So we've been talking about desserts...what is the back country drink of choice?

Any interesting concoctions we should try?

We have an interesting drink that we call "Camp-a-chino" - Strong coffee, a package of hot cocoa, a dash or two of scotch with bits of fly ash and the occasional dead mosquito....

Great way to end the day!

Crown Royal Special Reserve and cool lake water. Soothes the muscles and the soul after a long day.

Jameson, typically with a short cigar. Or more recently, Blackbush (another Irish).

pghportager wrote on Feb 12^th, 2009 at 2:50am:


Now THERE'S the smiling face of progress! 

Swiss Miss, Bacardi 151 and I'll maybe add some Coffee Mate if I really feel like splurging. The fumes alone can loosen those tight neck muscles after a long day.

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Protien Whey. Not as sexy as the liquors mentioned above. But I've found that after a few days of paddeling  I can't keep my weight or energy. A high calorie punch - mix it with gatoraid.

We call in Quetico lemnonade.  It is JD mixed with crystal light lemonade and clear Q lakewater, kind of like Lynchburg Lemonade.  We usually bring a platy of Skyy as well as it mixes up with any of our crystal light or tang.

Crystal Light iced tea (made from "Crystal Clear" Quetico water,  ) with a generous splash of Bombay Blue Sapphire gin produces an authentic Quetico T-Bomb, that in turn produces a very comfortable evening. Two per evening is about the proper ration...

Wind-in-Face

INstant coffee + coco= MOCCA
Poweraid(artic blast)+blackberry brandy=ARTIC RUSH
INstant Coffee+Cinnamon+redhot schnapps=SINABUZZ....just made that one up let me know how it works out

Lune-sticks of butter, eggs, and lakers help me engaged in dynamo drive and the mass of the packs and good amount of pasta keeps me from blown away.

I guess after out beer supply runs out my next favorite is Blue 100 with hot chocolate (nighttime), Thick coffee with Bailey's (morning),  Kettle One, Kool-Aid, and lakewater(daytime)

My husband and I have a nightly ritual of toasting the North Star, the Big Dipper, and occastionally, the Northern Lights with a mug of hot chocolate and a tot of Lamb's Navy Rum.

NIDO?

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I have too pass this story on about cola and whiskey
Back in the 70's, 4 of us had backpacked for a week in the Porcupine Mt's of MI upper peninsula. We had time to kill, so we decided to go over to Gay Mi, an old time lumber town, home of the Famous Gay Bar.
Its your classic Up North bar. The bartender was a little old white haired guy, who looked like he could of BEEN the original bartender from the 1900's. We got a table and some menu's, and Wild Bill our Redneck Kentucky born friend went to get some drinks, beer for us and a Double Jack Daniels and Coke for himself. A few minutes pass, and we hear a big uproar at the bar The old timer was half-way across the bar, one hand on Bills throat, the other hand swinging a broken pool cue!
Bill is trying to fend the old guy off, calling him every name in the book.
We rush over to pull them apart and find out what started the whole mess? Bill says " The old fool won't sell me a 2x Jack and Coke?" The old man looks at us TROLLS and says: " You can have a house whiskey and coke, you can have a coke, but NOBODY drinks good Jack Daniels whiskey unless its straight up, or on the rocks! IF you don't like it, get the HELL out of MY bar !
 WE stayed for some cold brews, great cheeseburgers, and Wild Bill settled for a 2x shot of Jack with a Coke on the side
 The old bartender was shaking his head the whole time
Yup, somethings you just don't mix, at least in THAT Gay Bar

It's times like that It's good too be a MAN!
Another must have item is the handy P-Bottle, no more bug bites and wet bathroom excursions for this camper

jimmar wrote on Apr 21^st, 2009 at 4:48pm:


  We backpacked the Porkies several times, nice hike, but the bears are numerous and aggressive. They tell you to hang your pack as the bears will come right into camp without hesitation. We ran into a young couple who decided that hanging there frame pack on a tree knot chest high outside their tent was a good idea. We heard their screams the night before, but didn't realize they were as close as they were. Next morning we passed their camp. The bears(s) had come in around midnight, tore up the food pack, tore up the gear pack, and ripped a hole in the side of their A-frame tent. The bear(s) took the food back with them, leaving two very scared campers huddled by a fire the rest of the night. When we passed by in the morning, they were leaving the park, probably never too return.
  I believe some of the biggest black bears ever taken in MI have come out of the park during the hunting season.