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Odyssey Do this experiment. Buy a bag of beef jerky or dried fruit that comes in a reseal able bag. When it is empty put some moth balls in it and also put some in a zip lock bag then close them up tight. Let them both set for ½ hour then see what you can smell on each of them. I can tell...

Where I go there are no trees with good limbs to hang from so my bag goes on a rope between 2 trees. My kit for a group where I will be hanging several peoples food bag. This will easily lift 100Lbs.

I have had a Panasonic Lumix 30X for several years now and I carry it in a sea to summit dry bag in my shirt pocket. They are large pockets. I have gone swimming with the camera in the dry bag in my pocket several times and so far so good. Frequently I use the camera as a monocular...

Thank you for taking the time to wright and publish your trip report.

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Measured over the time frame that we have seen animal borne diseases increase. You seem to take offence at what I said in my post. Maybe you thought I was implying we should kill off the wild animals to get rid of the diseases. If so you are mistaken. We can only prevent these diseases from...

Do you suppose there are more animal borne diseases now because there are more animals around? Growing up in Illinois I knew of no one who had seen a deer or a coyote. It was rumored that there was a deer on an island in the Mississippi River about 30 miles from us. Skunks, opossums...

I saw an organic fire wood for sale sign once, we had a good laugh.

Thanks for letting us enjoy your trip. The peat plateau’s formation is fascinating.

Loved your pictures. I did almost the same route 2 years ago. By the way you do not need to do the portage between Jean and Conk. Less than 200 yards to the west along that shore is a canal/log chute. I walked my canoe through some of the shallow places but I think I could have just paddled...

In the second and third picture above you can see a triangular piece of wood I glued to the bottom of the gunnel to make it flat. After seeing what Swift does to put a yoke on the same type of gunnel I decided to see if my yoke would fit without the flat bottom gunnel. I moved the yoke forward...

I am all packed and ready to go out the door. If you see a bald guy it might be me. Martin I will wave just before I cross into Wisconsin. Hope to see you there.

Stowing painters. I am a flat water paddler and almost always line rapids. I use paracord as painters. I know it is hard on my hands but it is small and stows easy. I tie a 3 inch piece of yellow cloth ribbon to the loos end of the line. I figure eight wind the line and lay it on the end...

Last week I was out 3 times on a local river. Just a hour or two and those muscles start to show their age. Saw no one else on the water. One bald eagle one deer and a few bank fisherman.

I have glued bicycle inner tube to yokes with mixed results. I will try the plasticdip

I like the idea of PlasticDip. If I paint that on the surface of the yoke that contacts the gunnel will it bond strong enough to stay on or do I need to dip it to get it to go all the way around the yoke?

The pads are 3&1/2 inches deep but they set on top of a 3&1/4 spacer box. The pads are a little smaller than similar commercially available pads. Both are green. The spacer put the canoe higher above my head so I can see under the thwart. With my old yoke I did have problems with trees/brush...

I built a new portage yoke for my Rapidfire. I wanted it to fit solid and not move on the gunnels if I brushed a tree. I wanted it to be light and easy on and off. It needed to hold the canoe high enough so I could see under the thwart that is in front of the seat. It weighs 41.8 Oz. That does...

Nym is one of my favorite entry points. I usually stay at the Quetico College the night before. About the rout to Jean. The creeks in and out of Hamburg are a mud slog if water is low. In that case through Jesse would be better. If you go from Yeh to Lonely most maps show the old portage...

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