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Noisy suckers! A couple of my sisters have raised them at times.
2 years agoCorrect! Death Valley to be more exact
2 years agoHey, wait a minute, according to the rules, you can't turn my own words against me. And honestly, I don't have another guess.
2 years agoMojave Desert?
2 years agoNice try, but incorrect. According to the rules, you get two more guesses.
2 years agoIt was a busy day, but more than that, it was an enjoyable day.
2 years agoHi Nancy. Well, I've never carried 100 pounds anywhere, but I get what you mean. I just posted my first update from this mini-tour. I hope you check it out.
2 years agoMost of my canoe travel was on rivers, where portages were almost non-existent (except for one.) I'd definitely go lighter weight when portaging miles between lake to lake.
2 years agoA busy day!
2 years agoWell I ‘always’ say (maybe not always) that there is nothing better than gathering up light weight gear for a journey by foot or by bike. That is why we travel with 100 pounds of light weight gear!
I anxiously await your new chapter and this one different from touring differently ;’-).
I remember a canoe trip we did many years ago that had several fairly long portages around rapids. Our Coleman stove, heavy tent and sleeping bags, and ice chest seemed a lot less fun at that point.
2 years agoBack when I bought the Marmot, 9-pounds was considered light weight for a 4-season tent. I mostly used it when backpacking in the mountains in case the weather turned foul. I used the lighter tent when backpacking in MN, WI, or the desert states. I sure wish I had my 3 1/3-pound tent back in those days, but such a thing didn't exist.
I've done a little canoe camping too and, yeah, I loved all the little luxuries you can bring along.
Hi,
Good call on sleeping out in a Minnesota winter. The only thing I remember about that is that it is warmer under the snow than above it. Still, everything you said about the experience rang true.
On the other hand, you must be the only person on earth who says that his BACKPACKING tent is too heavy for cycle camping. Sheesh, I would have used the light one for the wilderness, and the heavy one strapped to the rear rack. Now the stove I would use for both is more or less the same. All of which is different from canoe camping where one can take a Coleman camp stove and a gallon of white gas, a four person stand-up-inside tent with steel poles and the kitchen sink without being tremendously burdened.
And I always like a good different tour, so as always I’ll be waiting.
Cheers,
Keith
Sorry but if you don't know where you were, I can't really be of much help.
2 years ago
Johnny cakes! Years... no, many decades since I heard about them as a kid in school.
2 years agohttps://wildernessroad.com/the-history-of-johnny-cakes/#:~:text=The%20modern%20johnny%20cake%20is,are%20made%20across%20the%20world.