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I was frying up some spam on morning #20 of a canoe trip last week and filming the process for a canoe cooking video. I warn others when I am "on air" and this time told them not to say anything to offend our Canadian friends who have a special fondness for Spam. I was remembering the spam...

My Panasonic ZS100 has two stabilization modes. Full for all movements and panning where it only compensates for up and down movements. Now I understand why.

My canoe group was 3 this year. A funeral last winter and another with some heart rate issues trimmed it down. The last few years we have been scaling back on the travel but staying out longer. One partner is in his 14th year of Parkinson's and the other is getting hit a lot by the effects of...

+1 I was hesitant to mention how handy duct tape is for pulling a cleaned cut closed. Used in narrow strips over a sterile bandage has kept numerous gashes closed for me.

If you do opt for the cheaper versions just never use someone's all carbon version and see what you missed out on. LOL

Go to the Werner site and do some research on the different Camano paddles. The all carbon is my favorite but most expensive.

I use a big one crammed in a cut off milk jug that serves as a bailer. The jug fits snuggly under the seat of my Prism solo. Very handy for quick wipe downs.

Sometimes two chainsaws because clearing portage s really is my thing.

All I ever use is a Werner Camano all carbon 260cm. Help from this forum led me to the Camano. I could not be happier as 240 was too short for me and a lot of others wanting a double blade for a canoe. Problem is Werner makes these longer paddles but stores rarely stock them so folks are sold a...

I just started on #68. One 3-4 week canoe trip in late summer is my goal. I gave up doing ice-out canoe trips because I have a secluded log cabin with woodstove and metal roof in Northern MN to play at in the shoulder seasons. If you are able to do it twice weekly strength workouts really ease...

Great to hear how well you ended a hard workout! Nice to hear that snow report too.

Bob, First let me say that I know how hard it must have been to even type the word "sitting" and how painful the thought of a kayak paddle must be. No LOL here. Back in 2009 we did the exploration up the "Minjim" in WCPP and I used that 18 foot Cii as a solo. Properly trimmed on gentler waters...

Here in Northern Illinois I pick up road killed deer and put them out in an open field. As I watch my other feeders I can look out to that "feeder" too. Yesterday 7 Bald Eagles were bickering over the venison. One adult and 6 immatures which was a great mix to see. Back in the troubled era there...

The Bloodvein is on a lot of bucket lists and many are getting it crossed off with the easier egress at the end. It gets a lot of paddlers from around the world too. Not "too crowded" by any means. In 2017 we portaged back into it from the north and spent three days paddling back into Ontario...

The Bloodvein River from Woodland Caribou in Ontario to Lake Winnipeg fits except for the solitude. The new summer road for egress near the lake has made it too easy to set up. In that area I would start on the Gammon instead as it is a less used parallel route. Alan Gage went down and back...

Estwing is located near me in Rockford, IL. One of my tripping partners ran a local corrugated box company that was making all the plain boxes that Estwing shipped the well known hammers and axes in. He had his graphics department make up a prototype box with an attractive display of the company...

Hey Bob, You should come to Quiet Journey gatherings during Canoecopia. We can each grab a beer and cry into it as we reminisce about special places that have gone up in smoke. We could study the maps for possible routes. I might have Farmer rooming with me.

There is a new year round road to Bloodvein Village near Lake Winepeg that may not be on your maps. Nice for egress but made the river pretty busy.