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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:54 am

I am accompanying my daughter to a two-night Girl Scout family camp up at Camp Archibald, which is in the middle of nowhere up in the Endless Mountains northwest of Scranton, in August. Looking forward to it, will be so nice to do stuff like that again. I hope there are other dads there :lol:

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Postby mac5155 » Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:21 pm

Or maybe there won't be other dads there.....

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Postby willeyeam » Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:30 pm

lol

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Postby eddy » Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:43 am

Stars were nice last night

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:44 am

Nice!

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Postby mac5155 » Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:10 pm

Yeah, a buddy of mine had a fire at his house yesterday and the sky was beautiful last night

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Postby mac5155 » Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:45 pm

A yuge brush fire is ravaging Ohiopyle right now :(

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:42 pm

Awful. Has to be man made. :cry:

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Postby mac5155 » Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:29 am

Yeah, probably an accident or something stupid. The hillside from my house is glowing and it's almost 1am. We need rain, badly

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:26 am

Now there is a fire near tidioute in the ANF?


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Postby shafnutz05 » Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:46 am

That is awful news.

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Postby dodint » Sun Nov 07, 2021 7:43 pm

Went hiking at Laurel Summit State Park today. Beautiful place, perfect weather. The view from Wolf Rocks was impressive. The only downside was the woods were packed, I went to Laurel Summit hoping the leafers would be at Linn Run.

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Postby mac5155 » Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:25 pm

Have you tried laurel Ridge state park? I literally had no idea it existed until I drove 653 from rockwood to Connellsville home after a facebook marketplace rendezvous. What an incredible view on 653 right around Jim mountain quarry

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Postby dodint » Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:03 pm

No, sounds neat. I do use the 100yd range on the state game lands just south of there, though.

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Postby Kane » Sun Mar 27, 2022 9:35 am

Opening day is coming up boys and girls. Hopefully the weather won't be the sh*t that it is now.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Jun 20, 2022 9:29 am

Hiked half the Rachel Carson Trail Saturday - 18 miles. Perfect day for it. 4528 ascending ft and 4376 descending ft. have made me feel like I'm 85. Worth it, though.

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Postby dodint » Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:56 am

The wife and I got to do some sea kayaking this week. Her on her paddleboard and me on a too-small sit-on-top kayak borrowed from a friend. She's been leaning on me lately to get my own kayak so I don't have to borrow/rent anymore. Anyone have a local shop they like that has kayaks in stock to look at? My wife does all her stuff through Ian at surfsupadventures.com but that's not so helpful for me.

Looking online it seems like the kayaks I like are out of stock. Not sure if that's residual supply chain and demand issues from COVID or what.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:26 am

Dunhams always has some lined up on the wall outside their doors. Not sure if you want to go big or just trying to get a beginner one. REI might be the other place to check out

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Postby dodint » Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:39 am

This is one that checked a lot of boxes for me, but the 140 isn't really available anymore: https://www.wildernesssystems.com/us/kayaks/tarpon-140

Being as tall as I am I pretty much need a sit on top and the longer it is the better off I am, so 14ft is a nice length. Sit on top, comfortable seat, decent storage, and adjustable footpegs is my list of wants. And I like that particular model because although it's a wide SOT it's tapered at the end so it can handle a bit, it isn't just a barge.

Being a big guy is a double-edged sword in a lot of ways. I *need* a bigger kayak to support my height and weight, but I can also lift a 65lb kayak onto my car because I'm big.

I've tried all kinds of kayaks and my favorite is the 16ft+ sea kayaks with rudder systems that you sit in. But they're really only good for open water and they're bad in every other way. :lol: I'm happy to just rent one of those from time to time.

Maybe the next time I'm near Leechburg I'll stop in at The River's Edge Canoe & Kayak.

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Postby Ad@m » Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:28 pm

@dodint

Is this kayak large enough for you?

https://www.bedfordgazette.com/news/loc ... 0147d.html

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Postby dodint » Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:33 pm

Neat.

Also, no.

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Postby dodint » Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:16 am

Still haven't found a new Tarpon 140. But I was poking around on FB and found this older model, which already has a rudder system installed. I think it's pretty nice for a first boat, even if it's used:

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva ... 40278.html

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The only thing I don't like about it is the color. We paddle in high boat traffic areas sometimes and I don't like blue boats/pfds. I might buy a roll of reflective hi-vis and apply that to parts of it. My PFD is a red/orange color. My wife's SUP and PFD are blue, drives me nuts, particularly the PFD.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:35 am

I am headed up to the Adirondacks next month with my FIL and BIL to a family friend's hunting lodge--my FIL goes every year but looking forward to making the trip.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:58 pm

I am headed up to the Adirondacks next month with my FIL and BIL to a family friend's hunting lodge--my FIL goes every year but looking forward to making the trip.
We went in 2018 on our way up to Quebec. Definitely want to go back, there are so many hiking opportunities and cool things to see. If you're near Lake Placid, definitely check out the old Olympic site. Really cool stuff.

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Postby mac5155 » Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:39 pm

Will you be hunting?

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