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There were many times last summer when one of us found a tick on us, it was so tiny! Like the head of a needle small. So easy to miss

If you can’t contain the head, yes, twisting is bad. If you twist and the head breaks off, there’s risk of a dirty infection. Not necessarily tick borne infection, let me emphasize that. I think twisting with tweezers or fingers has a higher potential of separating the body and mouth. This...

The number of ticks seems to go up every year, and what an annoying pain it is to pull them off some times. It’s extremely common to see them or pull them off while I’m working. Sometimes, while we’re taking a break or lunch on the trail we can actually see them crawling. Last spring while...

While camping, I don’t want to have a too much food prep but I don’t want to always eat dehydrated meals either. I love a good “buttered noodles” dish. I use butter at home and olive oil camping. Cook my noodles add salt & pepper, some janes crazy seasoning, and parmesan. That’s it! Nothing is...

These electric chainsaws are becoming very good! Even in the winter time, I can use an arborist saw (trim saw) ALL DAY long non stop and only use two batteries. Summer is better… I highly recommend the Makita saws, and I’m a stihl/husky fan. They’re the only saws out that are More water...

The three mentioned above are good, plus there’s a few other brands out there. ACR makes a couple as well. They were the company I ever heard of to make such a thing and at the time they were very pricey and bulky. I personally have a Spot device and like the easy non mistakable buttons...

Reminiscing on warmer fall paddle days. Tucked back through rock islands on Lake Superior, we found a spot to stop and pick some wild blueberries and cool off in the water

Fears: I guess getting a cut is supposed to be high on my list of carefulness, I’m still adjusting to my lack of healing itself now. Does the person I’m with have an understanding of what to do in a heavy or serious situation? If I stay a few more days, or a week, will my boss be mad?

I get the complaint, I do! There are plenty of options with just a flood light or just a spot light, or both with minimal sequence chains. Or if you prefer, there’s headlamps out there that automatically adjust based off of distance/depth, hands free. Pretty neat idea, but I have zero TRUE...

Jokes on me…. This thread is old

Stuffed in its storage bag and not the compression bag, you’re good to go. You haven’t done a thing to it to reduce its ability to loft up. Over time things will degrade on their own, so I would not consider it a 0° anymore. However, a piece like that, I’d keep for nostalgia reasons and look...

I also bring a few mini carabiners, the DMM xsre. They cost more than the cheap ones you can get anywhere ( at $13), but they have a 4kn weight load. I do bring a few 24kn binders too. Waterproof notepad/writing utensil - notes, directions, trip details etc. Trivia/playing cards & mind trap...

A camano, kaliste, or any other low angle kayak paddle isn’t designed to flow through the water at that angle. It’ll work!! But werner, lendel, and many other names out so much thought and science into how the paddle can be powerful yet efficient enough that it doesn’t tear on your body as bad...

Not what I responded with, but one of the few pics I have of one the canoes on top of a vehicle. And not my favorite way to transport them for long distance. Sidetrack…. We finally made it back to the Mackinac bridge this trip, it was a very windy evening, and it was snowing/raining/hailing… My...

A topic I can truly love. Dogs and canoes! I like what Gerald has to say, not so much about a breed but specifics for a good canoe companion. I think many of us have seen, in person or online, dogs in canoes and the fails that can happen. Having a well trained and Confident dog will help...

I plan to fish more and learn how to fly fish. More books less phone Paddle trips planned: Gamitagama to Old Woman Lake (solo) Big island lake wilderness 4 nights BWCA first time for the wife and I Manistee river in fall Many 1-3 nighters Places I’ve been dreaming to paddle Algonquin Torngat...

I wasn’t sure. I have one that looks just like her. The curls, color and yellow in her eyes made us think she (ours) was a Chesapeake ad well. But after wasting money on a dna test, turns out ours is mostly Lab, with one parent being a pit and the rest of her bloodline Lab. Either way, good...

What kind of Lab is your pup?

I’m not sure if I’m lucky or unlucky with some of these. Or perhaps I find myself in weird situations more often than not. We get the occasional shelf cloud in the middle of summer that brings heavy rain and hail. I find them very cool, but I love a good storm. Saw four waterspouts this past...