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Fishing tale Mick: I really enjoy your stories. The pictures are positvely excellent. I hope that someday I will be able to meet you and your wife. Keep the stories and pictures coming. Commodore

From my first day of work I was looking for retirement. I now have thirty years of retirement and I have never regretted any of it. Life is too short to spend it away from home or your hobbies. God bless early retirees. Commodore

Some good info for Clare Take it from the Commodore that your best bet is a (Pardon the expression) Grumman canoe. I have had the same one for fifty years and as yet have not had a drop of water in it. Let me explain: Except for paddling the quiet river that the Bear picked out for us. Buffalo...

I run across this picture of Buck Lake and thought it might be of interest to y'all. It wa here that we almost done the Chuckster in. We camped a couple of days and had a great time. It is about a mile and one half portage in to the Lake. Commodore

Digr57 That is sure one nice looking boat. I hope that you will get many good trips out of it. I have the plans and most of the material for a Laker 14 kayak but will not get started for another week. Commodore

Health Dear Karen: I am so happy that you are now able to rejoin us. In this world every thing depends on health. Your letter has made an old man happy this day. With much love, Harry

If I am on the right side of the grass at that time I figure I will be there with a couple others. Maybe Chuck, Ray, Harry Jr. It sure sounds like a nice adventure. I like the idea of camping in one spot and canoeing for the days in different rivers without having the canoe heavily loaded. As...

Paddlin' Gator: I will be using it to go alone. At the present time I use the Grumman because I like to have company. Also my strenght has gone and left me. I figure I can still continue with a lighter vehicle to travel in.Commodore

This is good news. I am so happy for y'all. Also give a big hug for me to go along with the last one I received at Bryson City. Commodore

I've read and have been told that in Florida if you can't identify a particular hawk, in most cases it is a Red shouldered Hawk. It looks ike one anyway Commodore

I am like ole Yacker. We ad lots of hills but my old fender was from the thirties. Good story. Commodore

Mick, And don't forget the Oklawaha in Florida. Commodore

Well, I guess I will be joing the forum. Although I have been a member for years I have never joined in the repartee. Now, thanks to Hairy Mick and his building of the Laker kayak I have decided to build a similar design. The plans are on the way and I have began a search for the wood. Hopefully...

Therm-o-rest I unroll my mattress when I get home and store it behind a couch with the valve open. Have been doing it for many years. Still serviceable.

Thursday and Friday Morning on the St. Mary's Once more up at daylight and starting the fire. We like to hang around and drink coffee and have a leisurely breakfast. Egg beaters western style was very good. We also had another helping of oatmeal. Casually packing up and breaking down the...

Day two on the St Marys We are now away from all evidence of civilization. No people at all. We met absolutely no one in four days of paddling. I am usually up about six but on this trip due to the weather and time of year I slept in until about 6:45. Usually we restarted the fire first...

TRADERS HILL Although the weather reports were not that great (cold weather and possibly rain with a front moving in) your intrepid fellow paddlers showed up at a spot called Traders Hill near Folkston Georgia. Believe me when I say it was cold late in the afternoon. In the middle of this...

To All Paddlers I just wanted to have everyone know that even in the wild Chuck cooked one of the better spagetti dinners that I have ever had. I came from an Italian neigborhood and have had genuine Italian food but Chuck you qualify as an honorary Italian. Commodore

Trip of a lifetime Swampy: Your description of the trip was excellent. I enjoyed it almost as much as the trip itself. I downloaded the pictures for my computer and showing. It seems we are something of local heroes for our canoe trip. Once again it was and excellent time and I too believe we...

Buffalo Trip Just a line to let you all know that we had a trip of a lifetime with you guys. I May be overly sentimental but I don't think so. You guys are one of my favorite groups. Whenever anyone asks about our trips I respond with, "It is better than a trip to the doctors. This goes for...