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portage dog Inukshuk Offline Posts: 533 Location: Virginia Joined: Oct 26^th, 2010	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #550 - Aug 25^th, 2020 at 9:13pm
	Col. Knot - you need to recruit Magic Paddler! He is your secret weapon in squirrel Psych-OPS. Seriously! I found out on this past trip he has a gift - he's a squirrel whisperer! I think he willed that squirrel and at least one other to leap into the water despite the threat of monster pike in the vicinity! You shoulda heard him chattering it up with those squirrels. On our last camp on Basswood he constantly had these couple of pine squirrels racing up and down his hammock trees and cutting pine cones, dropping them onto his tarp. I swore they were gonna be in that hammock with him if he weren't careful about zipping up...surprised he didn't wake up from one of his (well deserved) naps with one sitting on his chest. Just sayin'....good to know who your friends are! pd


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Jimbo Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4599 Location: Florida Joined: Oct 6^th, 2002	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #551 - Aug 26^th, 2020 at 1:03pm
	Today's POD is an excellent example of just how far a red squirrel will go to frustrate it's foe. PK, just how long did it take you do climb up there to retrieve your stolen boot? Jimbo


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pine_knot Inukshuk Offline Posts: 908 Location: Springboro, Ohio Joined: Mar 31^st, 2009	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #552 - Aug 26^th, 2020 at 3:04pm
	You are so funny, Jimbo!! Actually, that boot was hanging there on my portage from Cap into Boulder this past June. That portage did almost kill me but at least I made it through with my boots still on. I really wondered about the guy who now only had one boot. I looked around for the other boot really hoping I would not find a one-booted body. As I completed this brutal never-again portage, all I could think was, "How the heck could someone either not realize he dropped a boot or finish this portage with only one boot? Also, who hung the damn thing from the branch?"


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8107 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #553 - Aug 26^th, 2020 at 6:42pm
	If your serious about keeping pests from chewing up your pack, there are some things you can do to stop it. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) That hot pepper spray would be good on packs. You can buy Bitter Green Apple spray, that works too.


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Spartan2 Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1606 Location: Horton, Michigan Joined: Feb 1^st, 2005	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #554 - Aug 26^th, 2020 at 6:59pm
	I almost finished a muddy portage once with only one boot. The mud sucked my boot right off and it was heck getting it out of there! At the end I waded into the water and cleaned up both boots before moving on. I miss canoe-tripping. I do NOT miss muddy boot-sucking portages!!


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portage dog Inukshuk Offline Posts: 533 Location: Virginia Joined: Oct 26^th, 2010	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #555 - Aug 26^th, 2020 at 10:06pm
	I KNOW THAT BOOT! MP and I saw that same dang boot on our June trip as well. PK, are you SURE that was Cap to Boulder? We only went as far east as Roe to get into Raven and would not have done that portage, as when leaving Raven/Roe we went back west to Sagus. We did not take a pic. The only other explanation is that we saw it's mate going the other way, of similar fate. Crazy boots. pd


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #556 - Aug 27^th, 2020 at 12:21am
	portage dog wrote on Aug 26^th, 2020 at 10:06pm: I KNOW THAT BOOT! MP and I saw that same dang boot on our June trip as well. PK, are you SURE that was Cap to Boulder? We only went as far east as Roe to get into Raven and would not have done that portage, as when leaving Raven/Roe we went back west to Sagus. We did not take a pic. The only other explanation is that we saw it's mate going the other way, of similar fate. Crazy boots. pd Maybe that’s the other boot


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pine_knot Inukshuk Offline Posts: 908 Location: Springboro, Ohio Joined: Mar 31^st, 2009	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #557 - Aug 27^th, 2020 at 12:34am
	Where's the body??


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #558 - Aug 27^th, 2020 at 1:21am
	You probably don't want to know. Red squirrels have a "piranha mode" from what I've been told.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: 2020 - Picture of the day - POD (cont. 28) Reply #559 - Aug 27^th, 2020 at 1:26am
	Spartan2 wrote on Aug 26^th, 2020 at 6:59pm: I almost finished a muddy portage once with only one boot. The mud sucked my boot right off and it was heck getting it out of there! At the end I waded into the water and cleaned up both boots before moving on. I miss canoe-tripping. I do NOT miss muddy boot-sucking portages!! There is a pair of purple Teva sandals buried on the Sue Falls portage. If you find them, you can have them. On second thought, I want them back.


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