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Sorry to hear about your father Bob. I hope he can find peace in his current condition. I'm sure you miss paddling the Sangamon River, right? I still have cousins there, but my aunts, uncles and parents are all gone besides my mother who moved to Seattle 40 years ago. Aside from all the cousins...

Bob, I listened to "Astoria" by Peter Stark this spring. It's essentially the story of how John Jacob Astor attempted to settle the pacific northwest just a few years after Lewis and Clark's journey, and his quest to control international trade and commerce. If you don't know much about the...

I agree, I'm not really that worried about the moisture, mostly the sun.

Help! I have run out of room for storing wood boats inside. I know I don't need them all and plan to get rid of some, but having them outside in the sun and rain is unsustainable. The Montana sun is brutal on boats. I have a canoe rack and a 4-place canoe trailer, so a tarp is probably what I'm...

I don't have any recharge suggestions, but over time I have settled on just buying extra camera batteries, but I know that doesn't work for a smart phone. On mapping, I have the $20 subscription to Caltopo.com and have the app on my iphone and tablet. There is full coverage for various map and...

There is a way in my editing software to do a "wipe" transition from one picture to another, and the ability to control the direction and speed. I hope that makes sense. Mark

Thanks, it's a homemade hat from the bin of fleece scraps. If I make fishing look easy, then the fishing is really easy. Mark

It was my first experience with a snapping turtle. The fish was only out there for 20 minutes or so. I suppose that turtle had learned to hang near that campsite over the years. Mark

In part 2 of the Quetico series I move south from McDougall Lake through a number of beautiful lakes and portages and end up at Cutty Lake. I spend a couple nights there, getting a little rain and having some pretty good fishing. From there, I travel further south to Sark Lake for night 6...

Good to see you found a canoe. Mark

I built 3 canoes this winter and got really frustrated with hand sanding the inside bilge area so I came up with this solution. I won’t take credit for it since I probably saw it here at canoetripping in the past, so take this as my update or a reminder to a tried and true method. Warning, this...

I did an 11 day trip to Quetico Provincial Park in northern Ontario for a solo canoe trip in 2016. This trip was on the heels of another longer trip south of the border, so I decided to take it somewhat easy, not travelling too far each day. I paddled a figure 8 loop starting at Stanton Bay on...

I carry the gorilla tape version of duck tape. I have used it to repair almost anything. I think you could consider it a permanent repair if you don't care how it looks. I dropped the side of one of my boats on a rock and put a nice 10" crack in the wood. I put one strip on the outside and left...

I think you could get a couple thousand Mike. Since Krugers are no longer made, or anything real close, there is a bit of pent up demand for something similar. Somebody told me there is a used Kruger for sale on Team Kruger facebook group for $9,500. Will it sell for that? Who knows. Is your...

Right on Jim. The only better way I've seen to cut strips with little dust is the way Nick Schade does it with a feed roller on his tablesaw. For that you need a large shop, the big saw, the roller feeder, a good dust collection system and infeed and outfeed tables. If anyone ever gives me all...

Remember you're ripping along the grain. The strips are as clean as they can be in my experience with the thin kerf, 24 tooth blade. In my experience a fine tooth blade wouldn't work for this. Personally I haven't seen a circular saw with a bag, although one of my circular saws has a port. The...

Wow. A great story and lots of new information. After my trip to Wabakimi I tried, in vain, to find information about Beckwith's story. On the internet at least, there was very little besides the Nat Geo article and a couple short things in a newsletter. This documentary fills in quite a bit. He...

I talked to the guys at RAKA a few years ago about thinning their epoxy and they said to use denatured alcohol. I never tried it though. Good job on the canoe. If it seems twitchy I think you'll get used to it, especially when you put some weight in it. Mark

Brian, I should have been a little clearer. I’m not worried about the saw while cutting, but at the end of the cut when the saw is unsupported and the blade is still spinning. If the guard were in place it would protect you for those few seconds, instead you are exposed. I’m not being critical...

Good write up Brian. There are at least 2 safety concerns with this method of cutting strips, one of which Jim has already mentioned with the exposed blade. It might be worth wearing the chainsaw chaps if you have them or can borrow some. Bad news if that blade comes in contact with your leg. My...