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Midday, when temps were high, hard salami held up well...lots of flavor and looked forward to hacking a piece off the stick and chewing in some shady spot when it was too hot to cook. . Also dried fruits, raisins, apricots, apple slices. With the ubiquitous granola that never goes bad. In...

Have not read this yet, eighth in line in the library system, maybe summer reading. The Long Ships, Bengtsson... Viking adventure novel... 500 pages written during the 40s, Sweden's most popular book it seems. Recced by someone gobsmacked more or less over how great it was... lots of good...

Thanks for providing the new info Robin... does anyone know what happened to HOOP (Glen Hooper)? Always enjoyed his vids and thoughts.

Odyssey, I did find some time to drive up north a week ago, enjoyed the time, very few bugs and pleasant temps like we are having now. The drive back along the westbound 401 was hell however because of all the night construction. Looking across the lake over to your shores, it's been a while...

YW all.... I'm stuck in crowded old Toronto which despite the map color is being touted as a green place... so the map and the dreaming helps. Hoping to one day visit some of the actual green places down the east coast of the states, esp Florida. And see a coral reef with dive gear for the first...

About half the world's land area is still in a more or less natural state, it seems... maps below worth a look for relative state of bigger-picture landscapes, or where you are or going to, where you'll be driving or canoeing through. https://gdra-tnc.org/current/ Scientific explanations in...

I read the Starship & Canoe in 1980... a very good read alternating between hippie George Dyson's sea kayak ambitions and travels on the west coast of Canada and his superscientist father Freeman Dyson working on the Orion nuclear-propelled spacecraft. Some real sci-fi from a real scientist...

Dune is probably the best sci-fi I've read, although I haven't read much sf. After reading the book, seeing the film will make sense, although IIRC critics from the eighties like Siskel and Ebert at the time claimed that it stank tremendously. I'll bet they didn't read the book. Dune does have...

All paddles I've had were flat sawn... the best boards should have a grain pattern similar to that indicated by the flat sawn box below... avoid boards that have been cut close to the pith (the center) where the grain structure is weak. Canoerouge, I've had several paddles split near the tip...

Tame deer in a Toronto cemetery, Humber river and Bloor... there are reports of wildlife moving in with the COVID lockdown... foxes, coyotes, etc. There have always been some deer in this cemetery, but never so tame. Photos taken this morning.

Ppine... Yep... I've caught lots on days they were biting, using some very cheap lures (like, a generic two dollar spinner which outperformed a much more expensive "catch guaranteed" plug). Here's a place where the fishing's cranked up to eleven... notice the lure selection, or maybe more...

I see the photo issue was resolved, Erica... hmmmm... so that's the Suwannee river. Looking forward to part two. The bivvy sack worked well in the rain, that's somewhat surprising... I've read others really being miserable in them due to the material not being breathable enough to keep...

Spent an hour or two getting the bike back into shape, lube pedals, chain, gears, axles, replace a spoke. Felt great to be biking around the streets of Toronto even with the damp & cloudy weather. Robins, red=winged blackbirds are in and singing. Brilliant color through binos. Garden's starting...

Kim, I'd like to believe that the warmer weather coming will put a lid on the virus like it often does with regular flu but there's no real evidence that it will. China is reporting that the number of new infections is dropping so maybe that's encouraging. Italy, not, totally closed down...

Maddy the Goose has made some nice vids with his canoe dogs.... (it's been awhile since anything new), the newest one sleeps in the hammock. https://www.youtube.com/user/MaddyTheGoose/videos Sorry about the bad news Doug... my neighbor also lost his recently, sad times. I'm trying to help him...

Might be worth a look... although, it is two pounds heavier than Mike's 1/2 canoe. Might paddle better. https://algonquinoutfitters.com/used-canoes/ Discussion: https://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop...?f=167&t=42810

Bioguide, in Sept, moose will be in rut and may have moved to upland areas, away from wetlands and shorelines where they're easily seen in summer, feeding on aquatic vegetation. During the rut you might hear them calling if there are some in the area, and they might be visible at the margins of...

Turtle, there will an app available to download NOOK onto the phone... IIRC Android's free e-book reader that's already installed is Play Books... still haven't used it.

OT maybe but low-cost satellite internet might mean many more people will be staring off into cyberspace, even in the most remote of remote places. SpaceX has begun sending their satellites up (IIRC there is a launch today) and that friendly bringer of death to retailers, Amazon, senses...