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It's been virtually non-existent here. Early cold and snow at Halloween had the lakes freeze but a nice November opened them up again. A couple weeks of seasonable weather at the beginning of December made them hard again but now the last couple weeks have been very warm and most of the lakes...

Just curious what everyone prefers for winter footwear (please list the conditions and activities you use them in as well). I've personally moved away from all sorts of footwear with water proof/resistant linings and use plain leather. I use my Redwing work boots with steel toe for all my...

Let me start by saying I don't really know or care much about AI. But obviously Chat GPT has been talked about a lot lately and I've been pleasantly surprised at some of the things I've seen come out of it. I decided to sign up for a free account just for some funsies. And what better way to...

I'm not into the racing scene anymore but the trend seems to be towards longer races (50+ miles) that regularly take at least a full day, if not more. I raced the South Dakota Kayak Challenge (75 miles) a couple times, which was always into a stiff headwind, and while I had fun I never really...

I wear "long john" bottoms every day from November to March. I need to buy some more and am having trouble finding what I want and was hoping for some recommendations. I've tried multiple brands over the and years and more often than not what I find available is not what I prefer. I'm looking...

I go through a fair number of matches with two wood stoves in my house providing full time heat. It seems, that at least in the US, Diamond is the only game in town when it comes to wood matches. And over the years the quality has gone down the toilet on both the strike on the box as well as the...

I like the thought of wool but can't justify the price. Like most here I'm not a winter camper nor am I spending the day outside at -40. My winter activity is maybe a couple hours walking or cutting wood down to -10f. I don't really need specialty clothing but that doesn't mean I don't want...

Feel free to expand on your preference in the comments. Alan

A little off topic but I built a small 10x12 cabin this year and will be wanting some wood heat in it this winter. I'm thinking one of those little stoves you guys and gals use for winter camping might be nice. Weight obviously isn't a big concern but would like something that won't burn the...

It's always sad to see a hobby go. I've had a number of them throughout my life and have come to recognize the pattern. I get interested in something, get very involved with it (sometimes for months and other times for years) and then slowly become disinterested. I'm afraid that's happening...

They're even giving Hitler fits: https://www.captiongenerator.com/2000422/Hitler-cant-hike-?fbclid=IwAR2YtOKVjIMkmLmxaz4D294P8zdAh3qRpvusYHZOfpRLcB2Wm8Py4SOk01U#.X4wvF3Qs39p.twitter Alan

It's been almost exactly one year since the doctor gave me the go ahead to start using my back again. First thing I did was take all the canoes out of the shed and then tear it down to start on the new shop. Figured they'd be back inside after a few months. As usual things took longer than...

A recent thread made me wonder about everyone's first canoe camping trip. What was yours? Mine, ironically enough, was a solo trip with my dog. It was actually my first camping trip period. I must have been 13 years old and my dad dropped me off at a local lake with his old canvas tent from...

As some of you know PG Downes' trip journals (Distant Summers, Volumes I and II) are no longer in print and sources of reasonably priced copies seem to have dried up in the last couple years. Which is really a shame since they're wonderful books with a lot of northern history and native...

Apologies for cross posting this to multiple forums but I know the membership doesn't always overlap and there are opinions I respect on all of them. I've had sciatic pain for a year now due to bulged discs. It's pretty bad and I haven't seen any improvement. In fact it's gotten a little worse...

Just heard from a friend of mine who is involved with this that they had a last minute cancellation and are looking for another paddler. My back is giving me issues so I'm a no-go but I told him I'd ask around. Trip dates were something like Aug. 17th to 23rd or 25th. If interested I'll get you...

I'm not doing any canoe building at this time and don't have room for these at the moment. Happy to give them away to someone from this site if interested. The strongbacks are around 17' long each (have built 18.5' canoes on them). There are 2 of them. The fabric cabinet is wonderful and can...

Was just reading on another forum about some sawyers looking for a market. It's about 25% lighter than cedar and grown in the eastern US (not native). Sounds like there was a lot of interest a few years back and a lot of people planted it. A fair number of the trees didn't survive and the market...

My priorities sure changed in a hurry when I decided to sell my house and buy another one on the spur of the moment. Lots of time has been spent remodeling the new house and getting the old one ready to turn over to the new owner. Gone is my big beautiful shop but I love the new location and I...

I've been wanting something more maneuverable for moving water day trips so decided to build another canoe (imagine that). 14'x30" with something like 1.5" rocker and pretty soft stems. Fairly high volume carried to the stems to give Sadie more room and hopefully provide a drier ride in rapids...