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My go to recipe for a quick dinner: Beef flavoured ramen noodles Scoop of peanut butter Hot sauce For more calories I will sometimes add extra protein like fish or freeze dried eggs

The taste of a quintessential fish fry grows old quickly on a long trip. I’ve resorted to baking in the frybake with a drop of oil, little salt and pepper and lemon spice and add it to any meal as a protein. Fills the hole nicely.

Currently there’s 3 solo boats in my racks. The first solo I bought was a Caribou S in Duraflex. Love it and have used it on a few bigger trips, the Hayes and Dubawnt Rivers as well as a bunch of shorter trips. Water levels had been high for the last several years in my neck of the woods so...

I’ve never slept in it or the mantis. Too many creepy crawling creatures that could skidder over my face in the middle of the night. I like my tent. The whetstone is amazingly freestanding, there is a strap that connects both ends of the main pole that helps it keep its shape. A couple of rocks...

It’s no worse than a mantis in the wind. I put sod cloths on it to seal the bugs out and when it’s windy put rocks on them to help anchor it and with the mesh on the front and pegged or rocked down it’s solid. I’d imagine the bad reviews come from people expecting it to take a wind coming from...

I’ve done this to a Whetstone small shelter for a solo bug tent. Works great.

It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance! I cut my paddling teeth on the Sydenham River in the Croton area. Its many years later and still no know side effects of swimming in its “majestic” waters.

Me too! I like its higher volume over the other 14’ers. Looks like a boat capable of some big miles. Can’t see Esquif being one of the only big manufacturers not building a 14’ prospector now.

I used to ice fish and hunt, now it’s kids hockey x 3. Not much time left for anything else. This winter I’m hoping to get a couple of old Mad River Monarchs fixed up and plan a big solo trip for next summer.

I’ve had 8. I sold one this summer. It was quite emotional. Replacing it with 2 really helped with the grieving.

I’m looking for a new goretex paddling jacket and found what I want at a place called Outdoor Play. Has anyone here ever purchased something from them? Seems like they have a good selection of garments. Cheers! Ruby.

Can’t believe I missed this post too, must have been paddling. Got lucky and found a like new mantis for sale on kijiji two years ago. It was like winning the lottery! Between it and an older one, we should be good till we can’t paddle anymore. Before I found it I was really stressing out...

Puddle Jumper is great content! Im a little biased seeing he is a fellow Saskatchewanean and we paddle the same waters, but he’s my favourite canoe YouTuber. Doesn’t preach, doesn’t dramatize and the cursing makes my kids laugh. I like that his trips are easy access and affordable but still...

Porcupine. I can attest to Erica’s comments on a lack of bugs. We were there mid July and didn’t set the bug tent up once and put deet on the kids a just a couple of times! It was unreal!

Just want to make a note regarding accommodation for other travellers to Stoney Rapids seeing as the Whitewater isn’t getting favourable reviews lol. Als Place and the Waterfront Lodge are both great places to stay. We stayed at the Waterfront this year and it was awesome! As a bonus it’s right...

We had the same pilot this summer. Probably the nicest pilot I’ve ever flown with. Looking forward to the next instalment!

Do kids count? I find a smack on the back of the head works great! I joke, their noise is good as long as it’s not fighting, and I’m just happy they’re happy and having fun. Unfortunately we don’t see a whole lot of wildlife on our family trips as a result.

I don’t know Mem, it’s definitely rough around the edges, more so than Kap and Cochrane and it definitely ain’t Huntsville. I can’t comment further, perhaps I’ve been living in the west too long… I will agree, T-bay is definitely an interesting place.

Thanks for sharing this. I spent 4 seasons working in bush camps in this exact area and have paddled the Nagagami. Its gorge looked like it would be a hoot to run in a solo or kayak but the rest of the river I wouldn’t consider a white water paradise. Ive always wanted to go back and run the...

I can add to this, having both Clippers and a foot larger version of the NC. Short whitewater trips, the 14’ Clipper gets the nod. It would be tough to fit more than 2 weeks in this boat and still be confidently manoeuvrable. I run and play class 3 demi-charged without blinking. This boat is...