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  1. yellowcanoe

    Good Morning . Idle chat about your morning, your weather, your plans for the day.

    I had to paddle over a dead alligator They dont smell much The channel was about the width of the gator Only paddled about 6 mi in the Okefenokee Due to okd age clumsiness fell while getting out in the alligator gathering pool The alligators were disgusted
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    Double blade paddle . . . worth it?

    maybe. Hit and switch with a very lightweight bent shaft paddle is wonderful and calls for some coordination and practice. If you drop the paddle in the water when you switch you all know the name of that creek. A double avoids this Most single blades are 20 inches. You need to put the...
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    Where’s Yellowcanoe?

    no more knowledge. All of my joints are artihritic or bionic. I paddle sometimes infrequently. My balance is shot at my age and need help. Don't get old. No idea of new canoes as my last purchase was in 2010!
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    Beyond phones, what photo and video equipment for canoe trips?

    I used to take a ton of camera gear but phones these days are remarkable We are going to Norway by air in Nov and to save weight its my phone and a light tripod It did well on this aurora shot from home What it doesnt do well is zoom I prefer a Canon sx60 for wildlife shots
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    Miscellaneous Ramblings From My 13,500 Mile North American Tour

    AmEx we have and do not use in Canada as they charge a foreign transaction fee I lnow there are a zillion kinds of Amex cards so just check We have Visa and no foreign transaction charge The Icefields Pkwy is nice but the glaciers in 1867 were lower and it was nicer Those tour busses. gah Did...
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    Canadian HWY 389 and 510 to the East

    Been very absent. But yes we did tow a 26 foot trailer from Baie Comeau to Blanc Sablon in 2023 and will do it again next summer. This year forest fires made the route impractical so we took the ferry from North Sydney to Port aux Basques. There are two sections of 389 that are unpaved...
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    Maine Guide Paddle

    I didnt measure it but the Guide seems to be 62 in long It once belonged to a friend of mine who died without being able to give provenance Seems to be birds eye Going to the WCHA auction so there will be a feel and see period before the actual auction she would have liked that method of...
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    Maine Guide Paddle

    you can Venmo my hubby who is currently out walking the dog. I will get back in an hour via PM here. Never mind.. Look for a message. You can pay Benson. We don't need no stinkinng Venmo
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    Maine Guide Paddle

    That is great! The Aleut paddle the most cumbersome as its about 8 feet long. Jim do you want Benson to take your paddle?
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    Maine Guide Paddle

    We are home most everyday except Mon morning next week i have a bunch of stuff I wanted to donate to the Auction but last year Covid hit again and we did not go We have a David Niles Aleut Paddle A Chris Johnson ottertail which a friend gave to me for keeping while she moved but she died with...
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    Western PA Solo Canoe Rendezvous 2024

    there are portable docks .. Just enough to get in. But falling in is not bad as Coopers is a shallow pond.
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    Greetings from upstate SC

    I have canoey friends in Anderson SC
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    Maine Guide Paddle

    um we were not planning on dragging our RV on the tourist route. We go to Bangor and out the Airline to St Stephen. I can leave it on my front porch in case you ever get this way. No one ever comes by my house except neighbors and we have a long driveway. Not worried about the 20
  14. yellowcanoe

    Maine Guide Paddle

    No not going to Assembly but can leave it by our garage. We will be in Newfoundland for five weeks. Headed over to Boothbay area this Friday and Georgetown Island.
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    Maine Guide Paddle

    60 inches long Made by Polly Mahoney and Kevin Slater Mahoosuc Guide Service $20 takes it but i won't ship
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    WTB Source to Sea Expedition Canoe (Kruger, Sea-1)

    The Falcon is definitely a day boat designed for racing I had a hard time fitting me alone in it Has not much cargo capacity Wish I had a pic of my hubby paddling it His legs were so high Cool boat for sure but not a good for this trip
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    Wind threshold

    Chesuncook is synonamous with witch Can be good and can be evil No idea how I did it but I paddled between Gero Island and Allagash Gateway with a 20 mph south wind. Fetch there is about 14 miles. Its worse if the wind is from the north and funnels down all 27 miles of the lake.
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    Thunder Bay Ontario Intel.

    We used to sleep in the car at Kakabeka Falls rest area but that was fifteen years ago. The Prospector Steakhouse is downtown still but its been that many years since I ate there. I do have the recipe for their formerly excellent rolls. Too bad Hoitos is gone. Keeled Over if you are coming...
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    Music for the drive to, during, or the drive back from canoe trips?

    anything by Jerry Vandiver Once I could not find my coffee supply day one of the trip and this song just haunted me until I did find it at the bottom of the barrel
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    What are you reading?

    Frank Richards guidebook " The Upper West Branch of the Penobscot River" Very nice details on a very approachable multi dsy to a week canoe trip
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