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I grew up on Canadian air force bases, my Dad was a radar technician. Nuclear war was a daily reality for us. Because we were the base for the Argus, and then the Aurora, both submarine hunting planes, we were told that we would be included in the first strike of nuclear bombs. The air...

I spent 30 years taking high school kids on extended wilderness trips. Our focus was a little different from much of what is being discussed. This might sound somewhat pretentious, my apologies. We were all about trying to get the group to gel into one cohesive unit, where everyone came together...

Some of those old fiberglass chopper 3 keeled canoes are tough as heck. I have seen them still going strong with well over 50 years of use.

Forgot to mention, inn a less charitable tone, whoever designed the bed rails on the 2024 Ranger needs a kick in the Gonads. Many customers have complained, and Ford has done doodley squat to remedy the situation. I have complained to two different dealers and the head office twice, with nothing...

There were two bolt holes through the actual metal bed rail in the plastic bedrail pockets. Drilled holes through the HDPE to match the bolt holes, then drilled matching holes through the 2x4 so they all lined up. 5/16 bolts hold it all together. The 20 foot canoe was an extended version of...

The 2024 Ford Ranger has decorative bed rails. Didn't realize this till after I bought it. Basically the bed rail is about 1 inch high, made out of ribbed plastic that won't support anything. There are three pockets on each side with removable caps, so after some internet sleuthing, I ordered...

So your start date was May 22nd? The ice on our lake didn't even leave until about May 15, you must have had some frosty days!

There is a lot of truth to that....I have taken a lot of gals on canoe trips, and although I haven't ditched the canoe with any of them in it, the extended trip itself is a good barometer of how they will hold up. If you can spend a week or more on a trip with a lady who really enjoys being out...

Although fashion is conceptual and time stamped, the importance of duds could be seen as a percentage of relative salary. Some quick googling has revealed to me that in 1900, the average wage in the United States was $10 a week. Poking through a Macy's catalogue from the same era brought me to...

Had another massive rain storm last night, they are moving across Northern Ontario like bad magical carpets. Probably another couple of inches last night. Around 3 years ago, one of my firefighter buddies told me he never thought the water table would return to normal, it was so low from years...

Had over a 100 mm (roughly 4 inches) of rain again yesterday. More falling now, nig thunder storms. It's a weird Sumner, seem to be breaking records.

Very nice report! I have to get to the canoe museum, maybe this summer. Interesting sign for the museum, the first title in Anishinaabemowin, Jimaan Kinomaagewin, roughly translates as canoe teacher, or canoe teachings. Did any of the solo canoes you tried out want to come home with you?

Pretty hard to shoot if the gun is lashed in lol. One would have to work very hard to tip a Tremblay, they were designed to be able to dance in.

Wish I could be there with my Tremblay. Only thing I changed on it was to make a carrying yoke, plus i took out the thwart behind the bow seat so I could solo it. It's a very nice canoe, floats along like a cork.

Which ones are you looking for?

The border will be fine. My concern would be the cyber truck. There are very few charging stations, and the ones that are around often don't work.

Lol, this image conjured up thoughts of Alan manically scouring the internet for the last few weeks looking for a goat in a canoe. You can't just post this pic without an explanation....did the guy read this thread and think it was a good idea? He kind of looks like a meatier version of Les...

Could be any one of several generic fiberglass canoes that were mass produced. However, at some point in its life, somebody did a reasonably good job putting wooden trim on it. The condition of the wood doesn't look too bad, sand it well and apply either oil or varnish and it will come back to...

Great story! I'm not even going to be bitter about the kayaks. lol. I noticed something very peculiar this spring. I live beside a bridge over the Kenogamisis Lake. Every spring when the walleye come back from their spawning grounds, the bridge is a hotbed of activity. For the past 30 years...

Ppine, I believe the nature of forestry practices up here is much different than what you are used to. Clearcutting is the standard, it is justified by whatever patchwork quasi-environmental theory the MNR throws out there to keep concerned citizens off base. I certainly don't disagree with...