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Awesome, Awesome report. The Miramichi holds a special place with me as it does with many others who has experienced it. If I see a picture, map or story regarding the Miramichi, I am drawn in; I study it and seek some sore of deeper meaning. Perhaps it is the incredible times I had or maybe...

Enjoy your trip to Florida. I suspect fighting alligators will be no harder than dealing with the ice.

Enjoy your trip. If you don't mind me asking where ya headed?

O ok. Do you have video, pictures or blog regarding this trip. I did a fair amount of time from deer dale up. From Deersdale to Hayville or Doaktown is still on my bucket list.

Did you ever make the Miramichi trip?

Man people like to be social especially with like minded people. This topic is more a social gathering of like minded people. There are many topics on this great forum that has nothing but canoe trips which I am sure you will enjoy. I enjoy them as well.

East coast Canada where I am at, the winter is seldom more than -15 c. But most times it is damp. If it is dry -15 it a nice day. When it is damp, -5 will chill you to the bone.

Today’s blizzard & a hack for unclogging a snow blower. The harbour in front of our homestead is ice free at the moment but I won’t be out canoeing today. An afternoon blizzard with 20cm (8 inches) of white gold falling before changing to rain is forecasted. The roads will not be safe so I...

It is always a great pleasure to read the writings of the exceedingly great people who wish everyone well in my favourite online forums namely www.tractorbynet.com, www.homesteadingtoday.com and www.canoetripping.net To open up and share their experiences, write of the things they did right and...

Good morning topic we can discuss your weather, your paddling plans, and your plans for the day.

I lived in NewBrunswick for 35 years. Fished and canoed various rivers but mostly the Miramichi which I have some writings of. It's a beautiful province with lots of long rivers that you could take weeks to run it's entirety. I like your blog.

Short days and cold nights of winter can be unproductive. Time managing my homestead tasks is required if I hope to be canoe tripping in early spring.

You are not guaranteed a healthy retirement especially if you kill yourself trying to get there. Therefore I agree.... it's important to find some time to paddle your way to a good life now.

The culture shock of a slower pace life take awhile to get use to, but once you do, you will become comfortably lazy like me. jk. Enjoy your retirement. Happy paddling.

Nicely put.

I wish I could of held on to my career for a bit longer too but if I did most likely I would be dead. A second though about holding on longer is many people are dying of cancer early in life. If you want to increase your probability that you will have an extensive retirement with good health...

lol... if it had enough weight it would of fell off. lol. jk.

I don’t believe we are the only ones that stress was killing. Like my mother, as soon as the snow melted from the river and she could get to the river, she would throw away her pills. Just goes to show that pills is not a fix, the river and canoeing is. Happy paddling in 2019. Ray

We love our canoeing but I had a unique experience. This is how canoeing saved my life or at least was the breaking point of putting me back to health.

We went to put the canoes away but I couldn't resist. I had to take a paddle. Even thou it was -8 degrees Celsius it felt beautiful to be on the water. Here is a short video of my final hours of the season. The background music is me playing Silent Night on my Classical guitar.