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    Halloween Food.

    Chuck, what happened to Adventure Foods. I went to the website and the site said they had closed. Do you have a good second option?
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    Home made hammock

    That was about 3 years ago....I can put it up now in about a minute and don't have hardly any stretch anymore.....maybe at my advanced size I pulled all the stretch out of it...
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    Home made hammock

    Bear, I don't know if I can help or not, but I do fit the big boned description. I have a regular HH expedition. Before I lost 45 lbs training for a Philmont trip I weighed about 285 and stand at 6'1". I will say my first night in the hammock was the worse. The ropes had ALOT of stretch...
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    Okefenokee

    Thanks for the info as always!!!
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    Okefenokee

    Anybody have any condition reports from the Okefenokee. Thinking about doing a trip this winter, but I know the swamp has been through a lot the last couple of years with fire and drought. Thanks, 4sons
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    campin' along the river

    Bear, Amen to finding a place with no combustion engine noise. You can imagine my surprise a couple of years ago some friends of mine and I took our sons on a Suwannee River for a 3 day paddle. We're camping at Big Shoals thinking we were in the middle of nowhere when about half a dozen...
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    boy scout kayak

    guys ya'll gave me more information than I was expecting. Actually you made my job harder. Now I have to decide between 2 sets of plans. I'll have a meeting with my woodworkers here in a couple of weeks and hopefully make a decision. I'll keep everyone informed through the process...
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    boy scout kayak

    Thanks I really appreciate all the input. You have given me several web pages to research. I'm glad ya'll talked about the skin on frame boats. I don't know much about them, but from what I have seen it is like the kevlor canoes I have used in Canada. I think the boys would be too rough on...
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    boy scout kayak

    Thanks for the replies.... So Sparky do you suggest that the JEM kayak in the above post would be an easier build? Could you give me some pros\cons? Thanks...
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    Sept 7th 2007 Quetico Park

    I'll have to agree with Q... I am a southern boy and have canoed and camped a fair amount. I have never been anywhere that came close to Quetico. I have been 3 times and planning a trip for next year. The fishing... the solitude...the loons...moose...bear.... Every trip I have taken...
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    boy scout kayak

    Hello group, I am a frequent lurker on the board and have posted a few times in the past. I am in need of some geezer know-how. :wink: I am scoutmaster of our local boy scout troop. We do a lot of fun stuff including a great deal of canoeing. Recently I found a troop out in...
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    Quetico Trip 06

    Quetico Hello QP, I know you probably don't remember, but my group was coming out and ran into your group on Curtain falls. One of your guys took our picture. Looks like ya'll had a great trip. I know we did. Took 2 of my 4 sons and they can't wait to go back. If it helps you to...
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    Battery or plug in camping fan.

    little fan I have one of these models that has the LED lamp, you can see a picture of it on that same website. A couple of weeks ago I spent a week with the boy scouts at summer camp. South Alabama in July HOT. Of course I am a geezer in training so I slept in my Hennessy all week...
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    Everglades , 10,000 Islands Trip ...April 07

    Looks like a great trip. 10,000 islands is difinitely on my list of things to do. One question...was there no where to hang a Hennessy? 4sons
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    boundary waters

    bwcaw Trip report is coming soon. I'm working on the pictures now....