Recent content by HughK

re: Related Question. Thanks for the quick responses. Just what I was looking for. We have a recent survey recorded that makes it official with the town. Do like the idea of blazes, looking really for approximate boundaries so we don't cut the neighbors' trees. Plus, this way we can tell them...

A somewhat related question As a preface, I have no experience using a GPS, and I have a survey map of a piece if property. Can a GPS be used with the coordinates on the map to find the boundary points of the property? The property has two survey monuments and one marked pipe that I can use...

Honey Straws/ Honey Sticks These might help, honey straws. You can find them at farmer markets or from someone who sells local honey. Beekeeping Supply companies like ]Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, www.brushymountainbeefarm.com , will sell them direct.

The other weekend we were out for an old fashion leaf peeping trip and came back down Rte 202 by the Quabbin Reservior and went down through Gate 8 where the large boat launch area is. Asked the Ranger if we could put kayaks in here and she said "no". There is an issue with zebra mussels...

Chain of Ponds Stayed last week at Cathedral Pines Campground in Eustis and went up to the Chain of Ponds. As we are newbie paddlers the fewer folks around the less stressful. The only ones watching our poor paddling techniques were the loons. Easy access to the middle pond (Bog Pond?) from...

Thanks to all for the great response. I think a lot of times when there are discussions about equipment the topic tends to drift toward which model is better over another. But for me what actually determines a good or poor experience with a new device are these small things- memory cards...

Have made the decision to not lug my old workhorse Canon AE-1 on hikes any longer and move to the digital age, looking seriously at the Canon G10. My question is about memory cards, is it like memory in a computer and you buy as much as you can at the beginning, because you will always use it...

Adirondak Guide Boats Have you seen these boats before? http://www.adirondack-guide-boat.com/cedarguideboats.html Not kayaks, but a pretty nifty craft. Read somewhere that hunters would carry moose and deer in them. They only weight about 40 lbs. Saw at the Wooden Boat Show in Portland one...

Channel 2 in Boston is showing on Tuesday, 1/17 at 8:00 pm, Deadly Ascent. It examines the dangers of combining extreme cold with altitude and why some get sick but others don't. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/denali/> Looks like the nova site has some interesting additions about Denali. Have...

Breakfast in Kingfield Way in the back of the general store in Kingfield at the intersection where Rte 16 leaves 27 to cross over the Carrabassett River, there is a small breakfast place which might seat 15 including the stools at the counter. You might not find it unless you look for it. Not...

Just finished with the snowblower removing 13" of partly cloudy from the driveway here just North of the RI border in Medway. Best thing about working from home in the winter is not having to fight the 20 mph traffic home behind the plow conga lines to discover you cannot get up the driveway...

Food Saver We use the Food Saver and build the bags to length from the rolls. Have had very good success freezing meats and fresh veggies (surplus from the garden). The meats seem to freeze harder, if that is possible no air pockets as with ziploc and stayed frozen longer in the cooler we took...

Snowshoe Bindings Thought I would add this as a secondary query. I have a couple pair of wood/rawhide Maine style snowshoes that need new bindings. One has the original "cup" shaped rawhide binding and the second is an "H" shaped harnass. Any suggestions on types and sources of bindings...

Aero Bed We used a Coleman version this summer for car camping found it very comfortable. We had used it previously for extra guests at the house, but the battery powered blower really didn't give enough firmness to the mattress. So we got a hand pump and that worked much better and took just...

I received this today, and didn't know if others were aware of this. Hugh. *************** Friends, Friends of Bigelow (FOB) needs your help to persuade the Department of Conservation to postpone a timber cutting operation on the north side of Little Bigelow Mountain that threatens the...