Recent content by PaddlingPitt

I’m very surprised that the Alaska-based organization “Defender of Endangered Toads” hasn’t been knocking at your door. You should count yourself very fortunate, considering your disregard for the welfare of toads.

Reminds me of that last scene in the movie Easy Rider.

This time that little bird has been saying "The railroad dropped you off at the wrong river." And this time, the little bird was right. Dang! That would be so very disheartening.

I feel the same way, dramey. Perhaps posters are responding differently based on interpretation of the word “fears.” Kathleen and I have never been “afraid,” but certainly are cautious and concerned about potential threats and dangers. We always eagerly pursued wilderness canoeing, unafraid...

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.