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Entries for the 'Camping 101' Category
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Canoeing - The Quiet is Near
By Karl Seckinger :: 125 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Camping 101, Tales from the Woods
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Complete cessation of wind. No hissing or popping, the fire has died to ashes. Water so calm its not lapping against the shore. I think everything outdoors is tired and I know I am. All of this northern most Minnesota nature is shutting down...
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Day Dreaming - Sometimes I walk
By Karl Seckinger :: 389 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Camping 101, Tales from the Woods
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You know the folks that jog; I’m not one of them. Or one of those people who mountain bike. I’m not into impact aerobics. Pounding feet or pounding down the hill and vale will take something out of me and it must for those folks as well. We all have our own way of getting it out, hopefully to getting it back...
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Camping At 98.6 Degrees
By Karl Seckinger :: 348 Views ::
1 Comments :: :: Camping 101
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For me there is a direct correlation between the flames of the campfire and my sleeping bag. They both take the chill off eventually, but not completely. As my front or backside reflects the fire it warms either my face or my posterior. My mummy bag encases almost all of me, to the exclusion of...
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Shore Lunch for Dummies
By Karl Seckinger :: 650 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Camping 101, Fishing - General
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Some of the best Saturday shore lunches I have eaten have started with a Tuesday. Tuesdays my butcher told me is thee day to shop at the local market. All lasts weeks old stuff has been bought and the new stuff is being put on the shelf. So On Monday I...
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Easy Street - The Portage Trail
By Karl Seckinger :: 576 Views ::
2 Comments :: :: Camping 101, Tales from the Woods
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Somewhere in those trees is more than a portage trail. The very path is the absence of trees. One foot fall at a time, in an incessant pounding of mine and yours, trod by our favorite foot gear creates and maintains the portal to which I will pass through. Me and my mind must hike this hall...
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How to Winter Camp - Winter Camping Preparation
By Team JustNorth :: 817 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Camping 101
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With the right equipment and clothes winter can be a great time for camping. There are no crowds or bugs, and there's the fun of cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, animal tracking, bird watching, and ice fishing. Preparing to winter camp starts with the shelter...
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The Joy of Camping
By Karl Seckinger :: 1536 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Camping 101, Learn How to Camp and Hike
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You can’t get the birch bark smell from a crisp photo, or the warmth that the flames send forth. You have to go build the fire, and sit by it. Breathe it, tend it, and follow the lofted sparks until the night sky just turn’s them into stars...
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Woof Woof Wolves!
By Karl Seckinger :: 1319 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Camping 101, Tales from the Woods
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At 9:45 pm the timber wolves cut loose. We put some more wood on the fire and toasted our feet and the health of the timbies. They rose to full chorus as if trying to throw their lungs out of body. That howling was...
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Kayak Attack
By Trout Whisperer :: 2476 Views ::
1 Comments :: :: Camping 101, Fishing - General, Hunting - General
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Learning to uses the small boat for me was like a duck taking to water. Stable craft and stealthy in the respect that I could float up on waterfowl when hunting or nestle up to a sunken log when fishing. You need to be on more stable substrate when disembarking. Boarding is nothing more than lowering you, inside the hold...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told - with burnt fingers
By Karl Seckinger :: 1572 Views ::
1 Comments :: :: Camping 101
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What is the difference between a bean pot and a Dutch oven? The bean pot is missing the trio of legs commonly found supporting the Dutch oven. The bean pot is more suited for stove top cookin' with its flat or slightly rounded bottom. Both should have a very tight fitting lid with a lip curl to corral coals and be constructed of heavy cast iron. No coals in the house. (From personal experience)...
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Reflections - Boundry Waters Canoe Area
By Karl Seckinger :: 1651 Views ::
1 Comments :: :: Camping 101, Tales from the Woods
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I’m lying in the sunshine on a very large rock. This piece of ancient igneous is located on the North Shore of Pine Lake in northeastern Minnesota. I did not kill myself getting here. No arduous portages. Mosquitoes? Non-existent. Paddling easily at two miles per hour with a nicely loaded canoe made for a leisurely pace...
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Beginner Camping Tips
By Team JustNorth :: 2128 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Camping 101
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Even the most seasoned of campers was once a beginner. Face it, we all have to learn sometime. So, we have put together these useful tips so that a beginner camper can come up the learning curve a little faster. Maybe this information will help you to avoid some painful experiences, and better enjoy your first few camping trips to the great outdoors...
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