You’re pushing this one off my bucket list and onto my “I’ll just enjoy that trip vicariously through vlogs,” list… never fear, you will be fighting big boat wakes before you know it - the Masochistic fun doesn’t end, it just changes forms
I’m a little behind but great to see you on the next adventure. It doesn’t look fun so far. My cousin told me he bought land up that way, sight unseen. After a few months and the weather broke, he loaded up the family to go see what they bought. They got out and within 5 minutes we’re back in the car headed home, and put the land up for sale 😂.
Ha! I can see how that could happen. I keep commenting how nice it would be to have one of those enclosed netted in backyards out here like what they had in florida
Ahhĥhh, I remember canoeing the boundary waters as well as growing up in Wisconsin. When I moved to Berkeley and was viewing apartments with no heat or screens on the windows I thought a person could die in such a setup😂😂😂
Once again. A great narration. Never took a canoe camping trip but been canoeing since 1974. 10 years ago I bought rowing riggers with 7 1/2 foot oars. It moves faster. Last year I got a TS 515 training scull. Its 17 foot 24 inches wide and 21 inches at the waterline. IT MOVES FAST!
We have touring sea kayaks we love but we’ve become increasingly appreciative of boats that are shallower and more maneuverable doing these sort of things.
Hey Jen and Matt, A couple of years ago I spent a little over 100 days paddling the entire river. Funny thing, at no time did I ever see a “blue moon”, 🤪, thanks for sharing! Enjoy and be safe! Nanook
The two of you have embarked on an amazing journey! It would be such a magnificent experience to check off the bucket list someday. If i where yall i would have went about 40 yards into the tree line and built a little fire. Would have helped keep the bugs and any other creatures away! Fire is saftey always build a fire
This guy really needs to learn a thing or two about team work. They make mounts for cameras for a reason. All canoes are designed to be steared from front and back when there are two people in them and you needed to lower your center of gravity. You guys are doing an amazing thing but you have a lot to learn.
I am looking forward to seeing Hennepin Bridge in Down Town Minneapolis.. Are you using rollers for your portage crossings ? The State Bird in Minneapolis is very clever you are lucky you didnt bleed out 😳
I will be posting the episodes to my page. A documentary film maker would love doing this Following alongside you and taters in another canoe with gimbals attached to everything, along the river banks, drone coverage, Documenting the sucky days and good days seeing if it is possible to get pizza delivery from the river ❤ Tell taters that school is not over that you both are acquiring a different kind of education. I want to go to your school ..lol
Nice video .Paddling (and walking) through a beautifull but bug infested landscape !😄 Do you guys changed tent ??? If i see it right its not the Six Moons or Matt's Hornet .Ressembles another Nemo ??
I bought us a Hornet 3p. I didn’t want to go back to the Tiger Wall after the CDT issues and we figured a semi free standing tent would give us more flexibility out here
So I'd like to know where, you got the notion Said I'd like to know where, you got the notion To walk the boat (don't walk the boat, baby) Walk the boat (don't tip the boat over) Walk the boat (don't walk the boat, baby) Walk the boat
Jen has always reminded me a bit of my late wife because of the braids but the resemblance is even more pronounced to discover that they are/were both LOTR fans. Martha wrote and presented several academic papers on Tolkien and LOTR at conferences.
Yea for Tater's Ticks Tuesday! Man (and woman) against the Insects! Your biggest consolation should be that it will only get better; easier to paddle, more distance, fewer insects, etc. Wow. Gotta admire your positive attitudes in the midst of challenges. Paddle on in the Dinghy of Destiny! Tortoise
What an adventure. I ABSOLUTELY hate ticks. Mosquitos are annoying but ticks are horrible. I've backpacked in the Los Padres southern Redwoods near Monterey and had at least a hundred on us in the group I was with. When I got home I found one that decided to take up residence in my crotch. Oh the horror.
Prior to this my worst experience with ticks was in los padres during the condor trail. Similarly there was overgrown brush I couldn’t avoid contact with.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes very similar to the Mississippi on the southern portion. Wide open, cities periodically. Barge traffic. Some locks and damns to go through. Different yet somewhat similar. Never heard of many people doing it. Beginning at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Ohio is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. It ends 981 miles later at Cairo, Illinois when it empties into the Mississippi. The average depth is 24 feet, with the deepest section of 130 feet near Louisville, Kentucky.
We love the long days up north this time of year. It means we can have our relaxed ish mornings and still have plenty of time to get distance in before sunset. Granted the limited campsites have caused us to stop a bit earlier than we’d prefer a few times
In Minnesota above Minneapolis what is the starting point of the longest stretch of water without portaging? I am thinking of building a solar nattery canoe that wont be easlily portaged
Technically once the locks start you’re done with portaging. Before that they were pretty common. But you might get stuck waiting for a few hours for a lock to clear
17:00 if you light a fire in that fire pit, the flies & mosquitoes won't like the smoke and they'll leave you alone for a bit. 1/3 your problems sold - don't know about any Tick deterrents - those things are terrifying1 They're much larger than ours in England which are really bad anyway.
I find the big ticks far less scary than the little ones. At least you can feel them moving around before they have a chance to dig in. I also haven’t personally found smoke to be an effective deterrent. We messed up by not threatening everything with permethrin before we left
You may have to wait 'til you get to Cajun country for anyone to understand your pronunciation of "portage." ( unless, of course, you happen to run into one of the ever-present ghosts of the early French fur traders that localize the area -- they curse the mosquitos too!) .
WHEN YOU GUYS GET TO THE GULF IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER. UNTIL YOU GET WHERE YOUR GOING YOU HAVE AN ENDLESS EXPANSE OF OCEAN WITH ZERO LAND ANYWHERE NEAR TO BEING VISIBLE. AND AT TIMES 5-10 FOOT WAVES, ARE YOU GUYS SURE YOUR UP TO IT?
Thanks! I basically just film whatever strikes me on a given day. So i don’t know how long it’ll be until I’m editing it together the following morning. I dislike videos I’ve seen from others than really drag and have a lot of dead air so I tend to lean towards a little tighter editing / shorter length
So our first paddle trip was the Sayward canoe route in Vancouver Island. We learned the word there, and since then had only seen it in print. We were surprised when we looked up and saw the English pronunciation has the first syllable stressed! I am trying to switch over but keep in mind the episodes are delayed so we say it wrong for at least 5 more episodes … sorry! Haha
The skeeters are showing up very nicely on the video. Thank you for your blood sacrifice to help support the skeeters and ticks
You’re pushing this one off my bucket list and onto my “I’ll just enjoy that trip vicariously through vlogs,” list… never fear, you will be fighting big boat wakes before you know it - the Masochistic fun doesn’t end, it just changes forms
That’s a great list. I definitely have a list like that as well.
Oh boy! A Ticky, Taters, Tuesday?. 😅
The Dinghy of Destiny is a great name!! I’m so excited to follow your new adventure!!
I’m a little behind but great to see you on the next adventure. It doesn’t look fun so far. My cousin told me he bought land up that way, sight unseen. After a few months and the weather broke, he loaded up the family to go see what they bought. They got out and within 5 minutes we’re back in the car headed home, and put the land up for sale 😂.
Ha! I can see how that could happen. I keep commenting how nice it would be to have one of those enclosed netted in backyards out here like what they had in florida
Wow that is some bug pressure. Wishing you easier portage's and great paddles ahead. 🐢💥 T.T.
At the moment I’m just wishing for permethrin… :)
Ahhĥhh, I remember canoeing the boundary waters as well as growing up in Wisconsin. When I moved to Berkeley and was viewing apartments with no heat or screens on the windows I thought a person could die in such a setup😂😂😂
Once again. A great narration. Never took a canoe camping trip but been canoeing since 1974. 10 years ago I bought rowing riggers with 7 1/2 foot oars. It moves faster. Last year I got a TS 515 training scull. Its 17 foot 24 inches wide and 21 inches at the waterline. IT MOVES FAST!
We have touring sea kayaks we love but we’ve become increasingly appreciative of boats that are shallower and more maneuverable doing these sort of things.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Traveling through that you have to have a flat bottom boat. It is a joy to watch you cover this journey.
I found you the other day in StL, where I live .. but now going back to watch them all!
Hey Jen and Matt,
A couple of years ago I spent a little over 100 days paddling the entire river. Funny thing, at no time did I ever see a “blue moon”, 🤪, thanks for sharing!
Enjoy and be safe!
Nanook
The two of you have embarked on an amazing journey! It would be such a magnificent experience to check off the bucket list someday. If i where yall i would have went about 40 yards into the tree line and built a little fire. Would have helped keep the bugs and any other creatures away! Fire is saftey always build a fire
This guy really needs to learn a thing or two about team work. They make mounts for cameras for a reason. All canoes are designed to be steared from front and back when there are two people in them and you needed to lower your center of gravity. You guys are doing an amazing thing but you have a lot to learn.
Those ticks are insane!! And I thought they were bad here in the northeast.
The face nets add a touch of elegance to your journey; to smile in the face of such challenge... you are great examples of sporting people.
I am looking forward to seeing Hennepin Bridge in Down Town Minneapolis..
Are you using rollers for your portage crossings ?
The State Bird in Minneapolis is very clever you are lucky you didnt bleed out 😳
We have a portage cart but we haven’t used it yet. Since we have a light boat and two people it’s generally quicker to just carry it
I will be posting the episodes to my page.
A documentary film maker would love doing this
Following alongside you and taters in another canoe with gimbals attached to everything,
along the river banks, drone coverage,
Documenting the sucky days and good days seeing if it is possible to get pizza delivery from the river ❤
Tell taters that school is not over that you both are acquiring a different kind of education.
I want to go to your school ..lol
Great video, I love the Dingy of Destiny, great name for your boat!
I’ve been referring to it as the “SS Why yes we’d love coffee and danishes” figuring maybe that would result in someone we pass giving us coffee.
Thanks for a good video looks like your enjoying your trip so far besides the bugs. I hope someday to do the same trip.
Nice video .Paddling (and walking) through a beautifull but bug infested landscape !😄 Do you guys changed tent ??? If i see it right its not the Six Moons or Matt's Hornet .Ressembles another Nemo ??
I bought us a Hornet 3p. I didn’t want to go back to the Tiger Wall after the CDT issues and we figured a semi free standing tent would give us more flexibility out here
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Great!! Finally THE tent off your dreams !! Must be the new "Osmo" version ( grey underside off the innertent).😋
So I'd like to know where, you got the notion
Said I'd like to know where, you got the notion
To walk the boat (don't walk the boat, baby)
Walk the boat (don't tip the boat over)
Walk the boat (don't walk the boat, baby)
Walk the boat
Yes, stay in the boat at all times!
Jen has always reminded me a bit of my late wife because of the braids but the resemblance is even more pronounced to discover that they are/were both LOTR fans. Martha wrote and presented several academic papers on Tolkien and LOTR at conferences.
Coffee Pot landing looks real nice!!!
For the record Wanagan was a lot nicer for people behind us because some nice person apparently came there and mowed the grass back
Yea for Tater's Ticks Tuesday! Man (and woman) against the Insects! Your biggest consolation should be that it will only get better; easier to paddle, more distance, fewer insects, etc. Wow. Gotta admire your positive attitudes in the midst of challenges. Paddle on in the Dinghy of Destiny! Tortoise
What an adventure. I ABSOLUTELY hate ticks. Mosquitos are annoying but ticks are horrible. I've backpacked in the Los Padres southern Redwoods near Monterey and had at least a hundred on us in the group I was with. When I got home I found one that decided to take up residence in my crotch. Oh the horror.
Prior to this my worst experience with ticks was in los padres during the condor trail. Similarly there was overgrown brush I couldn’t avoid contact with.
Another great video. You should think about paddling the Ohio River next from start in North East to the Mississippi.
Is it flat water? Campable? We’re always looking for more long paddle options
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes very similar to the Mississippi on the southern portion. Wide open, cities periodically. Barge traffic. Some locks and damns to go through. Different yet somewhat similar. Never heard of many people doing it.
Beginning at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Ohio is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. It ends 981 miles later at Cairo, Illinois when it empties into the Mississippi. The average depth is 24 feet, with the deepest section of 130 feet near Louisville, Kentucky.
Thanks for that information, after I complete the Missouri River this year, I was looking 👀 for my next paddle.
Nanook
Have you seen that guy in the Miss. Paddlers Facebook group? He’s done a bunch of the different feeder rivers
Gotta ask, where did you get the sun hoodie Taters? I love it! 😊
It’s a brand called town shirt
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Thanks! Happy paddling. 🛶
I almost can't watch with all the ticks. Had 4 on me the other day and I'm still having nightmares!
Watching those mosquitoes is making me itch.
What an adventure.
I'm surprised there are no comments about the 16 hours of the burning orb being as bad as the hug bugs and vampire hum bugs
We love the long days up north this time of year. It means we can have our relaxed ish mornings and still have plenty of time to get distance in before sunset. Granted the limited campsites have caused us to stop a bit earlier than we’d prefer a few times
In Minnesota above Minneapolis what is the starting point of the longest stretch of water without portaging?
I am thinking of building a solar nattery canoe that wont be easlily portaged
Technically once the locks start you’re done with portaging. Before that they were pretty common. But you might get stuck waiting for a few hours for a lock to clear
17:00 if you light a fire in that fire pit, the flies & mosquitoes won't like the smoke and they'll leave you alone for a bit. 1/3 your problems sold - don't know about any Tick deterrents - those things are terrifying1 They're much larger than ours in England which are really bad anyway.
I find the big ticks far less scary than the little ones. At least you can feel them moving around before they have a chance to dig in. I also haven’t personally found smoke to be an effective deterrent. We messed up by not threatening everything with permethrin before we left
You may have to wait 'til you get to Cajun country for anyone to understand your pronunciation of "portage." ( unless, of course, you happen to run into one of the ever-present ghosts of the early French fur traders that localize the area -- they curse the mosquitos too!) .
Proof it’s no a dumb idea to spray all of your gear with permethrin not just the clothes.
I usually do clothes + tent bottom + fly. And my pack. But yea, wouldn’t mind everything having it here
You need Dinghy of Destiny decals for the boat
WHEN YOU GUYS GET TO THE GULF IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER. UNTIL YOU GET WHERE YOUR GOING YOU HAVE AN ENDLESS EXPANSE OF OCEAN WITH ZERO LAND ANYWHERE NEAR TO BEING VISIBLE. AND AT TIMES 5-10 FOOT WAVES, ARE YOU GUYS SURE YOUR UP TO IT?
YES I AM PRETTY SURE WE ARE
You guys are tough.
oh no The Hug Boat
What date did you start your journey ?
June 5th, 2023
🤣😎☮
Matt in the bow steering is crucial in meandering streams like these. Jen can't do it all!
Sooo many mosquitoes! Very much like the 18 to 20 min vids tho. I miss the slightly longer vids
Thanks! I basically just film whatever strikes me on a given day. So i don’t know how long it’ll be until I’m editing it together the following morning. I dislike videos I’ve seen from others than really drag and have a lot of dead air so I tend to lean towards a little tighter editing / shorter length
If you keep saying portage wrong I’m going to start rooting for the ticks. Jk, but seriously, please for love of everything good..
So our first paddle trip was the Sayward canoe route in Vancouver Island. We learned the word there, and since then had only seen it in print. We were surprised when we looked up and saw the English pronunciation has the first syllable stressed! I am trying to switch over but keep in mind the episodes are delayed so we say it wrong for at least 5 more episodes … sorry! Haha
I’m actually kind of warming to it!
I got my coordination from playing too much Halo as a teenager, gamers unite!
Well, I guess you guys will be really ready for that ole black water after this..
The canoe needs to be steered from the front with draw strokes, cross draws and pry strokes.