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On my last trip in northern Canada (Nunavut), which involved a fair bit of upstream wading, three of the four of us were using dry pants (guess who wasn't). Temps were mild, and I just waded in my pants, which dried out very quickly. The dry pants are also good for coming to shore in deep...

Should be no problem. Just make sure you say you have "bear spray" and not pepper spray, which they define as a defensive weapon against humans. Also, some of the bear sprays have a bear picture on them, which helps in case you goof up or if the border guard is anal. I haven't heard of any...

It calmed down a little--the others got to sleep until 6am! (I was already up.) We still had to do a surf launch.

Beer, huh?

I bought a Hilleberg specifically for these northern trips. And all other tents were Hillebergs.

Wind day or not?

And let's not forget muskox coming within 100m from camp. Kazan River, Nunavut.

Here's an interesting one, related to the prior. There were hundreds of these columns of flies (as far as the eye could see) on the Kunwak River in Nunavut. Pretty impressive.

Need I say more? (But not black flies).

I spent July in my office doing paperwork. Nowleye-Kunwak-Kazan, Nunavut.

I got the satellite available notice on my Android Pixel 9 (didn't need to use it). I think it matters more on the phone than the operating system. You might look into it.

Well, it's pointy on both ends, and open.....Thomas Cole’s “The Voyage of Life: Youth” (1840)

I paddled it in August 26 years ago (w/ my 9yo daughter, her mother and a friend solo). The paddling was trivial then, needing to look out for sandbars occasionally. I don't know what higher levels are like, but I suspect just faster flat water and fewer sandbars. There's lots of info out there...

What skills are you looking for? Paddling or camping, or the combination? A wonderful trip not far from Denver is the Green River in Utah. Put in at Green River, and get a boat shuttle out at the confluence to Moab. You can also do shorter trips with other landing sites. We spent a very...

I want to see them do that in a 17' Grumman or a Blue Hole OCA!