Thanks Sunny!  I'll definitely check it out.

prouboy

Prouboy, if you haven't found the perfect mattress for your wife yet I thought I'd share this info with you. A friend brought her 'princess mattress' with her on an all girls trip and I thought it was silly until I made the mistake of lying down on it! Then I bought one for my husband, who had trouble sleeping, luck for me he doesn't like air mattresses and I have inherited a princess mattress. I bought it at Mountain Equipment Co-op and I'm not sure if they ship to where you are but here's the info in case it's something you're interested in.

MEC Reactor Summer Pump Pad

Product Number: 5025-651
Made in Taiwan

Weight: 600g (Regular)

This replacement for the Kelvin Summer Pump Pad features improved foam in the integrated pump for better rebound, fewer strokes, and faster inflation. With no added insulation, this pad is compact when packed, yet luxuriously thick when inflated. Side sleepers will relish having a full three inches between their hips and hard ground.

For summer and warm weather use. No added insulation.
Integrated pump works with CPR-style hand compressions. No huffing and puffing.
Non-slip surface on the underside prevents sliding in your tent.
Includes stuff sack and repair kit.

db, are you sure you wanted to move that mattress post to here, in matchmaking? Or was that one of those things that happer when you post at 3 am?

(I can sort of see the connection, but ...)

This Topic was moved here from General Boundary Waters / Quetico Discussion [move by] db.

Prouboy,

Regarding your mattress inquiry....outside of going with a regular 'air mattress' as MT suggested....and that may work for you, the best I've found are the Big Agnes pads.  The Q-Core is 3.5 inches thick and can be had in 20 or 25 inch width, with the 25 only in a 78 inch long version.  They are NOT cheap, but you can shop around.  REI members often get 20% a full priced item and that can significantly reduce the cost, and you can't beat the return policy if it doesn't work out.  Do what you can to try whatever you get out locally before hitting the trail with it.  Maybe you have some close friends that can loan you different styles to try before you buy too?  If you go with the 'big boy', you might look for a hand pump....aka extra large bike tire pump style...lighter than that battery of MT's. 

pd

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It's fine here for now IMO. Someone or I will put it in the right place eventually. Same difference.

I've been taking trips into Quetico once or twice a year since 1981. As the years pass, I've found it harder and harder to put a group together from my group of friends, co-workers and business associates. Rarely do I have a group that wants to go as deep into the park as I do, fish as hard as I do, etc. More often than not I end up feeling like a unpaid guide on my trips instead of getting the full enjoyment out of them. My group this year started out as a group of 6 and now we're down to two as people cancel for various reasons. A forum that facilitates the forming of groups with like interests and abilities would be welcome.

FYI Update:
Got a couple PMs and looks like there may be some possibilities. Didn't feel all that comfortable putting my situation out there, but looks like this matchmaking-for-tripping-partners thing has some viability.

Anyone else? :dankk2

All,
I live so far away that 'Copia has never been a possibility. I would have liked to have gone and met some of you people. I've certainly read enough of your posts over the years. 

Well, in the spirit of this thread...here goes.
Just read this entire thread, with great enjoyment. And irony. I just turned 60, and all my usual partners are no-go this year. Sons have obligations, buddies have obligations or health issues. I have dithered back & forth about going on another solo - I like it but also like the laughter/sharing of a group. Wife is not enthusiastic about the solo trip either; she won't veto the idea but she's understandably concerned about the safety factor.
I have a solo boat and would consider joining a group of tandem paddlers or group solo, but I need to go in July or August. Old Salt's Kawnipi rendezvous sounded good until I saw it was in June.
I could probably do just about any length up to 14 days. I'm not up for 30 miles and 15 portages a day, but I'm in good enough shape to paddle/portage every day. I can shut up or converse as needed, no offense taken. I can tolerate just about anything but whining. I don't require the choice tentsite. I have my own gear. I don't smoke but don't care if you do. I have been known to have an evening beverage or two. I refuse to debate politics or religion, but will talk sports as long as you like. I like photography. My fishing ability is pretty much limited to hooking the really dumb fish, but I do enjoy it. Never been to B-Dub, but been to Quetico via Prairie Portage at least a dozen times. If anyone out there is receptive to the possibility of a July or August trip with a new paddling partner, shoot me a PM and we'll maybe work something out.

Well, now I know how it must feel to go on one of those singles match-making sites.
WiF
(Ken)

Old Salt wrote on May 1^st, 2013 at 3:28pm:


What's that old saying.
First comes love, then comes marriage, then a good BED and then a baby carriage.