Well, Willis asked what I got for Christmas...I got a dilemma! Here's the story.
My step mother heard of our adventures this summer...my 17 year old son and I dragging an 80 pound aluminum canoe through Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario...(a great trip that deserves a report sometime.) Our Adirondack adventures in the past have been limited by canoe weight also.
Well it's been a hard year and she knows money is tight. So she bought me a super generous gift...an $800. gift certificate to the big local canoe shop. She wanted us to have a lighter canoe that would increase our canoe tripping opportunities. Well, this is by far the largest gift I have ever received!!!...and, by the way, the certificate is also nonrefundable and non-transferable.
So you're probably starting to see the problem....8 hundred doesn't go very far in the world of Wenonah, Bell, Old Town...and the rest....actually, it doesn't go anywhere, especially not lightweight. The only thing I can get is a poly canoe that weighs more than what I have now. To make matters worse, I have plans to build a cedar strip boat all ready to go, I just don't have the $600ish that I need for materials.
So that's my dilemma...any suggestions or bright ideas???
Scott
My step mother heard of our adventures this summer...my 17 year old son and I dragging an 80 pound aluminum canoe through Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario...(a great trip that deserves a report sometime.) Our Adirondack adventures in the past have been limited by canoe weight also.
Well it's been a hard year and she knows money is tight. So she bought me a super generous gift...an $800. gift certificate to the big local canoe shop. She wanted us to have a lighter canoe that would increase our canoe tripping opportunities. Well, this is by far the largest gift I have ever received!!!...and, by the way, the certificate is also nonrefundable and non-transferable.
So you're probably starting to see the problem....8 hundred doesn't go very far in the world of Wenonah, Bell, Old Town...and the rest....actually, it doesn't go anywhere, especially not lightweight. The only thing I can get is a poly canoe that weighs more than what I have now. To make matters worse, I have plans to build a cedar strip boat all ready to go, I just don't have the $600ish that I need for materials.
So that's my dilemma...any suggestions or bright ideas???
Scott