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That’s great.

I like grape seed oil for my cast iron and plan to do the same with my cold handle. Once properly seasoned as Bob said, you should only need water and a stiff brush to clean it. I haven’t used ashes before, but I’ve used sand and water on stainless.

Are they really? They wreak havoc on my Mom’s home AC & car in Michigan. Rats with racing stripes.

#25 is Lake Iamonia, no “L” Iamonia & Miccosukee check out, both lakes are positively crawling with gators. I wonder where the local rivers would stack up? The St. Marks, Wakulla, Wacissa, and Aucilla rivers in particular are well populated. Sad that this article describes Florida waters as...

With a roof/bed rack you’ll have some amount of the boats sticking out- how long is the tongue on the trailer and if driving through a dip, you’ll close the distance between boat ends and trailer. Do the canoes fit inside the Casita?

I do the single cab bar and T-bar hitch setup. My tonneau cover is the solid type that’s hinged at the front. You can’t tow with this setup, though you could customize a drawbar insert with this particular T-bar. So a single stake pocket rack for the back of your bed and a single cab bar should...

Not bad, when can I expect my shirt 😁

That second one was helpful to me. Here are a couple of my paddle escapades; I used a BLO/spirits mixture to rub an oil finish in. One paddle has a varnished blade and oiled shaft and grip. https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/a-little-paddle-maintenance-bruce-smith-fishell.127404/...

I looked at a canoe today, but didn’t paddle. Even so I thought this was worth sharing:

As I’ve noted elsewhere, Dad worked for National Audubon. One of my earliest lessons was “don’t look up with your mouth open.”

Does your view tally exclude repeat views? I check in each time I get a notice someone has replied, and so check in.

My family has vacationed at Silver Bay (formerly YMCA) on Lake George since my Great Aunt Laura was 18 in 1905. Almost cheesy by today’s jaded standards, a great place to take the kids for summer vacation. My grandparents’ ashes are spread in the memorial garden at the chapel there. Silver...

What a contrast. Down here in Florida? I haven’t paddled since mid June. I’m excited to have some superb paddling weather now!

I’ve promised my wife I’m done buying canoes. I’ve been buying guitars instead…

Sounds like a stew candidate to me.

Go-Devil and Mud Buddy are brand names of “surface drive” motors. Like the names “xerox” and “Kleenex” these brand names have somewhat become general names for the type. These things can throw you out of a boat in an instant, and there is no “braking” or reverse on most. We have a Pro Drive at...

Some are more equal than others.

Participation of the members waxes and wanes. It’s good to get a shot of new interest/participation. We’ve just had our first couple mornings < 70F in Florida so it’ll soon be worth paddling again, just as our northern friends begin planning for hard water and canoe storage. I’m excited to get...

Chain of lakes above Lake Bradford would be much better, except Cascade is dry right now and I’m unsure if the construction on Capital Circle will preserve the pass through so one can still do the whole chain. Lots of cypress to wind your way through and the narrow runs between lakes are great...

I hold out hope that Marc will offer functional freestyle here in Florida one of these days.