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I’m 74 and my hiking and camping days are over. Until I found you several years ago. Please keep the videos coming. Thank you and be careful out there.
I'm 75, and I now live my camping days in watching videos, reminiscing and vicariously through my children and grandson. I am the free camping equipment stop for the family. But as far as your video, you guys had me loving you when I saw the PopTarts being heated in the stove...❤🙂👍
Lovely. Such wonderful country. As an old ice fisherman I wouldn't go out on ice that thin. When I was younger....you betcha. Too bad we don't get much ice in S. Michigan anymore.
Our winters have become very good for skating. From December to February the temperatures usually sit around 0 C, and the lakes consistently freeze, thaw and re-set. Nature's zamboni :)
Love, love, love this one Noah & Rachel! Just darn jealous of the skating especially. I miss it so much 😢 Thanks for letting us glide along and that dinner looked amazing 💜 Barret
Beautiful nighttime and skating footage! Still surprised at the 2"-3" ice thickness standard for skating. When I was a kid in the Maritimes, we always said 6" was the minimum - one of those things I've carried in my head unquestioned ever since. :-) It was a river we skated on, but a mile-wide one. Still, it would have been moving water underneath. Nice to see you carrying ice picks!
I've watched a ton of these videos. When I was younger, I'd stay in a small log cabin room like structure. Nothing beats a good working wood stove. Those RV's, some have an electric fireplace, that's okay until the power goes out. My dads house was heated with a huge wood stove. Fireplaces, Wood stoves are the only way to go. The early settlers had it all figured out.
Noted the Poptart dessert. EVERYTHING tastes good when you are out in the wild. In my youth I took many summer canoe trips in and around Algonquin and one summer something called Fizzies were all the rage…essentially fruit flavored Alka Seltzer. A staple on many of those was Red River. You either loved it or hated it and I was firmly in the latter camp. Viewed it as boiled bird seed. Nothing topped PB &J which we mixed together in single containers. Today it is chili oils, Asian spices, dried mushrooms and dumplings. Not complaining but boy have things changed in terms of tasty lightweight foods for camping. Love the videos. Seeing the newest one in my YT feed is always a treat, and the longer the better!
Thank you for mentioning the ice picks. I hardly ever see anyone on the ice with those. I fell through some pretty thick ice once, because there was a bit of a pressure ridge, which happens a lot on really big bodies of water, plus it was close to a totally non descript pier of lake, that I believe had a spring under it. Thank god I felt it start to crack, and had time to throw myself over and roll away before I went all the way in. I’ll never forget the sight of that water under me. I was wet to just below the waist. I walked back to the cabin, but my lands froze so solid that I couldn’t get up the stairs. Maybe my knees were too cold too, I dunno. I’ll never go over deep water with ice less than 4”. 3 is fine IF there are no big cracks , natural springs under, and all the other things you mentioned. Having said all that, looked like a nice little over nighter. It was so rare to have ice that was good for skating where I was, but when it was, it was the cooled thing to actually go somewhere on skates!
It’s always such a pleasure to see you both. This was short but definitely sweet❤ Hope to see ya soon as always be safe and God Bless. Lots of love from Ohio❤
We love your videos. Especially those with Rachyl! We loved the ice skating! There is nothing like skating in the winter cold on a lake.. though never did that at those temps. Can’t imagine in 90k winds, with that windchill, way out in the boonies, in a small cabin with that small wood stove. Yikes. More videos please!
That was just great. I loved seeing the little remote cabin and how you warmed it up. And the skating was such a treat to see during this non-winter we’re having in Southern Ontario. Just loved this Noah - and Rachel. Thanks
As kids we used to get nice smooth ice surfaces on the lakes for skating after some freeze thaw or rain in March, just in time for March Break. This early season ice is so unfamiliar but super cool! Glad to see the safety gear and tips on checking ice.
Katoohla or Hillsound Micro Spikes on the ice trails. They work and you will fall on your butt less often. Love your videos and Rachel is a tough adventurer!
TheBach was wonderful and was also the background music in a major movie a year or so ago. Does anybody remember what it was.? It was instantly recognizable, but I can’t remember from where!
Beautiful area of our world...if I was 20 years younger I would be traveling there. Interesting dinner. The peace and quiet is appealing. I'll bet there is some great fishing there?
Lovely video. You've stayed in a ton of these back country cabins. You must have an idea of what works, what doesn't, features you'd like to see, layouts you prefer, materials you think work better than others, etc. It would be great if you built your own cabin, or crowd funded the construction of a new public cabin or something like that. That would be the tops. Or maybe just do a little doodle video where you draw out what you think the ideal back country camping cabin would look like and how it would be similar or dissimilar to other cabins you've stayed in. I'd find that really fascinating.
Cool video. Looks like fun. Underwater springs can be a dangerous concern. Also a great fishing spot. The water takes longer to freeze in such a spot. Unpredictable where they are if you dont know the lake. Be careful, that thin ice could be anywhere. Less than 8 inches and i test the ice continually on unfamiliar water.
I'm envious. That is a thrilling, chilling winter outdoor adventure. I would be very willing. If I had the right clothing and gear, that is. Kudos for sharing the fun.
Lakes were our only rinks in the 1970s and 1980s. Winters were longer and colder in Nova Scotia then. We'd skate all January and February without worry. I recall being out in the middle of a large lake when the ice 'cracked' beneath our feet. It was loud. I assume it was settling or something. The ice was thick. But, oh, the shiver that would go through my body when that would happen. But it didn't stop us because people would take their cars onto the ice. If it held them, we knew we were safe.
Incredible spot! The night sky off the lake is why we need outdoor spaces. Empty ones. And skating on a windswept lake is truly a magical thing. So glad my kids experienced that during covid. A local lake froze without snow on it and we all skated for miles. Loads of hockeys games were being played too. 🇨🇦❤
Short..but sweet trip..fun to see Rachyl out skating ( rather than running..lol 😅! ) seems like yesterday we were watching her grow up next door. Thanks for the invite to go along with you guys. Cheers Mike & Dawn ..(your old neighbours next door.)
That cabin is very similar to one I have in the bush here in Ontario. No electricity, no running water, and no indoor bathroom facilities. It is where I go to recharge myself.
I spent plenty of 70 to 82 below nights in Fairbanks Alaska and my buddy and I and one more older gent was featured in the Daily Miner for riding our mountain bikes between 50 and 60 below. The Temps were easy to figure out because all Restaurants had a policy to get people out from under the bridges by offering free coffee below 50 below. Plenty of times we'd ride by an Eatery and it'd be packed. People called us crazy but anyone can dress right for those temperatures. I still have my Jacket that is too warm to wear around unless it's way below freezing.
What a spot! I wanna try Nordic skates. Wait when was it -37? I fat biked 89 km yesterday in Cumberland and the coldest was -23, coldest day of the year so far wasn't it?
Noah Crampons are cheap to purchase. I bought a couple pairs after going down a few times on the ice, takes less time to put them on, than to recover from a hard fall haha.
