Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[Cantdog]

Well well well.......just got back from a reconnoiter mission.....gonna be days before power is back on around here....trees down everywhere...lines down everywhere...not quite as bad as the icestorm of '98......but damn hard to get around even in 4wd....couldn't get up to Hoss's from the shop...trees and lines everywhere....had to back track a go up Rt 15.....drove over and under lines and trees.....Hoss was happy to see me and get out....trees down on his fence but he don't attempt to get out......good Hoss.....Bad Day....but everything fine at the shop except no power.....was worried got some pretty big old spruce trees within scoring distance of the shop....no damage to any of my stuff.....hope the camp faired as well.....

 

[pioneerguy600]

Just got back in from out driving around picking up supplies, on way back from Burnside nearly got blown off the road a couple of times, those gusts have some push to them when hit broadside. Wind very noisy out there right now, high pitched shrieks and howls.

 

[Cantdog]

Well well well.......just got back from a reconnoiter mission.....gonna be days before power is back on around here....trees down everywhere...lines down everywhere...not quite as bad as the icestorm of '98......but damn hard to get around even in 4wd....couldn't get up to Hoss's from the shop...trees and lines everywhere....had to back track a go up Rt 15.....drove over and under lines and trees.....Hoss was happy to see me and get out....trees down on his fence but he don't attempt to get out......good Hoss.....Bad Day....but everything fine at the shop except no power.....was worried got some pretty big old spruce trees within scoring distance of the shop....no damage to any of my stuff.....hope the camp faired as well.....

Well I was wrong according to the radio Ice Storm of '98 had 300,000 Mainahz out of power.....this event a haff million....bad stuff...

 

[Cantdog]

No power here......nobody working......unless they got homemade power. I got 6.5 cord of wood to split.....tractor don' need no grid power.....

 

[dancan]

All good here , I didn't see a tree outta place but there are some without power .

 

[Stihl 041S]

22 years ago we thought we had all the gizmos. Now if I drag my stuff out they laugh. Still have my Svea 123 stove....its been over Baldy in the early 60s too.

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When your dad took it?

 

[Cantdog]

There are some benefits to living close to town.....power is back on here.....probably not at the shop until tomorrow or so. Woot.....many places I went today are days out before restoration

 

[Stihl 041S]

I still carry the same amount of gear into the backwoods but the load has gotten nearly 10 lbs lighter, the tent alone is 5 lbs lighter, some sort of gossamer fabric looks like it would blow away with your breath but tough as all get out.

Well from the mid 60s to the mid 80s was watershed.
In the 60s there were Coleman square bags and army shelter haves. Always a fire and no freeze dried.
Up scale was there but VERY expensive.

The 70s to mid 80s was army and putting the ex thru design school

Mid 80s was divorced and I asked Jesse what. She would like.
A Vacation dad!!! The design school years no vacation.

Anyway. Camping meant woods and water. So we headed to BC (like the Adirondacks) with a 13, Grumman.

Stopped to see my hippy cousin in Oregon who was a Hodad tree planter. Camped out for weeks at work camps.

She loaned Jesse a newer bag. Wow. I stopped at A north face store and got a bag I still use today.

The gossamer light seems too light. I agree Jerry. Lol

They have moved maybe 20% in the last 30 as they did in the first 20 years I camped.

 

[Stihl 041S]

Lad......you caught som serious Kwap...........

 

[Stihl 041S]

There are some benefits to living close to town.....power is back on here.....probably not at the shop until tomorrow or so. Woot.....many places I went today are days out before restoration

I live between the main feeder power line and the head of the power company. Lol

Time without power is maybe an hour.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Well from the mid 60s to the mid 80s was watershed.
In the 60s there were Coleman square bags and army shelter haves. Always a fire and no freeze dried.
Up scale was there but VERY expensive.

The 70s to mid 80s was army and putting the ex thru design school

Mid 80s was divorced and I asked Jesse what. She would like.
A Vacation dad!!! The design school years no vacation.

Anyway. Camping meant woods and water. So we headed to BC (like the Adirondacks) with a 13, Grumman.

Stopped to see my hippy cousin in Oregon who was a Hodad tree planter. Camped out for weeks at work camps.

She loaned Jesse a newer bag. Wow. I stopped at A north face store and got a bag I still use today.

The gossamer light seems too light. I agree Jerry. Lol

They have moved maybe 20% in the last 30 as they did in the first 20 years I camped.

Every bit of gear now made is of lighter design, close to or in some cases just as strong. I still carry my goose down sleeping bag I bought for high elevation Rocky mountain backcountry trips, is heavy by todays standards but at 3.7 lbs its the one I like best. My original backpack,rigid frame aluminum and magnesium has been replaced by a lighter pack with an inside Kevlar frame, nearly 3 lbs lighter but no wheres as rigid or strong as my original. No worries though as I can stuff it with enough supplies to last a full week in our cold spring trips. Still carry my original Springbok 17' aluminum canoe, hasn`t gotten any lighter over the years but still as robust as ever, stays in the woods year round as does the 7 other canoes I have stashed at various lakes.

The new tent I got from MEC,

https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5032-205/Cabin-4-Tent

 

[Jimmy in NC]

When your dad took it?

Uncle.

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[pioneerguy600]

Holy cow, sure glad I don`t have to buy my Kodiac at todays prices, was $550. around 20+ years ago,

https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5016-405/Kodiak-Gore-WS-Sleeping-Bag--18C

 

[Stihl 041S]

Every bit of gear now made is of lighter design, close to or in some cases just as strong. I still carry my goose down sleeping bag I bought for high elevation Rocky mountain backcountry trips, is heavy by todays standards but at 3.7 lbs its the one I like best. My original backpack,rigid frame aluminum and magnesium has been replaced by a lighter pack with an inside Kevlar frame, nearly 3 lbs lighter but no wheres as rigid or strong as my original. No worries though as I can stuff it with enough supplies to last a full week in our cold spring trips. Still carry my original Springbok 17' aluminum canoe, hasn`t gotten any lighter over the years but still as robust as ever, stays in the woods year round as does the 7 other canoes I have stashed at various lakes.

The new tent I got from MEC,

https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5032-205/Cabin-4-Tent

My north face tent might be a pound or two heavier but the quality is so good. And I couldn’t afford the like today.

I had a friend at the North Face store. Everything they rented was top shelf. And replaced every year.
And he let me know when the sale was and got there early.

Jesse got a Woman’s And I got a Men’s large internal frame pack. $99 each. Listed at $400+.

Still carry’s well. And zero problems.
My 4 season tent was $125. Still dead dry in a thunder storm.

I do treat them well. Lol as they do me.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Holy cow, sure glad I don`t have to buy my Kodiac at todays prices, was $550. around 20+ years ago,

https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5016-405/Kodiak-Gore-WS-Sleeping-Bag--18C

Free shipping though..

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[pioneerguy600]

Free shipping though..

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With my luck I would still have to pick it up at the store in Halifax or from one of the courier warehouses in Burnside. For those dollars they should hand deliver it!!

 

[Jimmy in NC]

With my luck I would still have to pick it up at the store in Halifax or from one of the courier warehouses in Burnside. For those dollars they should hand deliver it!!

And be personally monogrammed. That would be an extra $20.00 though.

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[Cantdog]

Holy cow, sure glad I don`t have to buy my Kodiac at todays prices, was $550. around 20+ years ago,

https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5016-405/Kodiak-Gore-WS-Sleeping-Bag--18C

LOL!! Wasn't that long ago you could buy a house for that money.....or at least a trailer....!!!

 

[pioneerguy600]

LOL!! Wasn't that long ago you could buy a house for that money.....or at least a trailer....!!!

Don`t know who buys these type of things but that is very high for just a sleeping bag. Maybe all those mountain climbing types....LOL

 

[Cantdog]

Shop power restored at 4:00 pm today!!!!.........saws coming in like crazy for repair, chain grinding etc........maybe I should open a saw shop......LOL!! How much would I despise that if it turned into a JOB???? FEEK dat!!!