Today's POD made me laugh.
My ex-wife was born in Germany.
Married her when I was in the Army.
Her first birthday here I bought a nice German Chocolate Cake from a local bakery that was famous for their cakes.

When I asked her how she liked her German Chocolate Cake, she started laughing 

I had no idea it was a American invention.

i had a chance to do the Man Chain in the Q some years ago. My plan was to go in Knife after a tow up Moose Lake on the US -Ely side. LaTourell's had a devil of a time getting my up to the Indian portage between Sucker and Birch. It was early May, I think the 6th or so and ice out was on a day or two passed. Lots of ice pancakes were blocking Moose and the two boat had to ram them like an ice-breaker to get through. When I reached Knife late that day, the lake looked eerily quiet and gray. It turns out there was considerable ice just under the surface and the lake was still very much locked in. I was able to paddle to an island and set up camp to wait for the ice to break up and move out. Long story short, I never made it up Knife to access this chain via Ottertrack--- which was my plan to loop my way back out via Carp.

I'm enjoying these Man Chain portage shots as it shows what I missed....it's still on a bucket list for me somewhere tucked away probably with the remnant spare parts of several whisperlite stoves in my basement. Someday...

So, you think he shot the bird? If the eagle was only wounded, it would be an illegal ill eagle…

My Spirit Animal is looking good 

Thanks for posting my photos, Good to hear from you.  I’ve been slowing down a bit, but I’m fortunate to be canoeing with a bunch of 2nd cousins and friends the last few years. They enable me to get to places I couldn’t do myself. Crooked lake and S chain to Quetico Agnes and Louisa falls. I’m lucky to have on property on Shagawa in Ely and pretend to be in canoe country. I’ve been doing canoe scene watercolors, and plan to display at the Ely artwalk during the Winterfest.

Starwatcher