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That looks like something I could accomplish before my hands got all jacked. I’ll give the cordage one a shot. How far up should it extend?

Got more gloves than Jimmy Carter has pills.

Seems like some self-adhering rubber tape? Maybe peelable?

I’ve been dealing with Trigger Finger, which makes it hard to grip smaller circumference items. Is there a custom shaft diameter, or a diameter option paddle out there? Surgery might be in the future but not this year, by golly gosh darn. Thanks Tony

So ticks don’t like moose blood? Discriminating lil suckers.

My doc doesn’t bother with the test. When I present symptoms, she gives me antibiotics. Not sure the test helps unless the visible symptoms go undetected. My son contracted Lyme in SC, before heading to Europe for 6 weeks. He got pretty sick and they tested, treated him in Spain. He was...

My son got Lyme last year and I’ve had several nasty bites in recent years with suspicious symptoms. Doc has given me antibiotics 3 times in as many years. It seems that ticks are more infected than in the past. In Wisconsin, I completely stopped hiking in June after removing more than 30...

I used to rebuild and customize 1911s. I reloaded ammunition for 40 years. Now I can’t remember my last trip to the range. My shoulders went bad and now my wrists are going. Can’t grip a toothbrush let alone a 1911. I cook some. My specialty is hand tossed pizza.

I think people’ll be thick as flies up nort. With an influx of revenue, maybe the Atikokan Hotel can upgrade with screens in the windows.

Not much to do with bad weather, but I got the Yakima landing pads installed on the wife’s new (2025) RAV4. If you remember, I was fastidiously measuring every midsize SUV model’s roof rail contact points to discern the potential spread of roof rack crossbars. I want to be confident hauling 2...

Unfortunately, this effective closure of southern Quetico will compound traffic and permit demand in BWCA.

The Remote Area Border Crossing permit is officially kaput until September, at least. Unless the powers that be set up “Call-In” border crossing stations (whatever that means), this essentially cuts off American access to the southern Quetico park entry points. I had a pretty neat plan B trip...

I got a 60L blue barrel and harness. Weighs much less than the CCS food pack and bear vaults. I guess my new canoe was Black Friday too. Got my better half a new Apple Watch and a car. Still considering an InReach3. It will cost about 1/2 the price of a new device to replace the battery I'm...

Great for a family trip. Plenty of takeouts depending on the tolerance of children. My grandchildren are addicted to devices, so 2 hours was their limit before becoming annoying. We ended up doing 3.😂 Sorry about the unmentionables.

Is it crowded and noisy during the summer?

It’s going to be a looong recovery for Bogan after TPLO (ACL) surgery on his left rear knee. I put a ramp off the porch, a pen in the house so the other dogs won’t interfere with his convalescence. He’s pretty drugged up, but will soon begin therapy. I had to create a spreadsheet for tracking...

Keeled Over, Maybe we should hook up for an old guy trip someday. How far north do I’d you make it?

I understand the feeling. The crowded industrial commercialism of BWCA and even Quetico are buzz killers. However, the trees and topography around the lakes are the best in canoe country. The far north is boreal, marshy, less features. I like seeing the deciduous trees around the lakes. If...

But there is no station in Armstrong, and getting clarification from a call center is wasted time. Like you say, too high a risk.