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    Canadian tariffs and trip food

    Food and Alcohol.
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    Kevin Callan: Death of the Campfire

    This is one of the reasons I quit hiking in the Whites, most places have no fires. Then you look at most of the people, and that's most likely a good thing. I'm not dressed without my knife, I'm not going to the woods without a campfire. I REALLY enjoy sitting and watching the flames, especially...
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    Free Allagash PDF

    Here's a Free 196 page PDF on the ecological assessment of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Download it here https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=awwf
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    Pandemic Changed Things

    It's the same thing in other wilderness areas. No permits are needed when hiking in the White Mtns of NH, but if you arrive late to the trailhead you'll find the parking lot full with no on-road parking, and if there is you might have to walk a 1/2 mile to the trailhead.
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    Best Places to Live in the US for Canoeing?

    I going with Maine, BWCA is too crowded, and if you need a large canoe area, Algonquin PP is closer. Maine has a large variety of streams in a Northern forest setting which eliminates paddling in the Southern States
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    So you think you're a fisherman/canoeist,

    ... or is it canoe/fisherman https://www.facebook.com/share/r/g8G5oRAqfU9AVEEc/
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    Best & worst campsites ever?

    Favorite: The middle site on North Grace, Algonquin PP Worst: the solo on Frank's Lake also in Algonquin PP. I was hoping for a nice spot, the only site on the lake. I found a burnt-out fire pit where the fire went down into the roots of 2 pine trees. I didn't bother taking pictures
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    Jokes and Laughter for the Day

    I want to canoe here.
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    Allagash question

    $10 gets you, your group, your canoe, and your gear around Chase
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    Just found this out of the way place to paddle

    BFs take a lot less blood
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    Just found this out of the way place to paddle

    This is why I only paddle in the Northern States and Canada
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    Twig Stoves: Experiences, Opinions and Pictures

    UNLESS those toys fall over on him and kill him, then he had too many
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    Music for the drive to, during, or the drive back from canoe trips?

    The last time I went to the Allagash solo I had the book 'Dune' on CD. A perfect one I picked up for a road trip headed south was Born to Be Hanged you got to love the pirate books
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    Your first canoeing or canoe trip memories

    My first 'trip' was on the Allagash in 2007 at age 53 and I figured out what was missing in my life
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    What is your most DISLIKED tree and why?

    I have a few multiflora roses that also get pruned when I pull the Knotweed One of the benefits of pulling all this knotweed is there's and host of plants that have lived there that now have popped up. I have about 30 Helleborine Orchids growing on the bank of the Brook...
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    What is your most DISLIKED tree and why?

    I've been battling the Knotweed for 5 years and I think I've turned the corner after nuking it with Roundup last fall. I can't bad-mouth Box Adler, I'll be burning it for at least the next two years in my wood stove Actually, my favorite tree and the tree I dislike the most are the same tree...
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    What is your favorite tree and why?

    My favorite Species of tree would be Birch because of all the things you can do with them, bark and most of all harvest Chaga. My Favorite Tree is the massive Butternut (Juglans cinerea) Tree in my front yard the only problem is something is falling out of it 42 weeks a year especially the...
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    Allagash Loop. What’s your preferred direction?

    I've tried it twice (Clockwise, starting at Umbazookus Stream ). On the first try, I got turned back at Caucomgomoc Stream due to high winds. On the second try, I ran out of water. Ray at Loon Lodge recommended not going forward as Allagash Stream was mostly a drag. My choice for clockwise is...
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    Twig Stoves: Experiences, Opinions and Pictures

    You can make a lot of things with Quartersawn White Oak Wine Barrels
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    Twig Stoves: Experiences, Opinions and Pictures

    I've said it before, "I like Kelley Kettles." In addition to the above comments, they are fast, and if you have kids on the trip you don't have to worry about fueling it.
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