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Just signed up for two work weekends on the NFCT. Buttermilk Falls (SW end of Long Lake) and Bloomingdale (McCasland Bridge and Permanent Rapids Access). About 65 miles apart on the trail.) This will be nos 9 &10 for me. Friday dinner to Sunday noon. All food provided. Have always been great...

I didn't know you could canoe at the Mustang Ranch in Nevada. ;)

I believe most items are Rutabaga inventory. I recall when the show was canceled the evening before for Covid, Darren was sweating being stuck with a lot of inventory. Of course as things worked out, demand for outdoor gear exploded. But I believe most of its is Rutabaga and you check out at...

As I started this thread, cell phones may replace satellite communicators - someday.

Rutabaga sells "boats" and much more at canoecopia. They move the store for the week and order a lot.

I carry one but can go for many trips without using it. I also have a hat - baseball style - with two lamps built into brow and flat batteries tucked in headband.

I wonder how many people are alive today because they were in a canoe instead of on the highway?

Not too many places in the Adirondacks you can't get out from in a day walking, and their are marked trails. Not so in BWCAW and Quetico. And just looking at the trip from Minnesota to Hudson Bay.

I respect the no tech in the back country and practice it with exception of communication for my wife. I made the mistake once of taking my cell phone and having it on. Sitting on the shore at South end Bald Eagle I got a business call. Ended up an hour long meeting. It was unique and doing it...

I followed on trip on BWCA.COM. He had his spot set to display location in a post, like every 5 minutes. It was fun to follow his trip. He left it on while in one camp and you could follow him to the thunderbox. I just try to keep my wife happy, so report in.

It's early in terms of this technology but the single device is appealing. My cell phone battery lasts a week or longer so no different, plus all I used my spot now zoleo for is texting my wife, so still need cell phone.

Seems the cell phone may replace the Garmins, Spots, Zoleos, Etc. https://www.backpacker.com/gear/t-satellite-backpacking-test/ I like the idea of sending photos.

I camped at Sabattis in the 60s and canoed a little. Sad they had to close it.

A used Souris River Q17 in 2010, at age 58. :)

You all have some great plans. Besides some day trips around me, I hope to do maybe 10-12 days on NFC, plus two work weekends with them. I will be at Canoecopia in March.(Should we plan a canoe tripping get together?) And if possible, a bwca or Quetico trip in September or October would be terrific.

Since I posted above I've done a 60 mile piece on the NFCT - Racquet Lake to Saranac - and my T-Mobile cell seemed to have signal everywhere.

I started at 52 as an adult leader with my sons Scout troop who had a tradition of doing a BWCAW trip each August. Sounded like fun so I went and was hooked. 22 years later mostly solo.

I also wondered if I could get a shower at the fishing camp very near Allanwater Bridge? I have in mind to travel from Toronto by rail.

If returning by train from the Allanwater Bridge, how do you adjust for one itable delays? All I could figure was a two way satellite communicator and someone watching and communicating with you.

For me, probably 20 years attending Canoecopia, it's the presentations. I think 18 time slots and 10 to 15 sessions each slot. I like what I call the travelog sessions - basically live trip reports with images - but lots of how-tos and some interesting related topics. I have trouble narrowing...