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    Ocklawaha River Expedition 2007

    A few more They are still out and no doubt getting Chuckie weather. Cold cloudy and drizzling. Mid thirties tonight :shock: Harry and Ray leaving the put in. Harry Jr. Dapper Al Joe Bearridge making my canoe look pretty small :-) A few critters
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    Ocklawaha River Expedition 2007

    A few pictures.... Harry and Ray tag teaming a turkey sandwich while Bearridge gives advice and Chuck ponders the meaning of life in general Deep in thought Joe checking out Chuck's new Freedom I think we have a winner! There are more but I think I'll see if the check...
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    Ocklawaha River Expedition 2007

    Is off and running. I wandered over from Juniper springs sunday afternoon and stayed with the whole gang at the canoe outpost sunday night. They got boats and gear loaded by 8:30 this morning and hit the water at 9:30. I paddled downstream with then for about 2 hours then turned around and...
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    starting a new project

    Good looking boat Kurt, I look forward to following the build
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    Coop's Bayou Blend (of spices)

    Thanks Piper! Just mixed up a batch myself. Had to wing a couple of the ingredients but I did just as chuck did, ( not to swooft I know) It does have a good kick to it! :shock: LOL Thanks Man Brad
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    Flip Pac

    hey Bear, Have never slept in one but saw one in person at a campground somewhere here recently. Pretty nice! Only problem I saw was having to pack it up before driving off and also taking the boats off before set up.... If only my truck bed was 3 inches longer I think I could live in there :-)
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    Ocklawaha Nov 5 ,06 , something different.

    Good report Chuck. That stretch is prolly my favorite of the whole river. Thought of you when that rain blew in earlier this week. Thought it was gonna snow up this way! :shock:
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    When it gits deep, git a shovel

    gizmos I've been thinking on those since last saturday Bearridge and I just can't see the benifit. Short of just being to lazy to pump out the water with a regular old bilge pump. Now way that pump would be big enough or fast enough to actually keep him above the water when it really counted...
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    first timers

    Good pictures Miz bear! I didn't relize just how stylish I looked in that there red swim suit! :shock:
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    first timers

    pictures Not sure my feet are on the ground yet bear! Anyways, Pictures, In no particular order...... The ride over the hill from SC to Dillsboro The put in for the Tuck at Dillsboro Fall colors on the Tuck. Nantahala falls, They feel a whole lot bigger than what they...
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    first timers

    Miss Ann When I went up to fill out my registration form she was outside watering her cats (?) She said it was 34 then at noon time so it don't suprise me none that it didn't break 40 all day. After I got back down to SC I took a little side trip over to stump hill tunnel. Its supposed to be a...
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    first timers

    Good trip I do believe Bearridge covered about everything! I just wanted to add that himself and his lovely wife are the finest kind of folks one could hope to meet. The cats are pretty cool to! :-) Whitewater is no doubt going to be my next expensive addiction :shock: The folks that we...
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    Newnans Lake outside of Gainesville Florida

    Camera Its a Panasonic FZ5. Pretty good camera for the money. It has been replaced by the FZ7 and can be had for about 300 bucks. 12X zoom and image stabilization. Makes taking pictures out of the boat so much easier.Something to be said about taking pictures out of wooden boats also. Seems...
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    Newnans Lake outside of Gainesville Florida

    Pretty good trip. I'll post a trip report after I get it written but I got a few decent pictures this morning that I thought ya'll might enjoy. Early morning hunter Early morning rower Bald eagle What happens when you get to close [/img]
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    Sad sad story

    > In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from college. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. > > > > The elephant seemed distressed so Mbembe approached it very carefully. He got down...
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    chilling mixed epoxy?

    I'll second what Matt said, Call Larry and explain and I'd bet he'll make it right. No way they should have recomended fast hardner for any part of the country this time of the year.... Just to dang hot!
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    Fraying fabric

    Similar to what Matt suggested, I use one of those craft cutters that you can pick up at wally world. After the resin has kicked off pretty good I go back and trim up any frayed edges with that and they lift right out.
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    Bent Shaft Canoe Paddles

    I picked up an obviously mispriced Old Town bent shaft at the Gander mountain store in Ft Wayne In. for 25 bucks about 4 years back when I was up there for a birthday party :shock: Checked it as baggage on the flight back and have put a BUNCH of miles on it since then. I'm not sure that its...
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    New Sit On Top Building Plans

    Good looking boat Matt! So many boats, so little time..........
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    Colorado river trip

    Hi Doug, Great report and incredible pictures! I "Think" that you need to resize the pictures to a smaller pixel count rather than a specific size as eveybody's screen is a different size but the pixels remain the same. Now I could be full of it but thats the way I understand it. 640 X 480...