I'm up for the Saturday lunch and looking forward to meeting some of the colorful charaters from QJ.  I'd like to do the dinner Saturday, but cannot commit just yet. Staying at my sister's just north of Mauston, so I have a bit of a drive to my 'hotel'.  Thanks ML for putting the dinner together.

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Old Salt wrote on Feb 13^th, 2015 at 3:37pm:

I can get them started and done an awful lot of controlled burns. The control aspect is where I have much to learn. When things go wrong I want to be better prepared.

Still thinking about it and maybe just some barbecue.

You already know how to start a fire. We hope to see you.

Marten wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2015 at 10:43pm:

Hard to believe but it looks like I will miss Canoecopia this year. I may choose to attend a two day class for doing prescribed prairie burns instead. Still pondering this momentous decision.

nctry_Ben wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2015 at 4:55am:

I'll be posting separate threads for the Friday dinner and the Saturday dinner.

For Saturday night, I'll be checking with the folks at Gray's but I'll look into some other potential venues as well. I just want to make sure we get a good deal. I know Kingfisher worked very very hard on securing Grey's for us the last few years, but it was sounding like we might not be able to make the sweetheart deal he was able to get before.

Stay tuned. And many many thanks to Kingfisher for all of his past effort on the Saturday dinner!!

I went to the web site for Canoeacopia to check the dates.  Members on this site have often said it should be called Kayakacopia because of the emphasis on kayaks.  All the pictures of the boats are of kayaks and not a single canoe to be seen.  I am only talking about the home page.  No doubt if you go into their site, they probably have a photo of a canoe here and there.  It is just interesting how things change over time.  Westwood

I'm sure that many are wondering about a Saturday dinner. I PMed Kingfisher to express appreciation for all of his work on past dinners and inquired if something was in the works. He responded that he no longer had time to devote to this, due to a change at work. He expressed support for us to continue the dinner tradition.

MuleLars and I are working on a plan for Saturday dinner, as well as a Friday evening meal. If you have any suggestions, please PM MuleLars or me or post here. We will post when we have plans. Thanks for your patience.

Hey OS,
Having missed last years KayakCopia due to illness, I will be there this year.  Sat. lunch at the Coliseum, and possibly a dinner Sat. night will be in my plans.
Hmm.  Perhaps I can stay through a presentation Sunday to heckle, er, ask questions about setting up a canoe....

I'm in for Saturday lunch.