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Thanks much - very enjoyable. I have been to Scotland, the olde sod, 3 times bicycling and hiking. I would like to do a paddling trip. Clan Sinclair member for about the last 30 years.

Nice. I had the exact Tripper purchased new Spring 1983 and used extensively for 23 years. It was still going strong when I sold it because I grew too old and weak to carry it.

After reading all the stories of people’s experience with the eclipse I am sorry I didn’t make an effort to experience the total eclipse. In SE Wisconsin we had about 90% which I have to say was not very impressive. Kind of like a very slightly overcast day or like one of the days last year...

A buddy who likes to camp cook will make pancakes and makes his own maple syrup using Maplene (appears to be a concentrate), which tastes pretty good.

Have you tried audio books available at many libraries. They are great on road trips.

While traveling with Uncle Phil and the Wabakimi Project I learned that Phil always packed one emergency meal. My recall is that it consisted of 2 pkg Knorr Spring Vegetable soup mix, 2 pkg of instant rice and dehydrated peas. This recipe made a large pot of soup enough for 4 people. I still...

I was really enjoying this thoughtful thread until it went to symmetry/asymmetry in regards to wives. In June I will be married to wife #2 for 50 years. And while I am not the smartest guy on the block when it comes to women, I know this is definitely a topic I would never ever bring up in my house.

I first went to the UP in 1970 and found it to be everything SE Wisconsin is not. Almost no people and many, many trees. I always loved the solitude you can find there - the western UP is mostly National Forest so plenty of places to disappear into. I have also been to Isle Royale NP several...

Nice trip report. I am waiting for the ice to go out and stay out in my favorite area in the UP so I can get out on my first trip of the year.

Me too, in terms where I acquired my collection of used paddles. I always tried to return any found paddles if they were marked with the owner’s contact information. Incidentally, I also have a large collection of used tent stakes I have found in the Sylvania Wilderness in the UP where camping...

The nature center I volunteer at has a fleet of rental canoes and kayaks. A number of the canoes are aluminum which we favor due their ability to stand up well in rental use. Next month we will power wash all the boats inside and out using just water in the power washer and perhaps a hit or two...

Gee, when I read the title of this thread I thought it was a joke.

I have traveled on a number of Canadian canoe trips with several physicians. It is always comforting to have one along especially when we are using a chainsaw hundreds of miles from the nearest hospital. I graduated from high school at 17 and wanted to join the navy but my mother would not sign...

This year Bruce did not exhibit at Canoecopia after having a booth for many years. And the Midwest Mountaineering Spring show in Minneapolis is no more because that shop closed after the owner retired. When I asked about Bruce I was told he and his wife were traveling and thus not at Canoecopia...

Many years ago when I was a kid I regularly tormented my oldest sister until she came at me. I would outrun her and she started to call me Johnny Deer Foot.

For a rear tie down point I use the trailer hitch receiver. I have had 4 Foresters and each has had a hitch which I use regularly with a hitch hauler and trailer.

Always folded and rolled tents to pack. I am familiar with the stuffing method but have only used it on sleeping bags. I have several old tents that have always been folded and rolled w/o any problems. When it comes to my tents, the most common problem has been zipper failures which usually can...

Like yknpdir, I have had 4 Subaru Foresters since 2000 and have used all of them to car top canoes with no problems. It has always been easy to attach tie down straps under the hood. I like the cargo capacity, mileage and ground clearance of Foresters. They have performed well on bush roads in...

I am thinking I might be able to pickup a similar Penobscot RX 16’ from the local nature center where I volunteer. It is a well used rental canoe in the center’s fleet of canoes and kayaks. The nature center is located on a river which has a dam about 1 mile downstream which is being considered...

I have attended the show since the early 1980’s and have worked at it 4 times in the past 10-12 years. It has been my feeling the some of the gear sold at the show may not be top quality - not exactly seconds but not first quality. One year my brother bought a Wenonah canoe in clear coat. When...