Recent content by PaddlingPitt

Glenn, This morning, the heading was “Happy National Stan The Man Musial’s Birthday.” I didn’t know that. At the bakery this morning, in walked an elderly man I had never seen before, wearing a St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap. We’re a long way from St. Louis, baseball fans, and guys wearing...

Glenn or Alan, I meant to post this in “Food, Meals & Recipes.” Can you change for me, please?

Kathleen and I went on our last wilderness canoe trip in 2022. We thoroughly enjoyed sharing silence with our friend the Barren Grounds. But age caught us, and we sold our 565 acre property in Saskatchewan, and moved to 0.39 acres on Pender Island, about halfway by ferry between Vancouver and...

Wow. You are truly tenacious and resolute, as well as an accomplished raconteur! And don’t get me started about your excellent photography.

To follow up on my last post, if you would like to see any of my trip reports on these four rivers, simply hit the search button, and then search by title, such as “Coppermine River.” Perhaps not everyone here on CTN has seen these reports, with lots of images.

Below is an image of the cover of my book “Franklin, Oops, Mud and Cupcake.” Interestingly, at least to me, I had originally called it “Canoeing the Coppermine, Seal, Anderson and Snowdrift Rivers in Northern Canada,” which is now the subtitle. I wanted people to know what the book was about...

Here is my submission on CTN: https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/our-winter-of-content-in-canadas-western-arctic.88055/ It might be enjoyable, Black Fly, to read the book first, for the full presentation, without interruptions with comments in the trip report. Then come back here for the...

Don’t have any suggestions which book you should read first, but people on CTN perhaps don’t need to buy my books. I have presented the major portion of all three as postings here. A major benefit of doing so is that I was able to include pretty much unlimited colour images, which was not...

I agree completely. I never tire of living in isolated wilderness. In January of 1999, Kathleen and I flew to a one-room cabin 100 km (62 miles) north of the Arctic Circle. Three hundred km (200 miles) from the nearest road. Forty km (25 miles) from the nearest community of 90 people mostly...

Thanks for mentioning my book, Erica. I haven’t been viewing canoetripping very much, lately. Just noticed this posting.

These two images are from 2001, when Kathleen and I paddled the Snowdrift River, Northwest Territories. Boarded up windows to deter marauding bears, With heavy-duty spikes on the ground.

Enjoying the detailed narrative and the excellent images.

Your writing is mesmerizing, Erica.

I actually thought about editing my response, to change “read” to “responded to.” Then I decided not to bother, concluding that no one would perceive the subtle, but obvious inaccuracy. I concluded this even though I knew that you were lurking along the shore!

It’s been a long time since anyone has read one of my trip reports. Glad you liked it!