Rich writes: "But , I wonder how many northern paddlers ( Canada, 'though MN and ME are North enough) would enjoy a night under a tarp and bivy sack during black fly season?" Excellent point. I live in Michigan and can attest to the ferocity of those little critters. My bivy will keep them out, but you can't live just in the bivy. In general, I avoid this season or dress protectively. "However, I eventually felt that both he, hid sister, and entire family were on the farside of eccentric." I never claimed not to be eccentric. :) Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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