Embrace the suck!
That’s my motto. Or, at least, one of them. Another is that there is no such thing as bad weather. Just inadequate gear or preparation. My packs might weigh more than your average ultra lighter, but I would rather be comfortable and more importantly – PREPARED – when I could be days away from the exit.
Canoe Tripping Since
2008
Camping
Since
1982
If you want to know more about me, there’s an About page. It might have fake facts.
And now, a random selection of posts
NTier 19-20 Day 4
It’s New Year’s Eve! The day dawns with a veil of clouds over the sun at the horizon and clear skies overhead. I actually woke up closer 6AM this day, based on the timestamp on some star photos I took. I tried to sleep a little longer, and around 7:30 our interpreter was checking on Brian and I to see how we fared overnight in the windbreak. He also gave each of us a warmed…
BWCA 2016 Part 3
Monday, August 08, 2016 I’m the first one up today. Its funny how I can be at home and would sleep until noon if I could, but lately when I’m camping I find myself getting up around 6:30. At Philmont a few weeks ago we were regularly waking up at 4:30-5AM, so maybe there’s a little of that hanging around still. Regardless, this is a trend that would play out for the rest of the…
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Boundary Waters 2022
11 years since our last trip, Joe and I spend 10 days exploring a section of the wilderness off of the Echo Trail. I can’t think of a time when I’ve got together with Joe since before our first trip in 2008 when we didn’t talk about past, present, or future canoe trips…. Sometimes in excess and to eyerolls from our spouses or anyone else within earshot. So, it was no shocker that when I…
TFF 2015 Part 3
June 24 Brian and I are calling our campsite Turtle Island. Everywhere we look it seems like there’s a turtle either hiding in the grass on the edge of camp or digging a hole. A couple times now we’ve come up on mothers as they were laying their eggs. We tried to observe without disturbing her and none were so bothered by our presence that they did anything but keep laying. Our day trip to…
BWCA 2016 Part 5
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Awakened by rumbles of thunder & the sound of rain hitting the tent about 1AM. I usually don’t mind sleeping when its raining or storming but the especially rough summer they’ve had up in this area has me spooked. I can’t get back to sleep so I write in my journal for the next hour or so before I realize my eyelids are getting droopy again. Wake up again about 7AM.…
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