Maybe this should be in the Fishing Forum...

At the risk of veering off into the weeds even farther, the subject line was a Tip of the Hat to Pat McManus.  I believe the title was The Care and Feeding of Old Men.  Where some young upstart would toss out a comment sure to be challenged.

MB

PD,  Glad you have a plan.   Wish I did.    I/we would be interested in your solo yoke.  I have ginned up a couple, but still not completely happy with them.

MB

This has nothing to do with this post.   I have always assumed that Portage Dog was from the state of Virginia, but it occurred to me that you might be from Virginia, MN.  Will you please put an end to my confusion?  You can, of course, say it is none of my business.

Mossback, are you the same Mossback on BWCA.com message board?

MossBack wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 4:32am:


No.    It's hard to tell and it's a very cool moniker so I thought someone else may have taken the name.

portage dog was kind enough to me some pics of his Removable Cam Portage Yoke. They are in the gear forum.
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MossBack wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 1:54pm:


Really?  I always thought it was a turtle!  (Maybe because as a child I had a pet turtle that got all mossy on its shell.)   

You learn something every day.  You guys are so educational!  And yes, I am the same Spartan2 on BWCA.com, but of course no one asked that.   

My Dad would call snapping turtles "Big 'ole mossbacks" so I'm with you Linda, I always think of turtles for that term.

TomT wrote on May 28^th, 2020 at 10:21pm:

Hey TomT - didn't forget about you...just so much else going on!  You've enjoyed (I hope) some of these, but here's a sampling of the menu:
Desserts - cheesecake with Oreo crumbles (vs. the pecan/caramel we had), a mixed berry cobbler, dark chocolate squares, maple sugar candies, caramel creams
Libations - all rums - Ron Zacappa Centenario, Ron Zacappa XO, Kirk & Sweeney 12 yr, and Plantation XO
Dinners - grilled ribeye with potatoes, Kalamojaka (Finnish fish chowder - receipe was posted here a while back), smoked salmon and pasta with pesto, artichokes, Kalamata olives, sundried tomatoes, bacon wrapped walleye (we hope!), Zup's smoked brats with red beans&rice, chicken gravy with stuffing, fish fry with wild rice, pecan-panko crusted walleye (again, we hope!) with wild rice, spam mac&cheese and Zup's smoked brats with hashbrowns and eggs - most veggie sides are freeze dried corn or green beans from North Bay Trading Co.
Breakfasts - bacon, egg, cheese hashbrown scramble, eggs/bacon, pancakes/bacon, cereal, breakfast bars, oatmeal with cranberries and pecans
Lunch - we're doing our own lunches, but mine includes some landjager and trailmix, cheeses sticks, dried fruits, ProBars (like Cliff, but waaaay better), tuna, salmon, pbj

Magic considers food just fuel, but to me having some great meals enhances the experience, so he was happy to leave most of the cooking to me.  I try to do a mix of really involved and really simple meals depending if you're laying over or rolling into camp late.

pd

mpeebles wrote on May 31^st, 2020 at 11:39am:


Mpeebles, from a "fine cuisine" standpoint, your big error last year was to join Magic & me for our Spring trip last year.  PD showed up for our Fall trip!

Jimbo   

Yeah...that's not the first north woods proposal I've had based on pure emotion.  Hunger is a emotion, right?  That feeling in it pit of your stomach?

Mike - we got room on the late July trip...just sayin'....

pd

MossBack wrote on May 30^th, 2020 at 12:54pm:


Oooh. . .I like "legendary".  It seems so much more classy than an old lady who just doesn't know when to shut up!   

Lynda

Portage Dog thanks for the information.  I spent my first 24 years in Wisconsin and never heard the term cheesehead until I moved to Minnesota.  Hey, almost everybody loves cheese.

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