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Barging North Part 1 On Saturday morning, August 22nd, Kathleen and I prepared to head up the road to Hay River. Kathleen’s brother Frank, and his wife Patricia joined us for our adventure, and they looked forward to their first-ever visit to the Northwest Territories. They had also generously...

A Bump in the Road Part 3 What do I think? I’ll tell you what I think. I think that I’m going to the cabin in January. I don’t really need to see the cabin first. And we have already talked about bringing in firewood before freeze-up anyway. Nothing has really changed. I’ll have to get back to...

How would you compare this Coleman propane lantern to the old standby Coleman white gas lantern?

What are you using for lighting? Very bright!

Thanks for your sympathy, Ralph. Probably undeserved, but certainly appreciated. And now, A Bump in the Road Part 2 Back at work the next day I relayed the good news to my colleagues, who suggested that I should take sick leave while I recovered from surgery. “No need to waste your leave on...

A Bump in the Road Part 1 My appointment as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of British Columbia included secretarial support. I considered myself very fortunate that Lynn brought such skill and enthusiasm to her position and responsibilities. I therefore...

Thanks Rob. I personally appreciate your donation, especially because you’re an infrequent poster. It shows that you value the site. I don’t know what you mean by “not much,” but just think if 500 infrequent (or even frequent) posters donated just $10.00. That would total $5,000, which would...

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Ah, Shucks, Ralph.😇 Planning Our Escape Part Three On March First, 1998, I prepared the following purchase order to send to Craig MacDonald, in Dwight, Ontario. Of all the suppliers listed in the Conover book, Craig provided the most complete selection of both clothing and equipment. He also...

Planning Our Escape Part 2 In addition to finding a cabin, another, more serious, and now quite nagging obstacle remained – our lack of winter experience. I grew up in Sacramento, in California’s Great Central Valley. Only very rarely did ice form on our backyard fishpond. One winter, when I...

Planning Our Escape Part 1 To pursue our dream, Kathleen and I both applied for one-year leaves of absence from our positions at the University of British Columbia. Leaves of absence at the University of British Columbia normally coincide with the academic year. Accordingly, our leaves had been...

Thanks very much for your kind words. Glad to share my story with a kindred spirit. It makes posting rewarding and gratifying. Next posting i start with the actual planning.

I will tackle that later, Glenn; but, for now, Preface Part 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like many other readers of Canadian history, I also admire John Hornby, a more recent...

Patrick, and others, My planning detail is now in the thread Planning for 5-month isolated winter followed by 1-month canoe trip at beak-up in the Forum General Discussion and advice.

Several people in the thread in the Winter Storage Question asked me for more planning details regarding how Kathleen and I planned for our winter sojourn north of the Arctic Circle (Our Winter of Content in Canada's Western Arctic), followed by a canoe trip down the Anderson River to the...

The links I provided in panel #9 take you to my two previous trip reports. My new posting starting tomorrow is not a new trip report, but actually information regarding planning for the two trip reports, especially “Our Winter of Content.”

OK! I will start tomorrow. Today is NFL football. There might be a little bit of overlap, but not much. Particularly if you don’t read the first part of the TR.

Patrick, I noticed that my trip report on our Winter of Content did not include most of the planning. If you, or anyone else would like to see the planning, I could add it as an addendum. It is kind of interesting. Should I do that?

Yes Patrick. There was a lot of planning. I have already posted trip reports for our time at the cabin Our Winter of Content in Canada's Western Arctic and our trip down the Anderson River Anderson River, Northwest Territories, 1999 I hope you enjoy them. I think you will.

In 1999, Kathleen and I rented a one-room cabin 100 km (60 miles) north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories. We flew in on January 31, and stayed until breakup in mid-June, when we paddled down the Anderson River. While waiting for breakup, we stored our canoe outside, upside-down...