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"This would be a much less enjoyable trip if I didn’t have functional French." I've found the real universal language spoken there is one of friendly gentle etiquette, without fail. Bonjour, s'il vous plait, merci, au revoir... This is particular to French social tradition.

Could this work? The adjustable legs might almost make it a ramp? https://www.amazon.com/VEVOR-Platform-Portable-Scaffolding-Adjustable/dp/B0DNYZHQ2L?th=1

We've seldom taken door mats for our tents on paddling trips, but they've become a glamping fixture with car camping. We did try (and appreciate) rolled woven straw beach mats on a couple trips. One in each tent vestibule. However they were prone to wet wear and tear. Despite this they held up...

If you're paddling Killarney it's worth the trip to town for Herbert Fisheries for their fish and chips, right there on the waterfront.

Try the Crown And Beaver Pub next time you're passing through North Bay. Killer burgers. Great mac n cheese. Check out the Beaver Dam Nachos (lol).

from A Life In The Bush, Lessons From My Father by Roy MacGregor... catching, cooking and eating fish in the bush with his father Duncan and Native friends. "The women had large loaves of bread out and were slicing them on a board, thicker slices than I had ever seen. They looked big enough...

While I have used them on rare occasions my preferences haven't changed. Tines too tiny, spoon bowl offers barely a sip. The more trad cutlery are not too heavy for tripping and can be found everywhere, new, used, found. Here are ours: New knives, old refurbished spoons, forks found in our...

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...