s going out on Lake Erie to ice fish. People used to drive their cars out on the ice.

We have about 15-18” on the ground and supposed to get another 5” today here in Soldotna, Alaska. I don’t use a snow shovel. I have a snow plow blade on my ATV.

I have a Carlisle paddle from the middle 1970s. I think they last forever.