azalea wrote on Aug 18^th, 2015 at 2:31pm:

Quote: I would be concerned about the tax situation. This reminds of an incident I had a few years ago, which might relate to what one might say to authorities in this situation. I was driving from Seattle to Vancouver where I was going to give a talk at an academic conference. When I went through Canadian customs, they asked my plans and when I told them they agent got very "interested". He asked what I was getting paid and I replied, nothing.  He did not buy that, so he directed me to the building up ahead with the yellow light, where I went in and got the third degree.  Evidently Canadian customs is very  sensitive to Americans crossing the border to work in Canada, regardless the sum of money involved.

That is a true fact. Any American worker needs to have a work permit. Say anything about working on anything and the questions come flying at you.

I can see a true need for a service like this. As ailments prevent many from performing the tasks necessary in canoe tripping we will see more requests like this. The same service could be used by those that want to pay someone to portage gear and run the camp so they do not have to.

A friend flew in and joined my last trip for the final 17 days. Medical conditions beyond his control would have kept him in a basecamp. We had a great journey from Irvine Lake in WCPP out to Wallace Lake in Manitoba. The value "priceless," the total bill "not a chance."