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    Hernando Beach Day Trip

    It's been a while since I've done much outside, but now that I've collected way too much camping gear, I thought I'd start scouting some camping spots. I've seen some interesting looking places while using Google Earth but the images I was working with were kind of old, from 1994. Hernando...
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    Totch Brown's Pit Pan

    Brace yourself for a LOT of pictures and and video! (I pity the person who's still on dial-up!) Fair warning, all the pictures are included in the video. Loading up to go was fun! It was a LOT easier than horsing that 15 ft+ Glade Skiff. Thought I was about ready and then remembered I did not...
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    Totch Brown's "Pit Pan" build.

    After too much procrastinating, I have started building a close-as-I-can-get-it replica of Totch Brown's Pit Pan. It was basically a small utility boat that could be hauled overland from one body of water to another when needed, by one man. This means it was good for exploring and hunting (legal...
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    What makes it a Jon Boat?

    I've seen it spelled both with and without the "h," and both as one word, and as two words. Jon boat, jonboat, john boat, and johnboat. And sometimes with a hypen, well, of course! Now THAT part I really don't care about. Looking at Uncle John's web site, I see he calls it a jon boat, so I'll...
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    The Green Swamp

    I FINALLY stopped procrastinating and put the Glade Skiff back in the water so I could start exploring the Green Swamp. Now this is a pretty good-sized piece or real estate, and I’ll be looking around the South Eastern part that is bordered by the Withlacoochee River. Depending upon the time of...
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    A Video Report

    Yes, I went and did it again. I know I should be ashamed of myself. But I can quit anytime I want too! Besides, I washed my hands when I was finished. I decided to make another video, this one being sort of a report on how the gear I took on my Everglades trip worked out. Some of it was DIY...
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    Into the Everglades, Part Two

    As promised, Part Two! (Better a little late than a little never.) First off, I'd like to correct myself on the proper name of the boat I built. I guess its because the origin of the boat, the Everglades, I keep referring to the design as a "Glades Skiff," when the actual name is "Glade Skiff."...
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    Into the Everglades, Part One

    I'm not sure if this was just a "trip out there," or a "vision quest." For me, it was kind of both. I wanted to take the Glades Skiff to the very place that gave it the name, the design, and it's very reason for being. I chose Mack's Fish Camp for the jumping off point because I'd read about...
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    HHH, or Hennessy Hammock Heresy

    First off, I truly love the Hennessy Hammock bottom entry. I know some really don't care for it, and some of those have actually tried it. But for me, it just makes sense. Easy to get in and out, and you leave the flying pest outside the hammock where they belong, not inside the bug net with YOU...
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    Stove Trivet

    I think I threatened to post about this earlier, and now's the time I'm going to make good on it. The Stove Trivet will sound like a silly idea to some, and that's OK. But it does allow me to stick to the "Leave NO Trace" school of thought, as none of my stoves will be leaving any sort of burn...
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    My First Try

    Here I go again, trying to learn something new! :) Since I did threaten to do this, I thought I'd go ahead and make good on it. What I'm going for is something like the paddles I've seen in pictures on the LA Folk museum web site, a couple of which have been posted in this section of the...
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    But What Have You Done Lately? (portable hammock stand)

    Got this directly from a very long thread (which I've now made longer,) on the hammockforums.net web site. It is a portable hammock stand that has be evolving over there for quite some time. Originally there was the Turtle Lady Stand that came about because the Turtle Lady wanted a fairly light...
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    Crews Lake Park, Pasco County, FL

    Crews Lake is/was a good-sized lake the unfortunately dried up almost completely some years back. The cause of this was over pumping at the Cypress Creek Well Field, mostly due to a massive population growth in Pasco County, and the next county South. Why this was allowed. . . I don't want to...
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    Glades Skiff

    My Glades Skiff build is at long last OVER! Here is how it came out: And from the side: Bow on: Starboard Quarter: Loaded on the truck and ready to go: Now then, I do have some pics taken from the boat while in the water at Crews Lake Park. But they really don't show the boat...
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    Getting my (Mess) Kit together.

    Seems like I'm always trying to "get my kit together." But this time, its a mess kit. Looking forward to doing some camping. I suspect most of my camping will be from a boat. But sometimes, I just might want to backpack it. I much prefer DIY over store-bought, so that's the way I'm going with...
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    Cypress marine ply?

    I have looked around and found cypress marine plywood, but only on sites selling direct from China. And I really do NOT want to buy it "by the cubic meter." What about a marine grade cypress plywood? Is there some reason it wouldn't be suitable? I'm thinking that it should be relatively...
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    My Mountain Ranger Wood Gas Stove.

    There was too much time while building my Glades Skiff that I couldn't actually work on the boat, so I spent that "extra time" on some other projects. One was coming up with an alternative to my Turbo Cat II alcohol stove and my Nimblewill Nomad "twig stove. I'd tried a couple of the wood gas...
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    Glades Skiff Build

    It might be a bit premature, but this is my "Glades Skiff build thread." I put that in quotes, because I've only gotten most of the materials together, no actual building yet. I only thought I knew where I was going to pick up the plywood and cypress planks and as a result, spent a couple of...
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    Man talking to woman.

    Found this video on another forum, just had to swipe it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 4EDhdAHrOg Video is titled It's Not About the Nail. Mike S. Spring Hill, FL
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    Pirogue History Question!

    I was surprised to learn (here!) that there were quite a few variants of the Pirogue. really enjoyed learning the differences between the swamp style and the marsh style pirogues. And I'm now set to build a marsh pirogue. On another forum ( :oops: ) I was asked if I'd seen the plans for...