On our long trip last summer we took an outback oven and a cast iron dutch oven. We make bannock and regular (yeast rising) bread in the outback. Love it - worth it. The dutch oven we use for lots of meals - 2 person size was perfect.

I do not think it will be early - but I hope I am wrong

Maybe tell us what you normally eat on canoe trips?

Hi Rob,

See if I am going to buy an eReader I want it to work withthe battery pack - my iPhone and inReach both work with the battery pack - so if it does not I may just give up on an ereader and use the phone - the ereaders have a much longer battery life so I was thinking it would be worth bringing IF I can recharge it with the battery pack.

Hi Everyone,

I'm interested in what fellow Algonquin whitewater trippers think about this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cXsXRcRgD6Q. My last Algonquin whitewater trip was in a Royalex boat and I suspect my next one will be as well. Eventually, however, I will probably buy a tripping boat and paddle the Petawawa in a boat made out of another material because as many of you know, Royalex - which many of our whitewater tripping boats are made out of - is no longer available. Nova Craft has come out with this new material and one of the big questions is how does it handle a wrap? Personally, I am a fan of NC - just still figuring out what I think of this material.

I am curiuos what other trippers with more experience with wraps think about what they have learned about this material's ability to handle wraps so far (either from this video or other sources of information). I guess I was hoping to see a bit more detail regarding the wrap - I am less concerned about how it handles being dropped, etc. My only first hand experience with wraps is where we have intentionally wrapped Royalex boats and I have a boat that was wrapped by someone else - which still has reasonable integrity. Anyways, curious what others think?

AT - the Gearswap is what they do with things that have some damage or blemish (even if minor/only cosmetic) or if it was a 'sample.' For things that are basically new but have been returned they put them back on the rack with a discount. We have bought a silnylon tarp and a Thermarest cot this way - they were both 20-30% off and there was nothing wrong with them - but someone had bought & returned them - I always check at MEC to see if something on my wish list has a discounted version.

When we needed to get the cot replaced because we were unhappy with the wear we payed the difference and got a new one.

What about the MSR Elixir 3? MEC sells it and it is in the same price range. I would agree with the comments about the Volt - we do actually have a 4 person tent that is all mesh for the summer and used it on a 23 day trip last summer - I sleep cold, my OH sleeps hot - so it was perfect - I brought my second coolest bag (rather than my coolest bag) - so if it was a cooler night between OH's body heat, our dog's body heat and my sleeping bag I was good - but I would not want it to be our only tent - We have a different 4 person tent for the shoulder seasons.

Its all relative - I'm 5'6" and paddle a Shearwater - it is a big solo but much narrower than a tandem - it is long and handles big water and big loads well - I use it on large bodies of water and on smaller bodies of water with a dog. Not for everyone but I really like my Shearwater