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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

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...

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...

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...

I just got a puppy in January and I have great hopes that she will be a good canoe companion. I have taken a dog on one canoe trip (one of my kids dogs) and everything went well. I'm not sure if there are any tricks to training a new pup. Red if you have any tips along the way, please pass...

Interesting that Yellowcanoe saw a bear during a trip to Temagami. I have only seen one bear in my life, in the wild. It was on a trip in Temagami - Diamond Lake - it was having a drink when it saw us in a canoe and so it was mostly back end. It moved so fast my brother in the bow of the...

My longer trips are now with my brother and kids. We all seem to find our separate duties and do them. We respect each others opinion and take directions from whoever has taken on the particular duty. I usually cook the meals other than that it seems each trip the duties shift. The only...

I tried a Helinox Chair at LL Bean and I couldn't get out of it. I had roll on the floor, which I'm sure amused anyone watching. I went a local grocery store and bought a fold up chair, which was relatively compact for $9 and took on two trips, worked great. I use an air mattress I got a...

Here' s a boring one BobMills - it's my name. So if you meet a tall old guy named Bob Mills, that's me.

Kim, Maine is beautiful and your photos show it off. How was the weather. BobMills

Great pictures, beautiful place, but why is it called experimental lake area. Sort of a strange name.

Back in 2010 I showed up with the guys at my son and daughter-in-law's in Ste Lazarre, Quebec, after a great trip to Temagami. I looked like a bum with a grey beard and I'm sure I smelled like one too. Isabelle (D-I-L) said wow Pop you look cool with a beard, what she meant was wow you look...

I'm beginning to see a pattern here. I think we will watch the weather very closely and think safety. Thank you for all the input, it's great to have a forum like this. Any campsite suggestions? I want the guys to have a good time. Last year I sort of blew it - I need to redeem myself.

Kim, Thanks for the info - I have been saying the 11th and confusing everyone for a month. My excuse is I was looking at Sept., but who wants to hurry summer, after last winter. I would like to take you up on the offer of the solo. The Morningstar is asymmetrical and I have been wary of...

I'm planning a trip starting Weds., Aug 11th from Lobster Stream (1st night in Lobster Lake) and ending I think at the Allagash Gateway Campground. There will be 5 of us and three canoes (Souris River Prospector 17', Old Town Penobscot 16' and a Bell Morning Star 15'6") so one guys has to solo...

YC hope you have quick recovery. Do what the doc says - wishing you the best.

On Labor Day weekend last year one of my sons and my grandson and I camped on Donnell pond. The site was nice - according to Yellowcanoe's map it is named "Under the Mountain". It was secluded, while there was activity at the other campsite, since it was Labor Day. Yesterday I finally got out...

I have a home store, so I use pots and pans that have been returned by my customers. For the last couple years I have been using Scan Pan sauce pans and frying pans. If it's just two of us camping I take a 8" fry pan and a 2 qt sauce pan. No as light as most of you use, but they work great...

I am listening for the peepers - when I hear them I know Spring is here. I am getting hard of hearing so if you hear them let me know.

Trident, Do you recall where you put in? Bob