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Pretty much take off the wheels and paddle it. That's my way of thinking of Prospectors. Beautifully utilitarian.

It'll buff out.

Well, two opposites, rural north and urban south, give rise and reason for both hope and dejection. Our 2 young grandsons are extremely active brothers, equally chasing activities both indoors and outdoors. From science & math camps to archery and swimming. It's become the norm to find all these...

"Also, for my fellow Canadians who are familiar with the French expletive "Tabernac", it is quite hilarious to see the subtitles make this one word mean about 15 different swear words. Someone says TABERNAC, and the subtitles say "F@ck". Someone else says it and the subtitles say "Holy F@ck"...

Chillax.

The only good and sensible thing that can come from this thread is a permanent rambling detour drift (IMO). Savoury pastries is as good as any. The Cornish mining roots of pasties is intriguing. No doubt there be cousins, and the cultural meandering of food and its connections to kith and kin...

It's too easy for me to criticize an anti-avian thread being somewhat of a twitchy-bird lover, but I do sympathize, since we park our 2 black cars directly under a tall oak tree every day. When the squirrels aren't plinking them with acorns the birds are adorning them with splat. I wonder if...

"I bought a house in New Mexico..." My parents bought some land there a long time ago. Might've been an acre, sight unseen. One of those impulse buys some people are prone to, such as my dad...and myself. On a driving trip south to visit relatives they took a road trip to view "their land"...

Amazing work!

Well, it just goes to show that it's 5 o'clock somewhere. Keep up the good work Mike.

I occasionally feel the need to remind my kids that time has flown by at mind blowing speed, and then qualify that statement with examples dredged up from my fading flickering memory. Like 33&1/3 and 45 vinyl records, stereo, complete with life altering art! Wow! Cool! Colour television! In a...

"I also had another visitor: a chipmunk, which took an interest in the ingredients I had laid out for cooking. No, actually I was the visitor, the chipmunk had its residence here." Ha ha. I like your perspective, humility, and gratitude, and fully agree with you. Great trip and report, thanks...

I've owned only 1 Goretex jacket, and I have to admit it was a beauty. An expensive beauty. It was worn strictly for family canoe tripping, and it held up quite well. I did feel morosely guilty expensively wrapped in budget busting finery whilst my nearest and dearest were adorned in plastic...

Our life plans get kicked around, moved around, and shuffled. I hesitate to even try to put plans to paper but the dream is always worth it. This '26 is full of possibilities, including welcoming a new member to the paddling clan. We're planning some long weekenders.

I'll take the top stripper, please and thank you, and you can drop off the stern bruiser cruiser fro me whenever my dreams come true.

As a young tripping family we were enthusiastic about candle lanterns of different sizes; from 1 to 4 candles per. But on one trip our son accidentally touched the top of the big lantern during a card game and that changed everything. As a nervous dad the risks became insurmountable to me. ie I...

Gourmet burgers hit the cuisine world years ago, but IMO, like rock n roll, it they can never die. Burgers rock! ha kahel is gonna hafta start another thread for Tripping Burger Recipes. Funny. Our eldest son said he had hit upon the perfect burger meat recipe, and hosted a BBQ to demonstrate...

Romance. Not the Harlequin type, I'm talking the idealistic what if only kinda thing. I suppose we'd almost call it historical reenactment. Reading about Champlain, Cabot, Cartier, Thompson, and Mackenzie, and others stirred my interest in my teen years. But I didn't get out there till many...

Funny thing is, my paddling/life partner and I haven't tried hamburgers canoe tripping. Seems pretty straightforward, right? Pork chops, butterflied and stuffed yup. Bacon, well naturally. Steaks, oh freaking yes. Chicken, and not like that other guy eats it, yes. But never hamburgers. Not...

My younger brother is both talented and retired, which leads him into all kinds of projects and directions. Some practical, others less so. Not quite sure where this one fits but he is having fun with it. He started making these beer candles and sitting them on "paddles", like you would sample...