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Quote of the Week: Canoeing Words of Wisdom

We found this plaque at Prairie Portage, an entry point and border crossing into Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.

For those who have difficulty reading the plaque, the text is reproduced below.

CANOEING - WORDS OF WISDOM

QUETICO - SUPERIOR AREA

“You should be prompt in embarking and disembarking.  Do not carry either water or sand into the canoe.  It is not wise to ask too many questions nor should you yield to the itch for making comments about the journey, a habit which may be cultivated to an excess.  Silence is a safe and discreet plenishing.  Should there be a need of criticism, let it be conducted modestly.

“ In brief, it is well to be cheerful, or at any rate to appear so.  Everyone at the portage should try to carry something according to his strength, be it only a kettle.  For example, do not begin paddling if you are not prepared to continue paddling.  Stick to your place in the canoe.  Be assured that if once you are set down as a trouble maker and difficult person, you will not easily get rid of such a reputation.

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The instructions of Father Le Jeune (in 1650) to young Jesuit missionaries on the handling of a canoe and behavior en route are as applicable today as they were 300 years ago.

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This quote was posted in the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake (a great place to visit).  Thankfully we have not been greatly affected by such varmints.

"Blackflies, Mosquitoes and Punkies: a cosmopolitan police, detailed by Divine Providence to guard the great hunting park of the Republic from the incursions of cockney poachers and murderers of deer in summer.  Long may they wave!"

North Woods Walton Club toast, 1858

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The Definition of an RVer

n.  One who drives a $500,000 motor coach, towing a $50,000 automobile, looking for a free place to park.

I don't know anyone like this.  Do you?

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"I sold over 37 million records. If I had known, I would have saved the money."

Eddie Money, St. Clair MI, 7/31/09

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"Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill, but since we're on our way down, we might as well enjoy the ride".

The Secret Of Life
James Taylor, North Carolina native and 2000 Inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Answer: Dogs and grandchildren!

Question: What is the favorite food of alligators?

While paddling on the Dora Canal on Wednesday, we met about a half a dozen tour boats taking tourists on site-seeing excursions in the canal. I think every tour guide operator enrolled in the same tour guide correspondence school. Every single one asked that question as we paddled by. Most were said loudly enough that we could hear; actually I think everyone in Tavares could hear them over their obnoxious PA system. The comment actually seemed to be directed more at us than at their clients. One said alligators would launch their whole bodies out of the water and onto a boat for a dog. With their jaws agape, I think the tourists really expected that to happen as they watched. The truth is alligators rarely feed at all in the winter, because they can't digest the food, and it will rot in their stomachs. Jerks.

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I belong to an exclusive and unique canoe club, the DBT (Dumb But Tough) Club. This club is so exclusive that there are only three members. We adopted this name because we have a propensity to do ridiculously long or hard canoe camping trips during February and other frigid months. Our motto is "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough".

During these outings mealtime sanitation is sometimes less than optimal. During one such DBT outing, when we were getting ready to wash dishes, one member asked if we should use soap. Another member replied "Nah, then we'll just have to rinse 'em."

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There is a concrete monument at the NC/SC state line on the Lumber River south of Fair Bluff. As we paddled across the line into South Carolina, one silly paddler, who shall remain anonymous, remarked:

"The average IQ of both states just went up 1%."