+1RFGuy wrote:Nicely done!algale wrote:It's canoeing season again and I'm working on some new skills, as seen in this video.
https://youtu.be/lxszJwNlLCQ
Hope there wasn't any "B" roll of you falling in the creek...
The Continuing Adventures of A Slow Boat to Nowhere
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This was the view from A Slow Boat to Nowhere today. As I was sneaking up on this Great Blue Heron, it was sneaking up on sunfish.
https://youtu.be/Qb-YavDwY7c
https://youtu.be/Qb-YavDwY7c
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Absolutely beautiful.algale wrote:This was the view from A Slow Boat to Nowhere today. As I was sneaking up on this Great Blue Heron, it was sneaking up on sunfish.
https://youtu.be/Qb-YavDwY7c
It reminds me of a time when I was Moose hunting in Quebec. I was by my self and had portaged the canoe over a beaver dam. I got up in the pond and saw a beaver. I was between him and his lodge. I just sat there in the canoe. He would swim up close (6 or 8 feet)and dive and come up on the same side of the canoe farther out. This went on for about 30 minutes. Finally he came up dove down and came up on the other side of the canoe and swam to his lodge. Priceless!
The thing about your wood canoe and the cedar strip and canvas canoe I was in is that they are QUIET. Even if you bump the canoe with the paddle it is wood on wood, a natural sound and very subdued. Aluminum or fiberglass canoes ring like a bell in the quiet of the forest.
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Re: The Continuing Adventures of A Slow Boat to Nowhere
I’ve snuck up on Great Blue’s several times — I leave the motorboat anchored and swim to to the shore. I can breaststroke very silently, but they’ve never let me get that close.
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What a great experience that must have been to see!jsburger wrote:
Absolutely beautiful.
It reminds me of a time when I was Moose hunting in Quebec. I was by my self and had portaged the canoe over a beaver dam. I got up in the pond and saw a beaver. I was between him and his lodge. I just sat there in the canoe. He would swim up close (6 or 8 feet)and dive and come up on the same side of the canoe farther out. This went on for about 30 minutes. Finally he came up dove down and came up on the other side of the canoe and swam to his lodge. Priceless!
The thing about your wood canoe and the cedar strip and canvas canoe I was in is that they are QUIET. Even if you bump the canoe with the paddle it is wood on wood, a natural sound and very subdued. Aluminum or fiberglass canoes ring like a bell in the quiet of the forest.
There must have been a half dozen Great Blues at this little lake today and I snuck up on three of them. But this was the closest. I thought it was getting ready to fly off when it went for the fish!BuckeyeDennis wrote:I’ve snuck up on Great Blue’s several times — I leave the motorboat anchored and swim to to the shore. I can breaststroke very silently, but they’ve never let me get that close.
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We had 2 Sand Hill Cranes behind the house last month. First time I have ever seen them on the property. Those are really big guys.
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Re: The Continuing Adventures of A Slow Boat to Nowhere
This is my back yard and my wildlife photo ( have shared before but saw another today). About a 6 footer.
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Maybe it saw the remax sign and wanted to look things over.wrmnfzy wrote:This is my back yard and my wildlife photo ( have shared before but saw another today). About a 6 footer.
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Night paddle on the Pocomoke River on Maryland's eastern shore.
And a couple of videos of the same river much further upstream, passing through a bald cypress swamp.
https://youtu.be/L3TMkVdi0jY
https://youtu.be/j-nXGB5xEE0
And a couple of videos of the same river much further upstream, passing through a bald cypress swamp.
https://youtu.be/L3TMkVdi0jY
https://youtu.be/j-nXGB5xEE0
Gale's Law: The bigger the woodworking project, the less the mistakes show in any photo taken far enough away to show the entire project!
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That is fabulous that you are enjoying your creation so much. Well done.algale wrote:Night paddle on the Pocomoke River on Maryland's eastern shore.
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And a couple of videos of the same river much further upstream, passing through a bald cypress swamp.
https://youtu.be/L3TMkVdi0jY
https://youtu.be/j-nXGB5xEE0
To this Westerner of blue skies, open country, and fast running water, that spooks the hell out of me LOL. Ever have any snakes drop out of the trees ....
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1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin