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The batteries Argo currently installs only have a six month warranty, and if you don't keep them charged up they die in about a year. And they are not cheap. So you need to keep a trickle charger on them when they are just sitting parked. I have a plug-in (110 v) trickle charger for the winter when the Argo lives in my garage, and a solar 12 v battery charger for the spring/summer/fall when the Argo is at my camp. You might be using your machine more often than I do, and that of course will keep the battery charged. Doug

Wonderful! Glad to be of help! Did I ever mention the Argo 12 v battery? Doug

Oh, I wear it fishing and farting around in town, just not hunting or working in the bush. I don't think it is thornproof or puncture resistant.............

I have their jacket and it is LIGHT and waterproof. But I don't actually trust it in the woods, where I am getting thorns etc tug at my clothing. I don't want to tear a really expensive jacket! In the woods I wear a much older set of Cabela's gear, and it is good stuff but too hot for summer fishing. My summer weight rain jacket is from MEC, and I had it out in today's rain, in the woods. I was still dry after a couple hours of steady drizzle, but it was not a serious downpour - when that happens, the MEC jacket gives me a couple hours, tops, before I start getting damp. Must look into that conditioning stuff. Old dog, new tricks...........🙄 Doug

Good for you, Cliff! Your planning and work have paid off, JUST as you had hoped! Doug

Well, at my age I should WRITE STUFF DOWN so I remember it. I thawed one wild turkey breast and my intention was to brush it with EVO, then rub a rib rub into it, and into the slow cooker on some cut-up Vidalias. I patted down the breast, completely forgot about the EVO, and rubbed the rib rub into it. CRAP! Well, what I should have done is rinse off the rub and start again, but being the cheapskate I am, I just went ahead and used the breast without the EVO. I did put a couple tbsp of EVO in with the onion on the bottom of the slow cooker pot. Six hours on low, and the breast was done. OK, how do I move the pictures to here in the middle of what I am typing??????????????????????????????????????? I wanted to show you folks the pics and then write some more. ANYWAYS, the flavour is very good, but the meat was a touch on the dry side. 😐 After supper, I made a gravy with the onion, pan drippings, and some veggie water and corn starch, and cut up some of the leftover breast into it. Even if I do say so myself, that's AWESOME. Live and learn. Doug

And I did honey mustard pork tenderloins on rice vermicelli noodles last night but as usual did not take a photo. It was pretty toothsome... Tonight it is a wild turkey breast in the slow cooker, done with a rib rub. It smells pretty good right now, hope it tastes as good! Doug

Other than the tomato, that looks AWESOME, Brian! Do you make your own onion rings? If yes, how? I have never tried that. BREAKING NEWS!!!! Food Basics had a 1 kg bag of frozen cooked spot-tail prawns on for $12.99. I have never seen these here before, only ever brought them back from BC after fishing trips. I "hope" they are as good as they look. Doug

Them, and jelly beans, and red licorice nibs, and jelly tots, and wine gums, and broken nut roll, and strawberry marshmallows, and............🙄

As far as I know, nope, we never had relations! 😮 There were some Newfoundlanders in the crowd singing, though..........

Mine's a 1998, very sweet, does everything I need, and it's PAID FOR. But those two finalists you were looking at are mighty fine looking boats! Doug

So I went to the Bulk Barn to get rye flour and unbleached white flour........ Curse you, Fisherman! Another five pounds of belly I don't need...........🙄

One door closes and another one opens..............and damn you!!! Now you got me thinking it might be time to get a new boat as well. It doesn't help that my outboard had an issue just before bass season and is at the sick motor doctor awaiting parts.............🙄

Now as you mention it, I did notice that.

PS to Fisherman) usually i am known to DRINK rye, not eat it! 😉

Beauty! Thanks buddy!

So how about a recipe for your rye bread, old buddy? Doug

That I have. I put it in most of my venison dishes, as well as my Canadian Scotch Broth. I buy it at the Bulk Barn.

Looks like summer savoury?

A bit of grief, or nostalgia, is not a bad thing. But think of the adventures and stories you will have with your NEW boat! You don't get very far ahead if you are looking in the rear-view mirror............. Doug

Gouin Reservoir is a VERY long trip, and the last bit is all gravel. There is a lot of water there too, if the lads are going to be out on their own at all. (Think, lost on Gilligan's Island....) I never fished Kipawa but a buddy fished it for years and loved it. Just looked up Caesar's North Camps and I see they are a fly-in. But you still have to drive to Clova, which is a VERY long ride.

Looks like a nice bit of paradise right there! Doug

Thanks for the report - it brought back a lot of great memories.......... Doug

Thanks Brian. My memory being what it is, I can't recall if I tried this with warm potatoes or not. Once for sure it was cold mashed potatoes that I used, with canned steelhead, blah. Anyways, if Spiel is willing to share HIS recipe, I will try this one last time. There are some things that I have learned I can't make right.......... Doug

and people are locked up by covid and not spending money on other stuff like vacations out of country................same as the home renovation boom and the sky-rocketing cost of building materials. Supply and demand.