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When I think of Lake Superior, I go back to my honeymoon trip to Isle Royale NP in June 1974. The bride and I took the Isle Royale Queen passenger ferry from Copper Harbor MI, the most northern point of Upper Michigan, across the lake to Rock Harbor, Isle Royale. The trip over was almost as...

Lake Superior can often be adventurous to paddle at anytime of the year.

In Ignace ON on the TransCanadian Hwy 17 where Hwy 599 goes north there is a great burger stand. I can’t remember the name but it is a mom and pop trailer parked in between two store fronts in a small strip mall right behind the Tesla charging station. They put a deck in front of the trailer...

Sporks - we have a few around here which were given to the grandchildren when they were young. But apparently even they didn’t really want them since they are still here and the grandchildren are long gone. This thread made me realize I am a spoon guy - my day starts with a spoon and cereal and...

Wisconsin, Upper/Lower Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Washington DC, Hawaii-Big Island (outrigger canoe), Guam No. Mariana Islands (outrigger canoe), Palua (outrigger canoe single), Ontario (40 weeks of trips over 18 years), Manitoba.

I went on a number of BWCA trips with the youth group from my wife's church. They were mostly fun trips, especially with those athletic teenaged boys who made contests of showing off their strength and agility with heavy canoes and packs to impress the girls. This allowed me to saunter across...

PBJ on whole wheat wraps is on all of my trips. Never any spoilage issues and always a group favorite.

Maybe “wrangling.”

When I stored the Grumman outside behind the garage I managed to keep the birds from nesting under it. I placed various items on the likely nesting sites, like the bottoms of the seats, to deny them any flat surfaces. Doing this worked well and allowed me to find a use for all the seemingly...

Medical dog tags might work for some but I think mine would have to be fairly large. I wonder why people aren’t microchipped like pets.

As soon as we added a door hood over the back door, the local birds began to attempt construction of their nest on top of the light under the hood. From a bird’s perspective this was an ideal place for a nest - out of the weather with nighttime warmth from the dusk-to-dawn light and a great view...

The entertaining evolution of this thread is just one more thing to love about this site and its denizens.

Through the years I have used a variety of inflatable pillows which I generally liked but none of them seemed to last more than a few years. Now when I find one I like I usually order a spare. A buddy suggested that perhaps it was my tainted booze breathe (too much cheap scotch and bourbon)...

Pasties are available in the UP and some are tasty. I had a friend from Green Bay WI who had a side business commercially producing pasties, which were not. Sorry Pete. When Gamma mentioned poutine, the best I have ever had was from a small mom and pop food trailer parked in an alley between...

I remember trying a chest load on a BWCA trip long ago when I was still agile. I learned then that I needed to see where a placed my feet. So, given my current and permanent lack of agility, it is not for me anymore.

Finally finished viewing the video - what a trip! I always wondered what Labrador looked like, now I know.

Very similar, if not the same, as the cagoule I purchased from REI in the early 1970’s.

When I first joined this site I was looking to sell a never sold, unused 17’ OT Penobscot RX. It came out of the boat storage area from Johnson Outdoors, the owner of OT Canoe. What I really wanted was a 16’ Penobscot RX, but the company only had two 17’ Penobscot RX boats left. I got the red...

The nature center where I volunteer just got a donation of several canoes and about a dozen kayaks from a university paddling program that was shut down. To be included in the donation was a pristine and apparently never used 1975 OT Tripper with a hull date of 1975. As we were picking up the...

Gamma, I feel your disappointment in how the logistics of your trip are not working out. I guess the FOW trip advisors (I am one) have steered too many want-to-paddle Wabakimi trippers to the railroad for inexpensive entry/exit. To be fair many paddlers are seeking the inexpensive option so get...