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Well after raining most the day on Friday, the weekend was gonna be cold (cool to you Northerners) & damp, with more rain on Monday. So I decided to make a big ol'crock pot of chili with a pan of corn bread. Good eating today, better tomorrow (hear rumors from oldyaker about some BIG game or...

And one of these. Deep fried bacon double cheese burgers, only 5000 calories. http://www.grouprecipes.com/43866/the-5000-calorie-deep-fried-burger.html DM

Jim, is this a chicken snake? A google search says chicken snake = red rat snake See one every once in a while around my house, cool to watch them climb up the outside walls. DM

Which ever kayak I am paddling, working on or have loaded on the van at the time is called "this one". All the others are then just referred to as "that one". DM

Well, he does have several WW kayaks. I asked, his reply "Not me. I've done the Nantahala several times and never swam." We will just have to settle on "twins separated at birth" DM

Thats about how we noticed him. I don't think he was around when we were unloading the kayaks after dark at the dock. Later I saw the "red" dot swimming by a pretty good distance from the dock. Then later one of the girls was at the dock and heard the grunts and he was about two feet away. We...

On the beach & ground sites, we pitched the tents close together cause it was easier to keep an eye on them against any raccoon insurgents. The chickees just dont have a choice, platform is about 10' X 12' or 12' x 12' to put your tents on, walk way lead to the porta potty. I believe we all...

So, my group planned on doing another little loop trip thru the Everglades starting from Flamingo on January 03 and ending on January 12. Rick and myself dove down on January 01 and camped at the park, so we could get to the ranger station at 8:00 AM on Friday to get the permits for the sites...

Wouldn't the forms be easier to line up if they each had a center line run top to bottom that was perpendicular to the water line? Or do I just not see it? DM

I use Mozilla also, no problems from it for me. DM

The ones I use, for year round camping here in Florida: Eureka Apex 2xt (fits 2 people, 2 doors, two poles to set up) http://www.eurekatent.com/p-57-apex-2xt.aspx North Face Rock 22 (fits one person but it is listed as a 2 person, lots of mesh, two poles to set up, mine has 1 door, newer...

Flea markets are also a good place to get forceps and stuff like that. My girlfriend is a emergency room nurse (opps, I let that one slip, tho she IS NOT a gymnast :lol: sorry Bearridge) and I can get all the neat forceps (even the bigger ones), tweezers, scissors (that will cut just about...

Feb Average low is 45 Average high is 64 Record low 13 Record high 82 Not quite KY weather. But can git chilly. In 2006 I was paddling the Big Bend Trail along the arm pit of the Florida Panhandle, we had a 18 degree night in early December, followed by a 23 the next. DM

6mm is closer to 1/4" thick. 4mm is about 3/16" thick. DM

I fried up two 18 pounders 3 weeks ago for a neighborhood block party, doing another 18 pounder this weekend at a pre-Thanksgiving camping trip, then another smaller one next week for the immediate family. I use 350°F at 3.5 minutes a pound. Will add a tip or two. Remove the bags with...

Do a google search on "anchor trolley" Anchor trolley is a loop of rope that runs from either the bow or stern (or both) to about where you sit, the anchor rope clips to the trolley, and by pulling the trolley you can adjust the anchoring position to any position along the length of the boat...

Dogwood; Harbor Freight and Sam's are your friends for boat building. HF for latex gloves, find them on sale, about $7 for a 100 count box. I usually have two un-opened boxes on the shelf, when I take one of those down and open it, it is time to buy more gloves. Sam's for mixing cups &...

Ok, so me & the GF are gonna be up in Vanna for a 3-4 day weekend in a few weeks (past turkey day), should we bring a cooler? :lol: Not bringing boats, our first time up there and just gonna do the touristy looky-lue thing, this time. DM mike

I think he is building himself a grid table and gonna start experimenting with making a boat from the wood woven mats technique that Joel posted about a week or so back. Gotta admit, the wood woven mat thing started me thinking, just thinking, tho, nothing more.......yet. :wink: :lol: DM...

I'm with Bearridge on this one. Saw the pictures the first day they were posted, since just a little image saying "the pictures may have been deleted or moved, photobucket" or something to that extent. Same same either on my home computer or the one at w@rk. When Mick first posted his...