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04/29/2017 07:50AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Hard to believe it has been a year since he passed. We sure miss him here. Raising a glass of Ranger to you bro. Cheers!

His brothers (Cowdoc, Butthead and Suncatcher and I) are taking Kanoes on one last paddle this summer to Agnes Lake in the Quetico. Twas one of his favorite places.


 
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04/29/2017 08:26AM  
Man do I miss that guy. Too many memories to type them all. BUT the biggest thing I miss is his Wing Night Laugh. Next week on my solo I'll be thinking about him a lot and will have toast each night watching the sunset.

Have a great paddle with him this summer.
 
04/29/2017 08:54AM  
A Lot of Great Memories.... We had so much fun, it should be illegal !!!
RIP kanoes

kanoes' last trip to the Quetico!








 
04/29/2017 10:35AM  


I borrowed this from Paul and got a 16X16canvas print, put it in my gear room. I'm still pretty sure he's disgusted with the level of organization.
 
04/29/2017 11:07AM  
All things pass in time.
Some just leave a larger footprint behind.

butthead
 
Savage Voyageur
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04/29/2017 01:52PM  
quote butthead: "All things pass in time.
Some just leave a larger footprint behind.
butthead"


Very true Ken.
I too miss Jan, he was the life of any party he was at. And that laugh, classic.
 
520eek
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04/29/2017 03:09PM  
I miss the banter in chat....RIP Jan
 
04/29/2017 05:03PM  
Craziness news I ever heard. Was in shock for quite a while. But like families do we hung together. We'be lost others too... Jan for sure went to Joels funeral representing our group. You look back and see the impact others had on you whether you met them in person or not. Jan was an important cog I know, but he'd for sure be glad we continue to come together as sort of a family. He enjoyed everyone, he liked the fact he could speak his mind even when it cost him a time or two. RIP Jan, and as we move forward continuing to discuss our Innis and outies, we'll never forget how passionate you were about things.
 
KT
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04/29/2017 05:09PM  
First guy i met from the board, good humor and what you saw is what you got. I really liked the guy and think about him often. Ive still got the agate from his funeral in the center console of my Rover.
 
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04/29/2017 09:11PM  
RIP Jan... you're missed by everyone you touched. I hope I can get to Agnes Lake sometime in the future.
 
04/29/2017 09:15PM  
Hoisting a Ranger bro
 
mr.barley
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04/29/2017 09:53PM  

 
04/30/2017 07:10AM  
I never got to meet Jan in person and I think I only got to see "some" of his many faceted personality from being on this board. I joined in 2007 by posting a random pic in the monthly photo contest on here. I didn't read too closely and my pic had nothing to do with the theme for that month. I was greeted with a slap on the wrist by Jan and thus started our online relationship.

I knew him to be very outspoken and sometimes crass. He didn't mince words and was not wishy washy. I think I would have got to appreciate him a lot more if I was around him in person. It's a shame he had to leave us so young. A good reminder for the rest of us to live now. It's all we really have.

 
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04/30/2017 08:34AM  
RIP Jan
 
04/30/2017 09:03AM  
Jan actually taught me something valuable, I didn't think people could change, but he proved me wrong.

He wouldn't mind me posting this as we have talked about it before. Jan joined QJ and this board shortly after me and I have to admit I did not like him at all. He jumped down people's throats online if you disagreed with him...I got in it with him a few times because he basically called me dumb for using a Kevlar canoe and said I was wasting my money going to Quetico. There were other disagreements but those stand out the most.

I say all that because after a hiatus on the boards when I came back I thought someone had hacked his account...I see him going to Quetico and buying a Kevlar canoe :) His tone changed and I came to enjoy his posts and advice rather than think they were a waste of time. He became a respected person and I'd say a leader on this board. He reached out to me at one point and apologized---which wasn't necessary but was appreciated. I didn't know him personally as well as others have, but well enough to back up what others say about his generosity and humor.

So yes people can change---I was wrong, they can change from someone you wish would leave to some one you now miss. I don't know if I am explaining this well, but I knew Jan well enough to know he would take this the way it was intended--as a compliment.

T
 
04/30/2017 10:06AM  
Yeah, I also remember a public apology on this board, not to me personally but for some incident where he lashed out at someone. It was real heartfelt and he admitted he needed to change and soften up a bit. I thought that was really admirable of him.



 
04/30/2017 11:19AM  
quote mr.barley: "
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This was a CLASSIC and funnier then hell! What a miserable weekend of weather, but we all had a great time!

Thanks Barley for sharing!
 
adam
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04/30/2017 01:39PM  
This weekend would have been a pretty typical spring Wingnight. Cold weather, some rain, even snow. Jan would have always been on point to dish out his well perfected Man hug .

These two are getting a nice fire going for the first Spring wingnight up in Heaven.




 
04/30/2017 03:18PM  










I really miss him especially at the wingnight get togethers. It was hard to get a photo of him where he was not laughing genuinely and having fun. There is always an emptiness inside of me at wingnights now. (2013 Fall Wingnight photos)
 
Basspro69
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04/30/2017 04:34PM  
I logged onto bwca.com that day and noticed all kinds of people in chat, so I went into chat and was saying hi to people that I haven't talked to in some time. I said why is everyone in chat tonight and someone said Brad have you checked out the board today and I said no. They said you need to go look on the message board. I skipped out of chat and then to my horror I saw that Jan had died. What a terrible sick empty feeling in the pit of my stomach, I will never forget that day. Jan aka Kanoes you are very missed !!!
 
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04/30/2017 08:02PM  
I really miss his posts, he was a wealth of good information. He will be heading in with me on Thursday.
 
04/30/2017 08:54PM  
Jan was one of the first people who reached out to me when I joined this site. Like the rest of you, I sure miss everything he had to offer. RIP Jan.
 
04/30/2017 10:12PM  
yes i miss jan alot too , he had a surly to him that made him , him , but friendly in the same and 95% right on ! we miss you Jan :)
 
04/30/2017 10:49PM  
It's as if it's been a year of "PBS" as Jan always said several times a night in chat. :-)
 
05/01/2017 01:01AM  
quote BearBurrito: "I really miss his posts, he was a wealth of good information. He will be heading in with me on Thursday.
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thats awesome only a few may get it(that arent on this site) , but VN !
 
05/01/2017 03:54AM  
quote SunCatcher: "
quote mr.barley: "
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This was a CLASSIC and funnier then hell! What a miserable weekend of weather, but we all had a great time!


Thanks Barley for sharing!"




That WAS a classic... Jan taking one for the team. Haha. One of the more memorable wing nights. Nothing phased him, he was a rock. He inspired many.
 
Bogwalker
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05/01/2017 05:12AM  
On a March day in 2012 Jan drove up from Prior Lake to my home in Nowthen to paddle my new to me Seliga wood canvas canoe that I had recently purchased.

It was cold and windy, the ice was maybe a day off my local lake, but he was willing to come up. It took him longer to drive up and back then we were able to paddle but he did it. I'll always remember that day and the fun we had shaking our fists at the cold and wind as we paddled a canoe for the first time that spring.

RIP Jan
 
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05/01/2017 07:25AM  
A loving thread; the Internet needs more of these.
 
05/01/2017 07:32AM  
I miss him.....
 
Basspro69
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05/01/2017 06:33PM  
quote nctry. Jan was an important cog I know, but he'd for sure be glad we continue to come together as sort of a family.."
Amen !
 
05/01/2017 07:42PM  
RIP Jan
 
onepaddleshort
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05/01/2017 08:28PM  
I posted this short poem I wrote shortly after he passed. We never met in person, but last summer in the Q with my daughter I did tip a cup in his honor under the blazing stars...

to kanoes

early morning
too much coffee
sun is draping the spring cold
outside the glass

i sit here in front of a screen
pondering
how i can miss someone
i never met

for me you were only
words of advice
scattered trip reports
a few fleeting photographs

no tin cup evening cocktail
passed across the campfire
no laughter to echo across the dark water
yielding to the hum of your forest machine

only the burst of lower-case
electrons across the wires
late night chat middle-of-the-winter
schemes of summer

still
it was enough
like the window with the warmth
to the right of me now

as in o’keeffe’s, “ladder to the moon”
what’s unreachable now was unreachable then
yet as the stars give way to daybreak
they still glimmer beyond the sun

when tomorrow’s campfire flickers
when loons call to evening’s fading light
the returning stars shall be our handshake
voiceless friends amid the night.
 
ozarkpaddler
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05/01/2017 11:01PM  
Never got to know him like many of you. I only know him as nice guy who I sold to and bought a few items from here. He and I exchanged a few cordial e-mails over the years. Definitely a palpable "Loss" when he left us on the board.
 
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05/01/2017 11:19PM  
quote mooseplums: "I miss him..... "

My thoughts exactly!
 
bapabear
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05/02/2017 09:09AM  
Rest in Peace Kanoes. I miss your viewpoints, insights, and humor.
 
schweady
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05/02/2017 11:00AM  
This morning, while thinking about how I could best pay tribute, up pops an email from PayPal, letting me know that my automatic payment to bwca.com had been processed.

Perfect.

Jan treasured this site and the family of folks involved here. To the point that he was never shy about reminding everyone that its continued existence depends on our contributions. So, I take up his torch to call on those willing: set up a recurring contribution here. It's pretty painless.

Paddle on, kanoes.
 
05/03/2017 09:14AM  
 
05/05/2017 05:15AM  


This is the rock I was given at Jan's funeral. B2 made it into a necklace for me to wear on trips in memory of Kanoes.

I wasn't as close to him as you "brothers" where but I sure do miss him. I feel lucky to have known him all the years I did.

RIP, Jan, Joann, Kanoes! You are greatly missed here and at Wingnights!!!!!!!


 
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03/06/2018 07:45PM  
Some of you may remember me, newer people will not. But after much time of inactivity here, I came back into chat tonight. First thing I noticed was the banner at the top of the page. My heart sank. I knew what it meant without asking, but I did anyway. Jan was one of the stalwarts of this community and lived in the chatroom at night, many times alongside of me. I will miss the banter with him over the dumbest things. Mostly influenced by a few too many cold ones by each of us. I will miss him coursing details of the last college party out of me, or talking me into sharing a certain thing in chat that I'm sure some of the old guard remember. I logged in tonight hoping to share with Jan a new picture; one of my son, who is 5 months old now. I thought "Man, Jan is going to have some things to say about this." I am sad that I was not able to share that with him, but I'm sure he's somewhere chuckling at me right now. I can't get his favorite beer out here, but I'm going to drinking what I have in his memory right now.

 
03/06/2018 08:28PM  
Great picture! I remember that age for my kids.
 
mr.barley
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03/07/2018 11:48AM  
quetico152: "Some of you may remember me, newer people will not. But after much time of inactivity here, I came back into chat tonight. First thing I noticed was the banner at the top of the page. My heart sank. I knew what it meant without asking, but I did anyway. Jan was one of the stalwarts of this community and lived in the chatroom at night, many times alongside of me. I will miss the banter with him over the dumbest things. Mostly influenced by a few too many cold ones by each of us. I will miss him coursing details of the last college party out of me, or talking me into sharing a certain thing in chat that I'm sure some of the old guard remember. I logged in tonight hoping to share with Jan a new picture; one of my son, who is 5 months old now. I thought "Man, Jan is going to have some things to say about this." I am sad that I was not able to share that with him, but I'm sure he's somewhere chuckling at me right now. I can't get his favorite beer out here, but I'm going to drinking what I have in his memory right now.

"

You’re almost respectable now. Almost.
 
04/10/2018 06:41PM  
I have been absent for quite some time....life happens. The day Trix called me with the news my heart sank. Jan was so supportive and encouraging of me and my inexperience. I took my solo on my second trip ever and he BRAGGED about it....I'll never forget the support he showed to me. In the years since I've had two babies, Dennis and Henry, and lost one - my Emily - Jan knew her, she knew him ... and they both were so vital in my ambitions to master paddling the BWCA....words cannot express my gratitude for his counsel and guidance. I picture him and Emily sitting at the mouth of a portage trading BWCA adventures....she so young and he so wise. RIP Em and Jan - love you both....
 
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04/11/2018 08:33AM  
I didn't know this fella, nor really any of you beyond the odd ubiquitous screen names that show up in many threads. I'm more of a lurker than anything in here. But I just want to say this whole thread is amazing and heartwarming. To leave this kind of legacy is the best any of us can do in life. It's not the number of days, it's the impact they had on others.

I also want to say that picture from his funeral is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Whoever had a hand in creating that display should be proud.

Cheers to you all.
 
04/11/2018 07:36PM  
PBS....

 
04/12/2018 09:45AM  
good times....
 
Jackfish
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04/12/2018 10:55AM  
mooseplums: "good times.... "

LMAO... two goofy kids.
 
04/12/2018 12:37PM  
butthead: "All things pass in time.
Some just leave a larger footprint behind.


butthead"




Ken
 
Savage Voyageur
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04/12/2018 03:17PM  
I need to get this sewn on one of my packs.
 
adam
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04/12/2018 09:35PM  

A few photos of Jan with other members to remember:

Kanoes on the Left and Rookiein03 on the right



Kanoes and Kelvar.

 
04/13/2018 07:05AM  
adam: "
A few photos of Jan with other members to remember:


Kanoes on the Left and Rookiein03 on the right





Kanoes and Kelvar.


"





I don't recognize the guy in the middle... Haha. Jan was the one Bwca.com member that represented us at rookiein03s funeral.
 
04/13/2018 07:22AM  
Two years does not seem possible. A blip.

I hope he's chuckling somewhere at the angst all paddlers are feeling with this late ice-out!
 
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04/13/2018 06:01PM  
RIP Kanoes.
 
520eek
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04/13/2018 09:23PM  
Thank you for teaching me how to cut and paste! Great first cut and paste here on chat room by me. I enjoyed many nights of chat and banter with you. I do miss you... cheers and r.i.p.
 
08/11/2020 08:29PM  
I've been away too long!

I did wondered why I wasn't seeing any posts from Jan in the message board. I adored him so much. So very sad and shocking that he is no longer with us. We talked for hours at the various wing nights. Shit! That's all I can think right now. How did he die? He was so fit!
 
08/11/2020 11:09PM  
okinaw55: "I've been away too long!


I did wondered why I wasn't seeing any posts from Jan in the message board. I adored him so much. So very sad and shocking that he is no longer with us. We talked for hours at the various wing nights. Shit! That's all I can think right now. How did he die? He was so fit!"


As I understand it, he went to bed and didn't wake up. Presumably an abrupt cardiopulmonary event. I saw he had listed some gear for sale and I almost called him to ask what was up? Alas I didn't and that was the night he died:( I think of him often. He gifted me a Dustrude saw that holds a special place in my heart and gear closet. For trips I also always pack a polyethelene nalgene labeled "because Kanoes." Unfortunately this forum has lost some special folks in recent years.

RIP brother
tg
 
08/12/2020 09:20AM  
To an old friend!

butthead/KenM
 
09/06/2020 12:32AM  
I found myself thinking of Jan tonight for some reason.

Kanoes Memories

I'm generally a shy person but for some reason I decided to go to a wingnight. Jan saw me walking around in a daze and quickly introduced himself and immediately made me feel at ease. "We're all friends here", he said. A very kind heart that is sorely missed.
 
Savage Voyageur
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09/06/2020 08:52AM  
I loved his laugh, smile and big heart. RIP Jan.
 
09/06/2020 07:51PM  
Never met Kanoes... but he gave me sooo much confidence in my first solo trip.
Thank you my friend !!
 
Basspro69
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09/06/2020 10:48PM  
Savage Voyageur: "I loved his laugh, smile and big heart. RIP Jan. "
+ 1 million
 
missmolly
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09/07/2020 06:25AM  
okinaw55: "I found myself thinking of Jan tonight for some reason.


Kanoes Memories


I'm generally a shy person but for some reason I decided to go to a wingnight. Jan saw me walking around in a daze and quickly introduced himself and immediately made me feel at ease. "We're all friends here", he said. A very kind heart that is sorely missed."


Thanks for sharing this memory.
 
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09/07/2020 07:47PM  

Ah yes. Jan. Miss that guy. Cheers to you, my friend.
 
Kanoes1264
  
04/06/2022 08:40PM  
Looks like I'm about six years late to the party, but this is absolutely incredible to see the type of impact my Dad has made on all of you. For some reason, it just now occurred to me to check out this site and finally make a profile to see how all of his close friends are doing. I hope you all are healthy and well. I some day would love to go back up to the BWCA. Dad used to take me all the time but he eventually became obsessed with solo trips. Plus, he could be hard to be around for a long period of time just being 1 on 1 with him so maybe he didn't want to try that out again either (I'm sure I'm not much better). I'm sure the ones closest to him would understand my joke ;). What I wouldn't give to have had another chance to ask him to take me on one of his Quetico trips with him. I'd love to share memories with anyone interested, or if you just want to pick my braindead mind about whatever, don't hesitate to ask. I miss my dad every single day. Thank you for being a part of his life that brought him so much joy.
 
Savage Voyageur
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04/06/2022 09:05PM  
Hi Nathan, AKA Kanoes1264, and welcome aboard here. I knew your Dad pretty well. I was over to his house in Prior Lake a few times for get togethers, many “Wing Nights” and a few “Wing Weekends” around a campfire. But the most time was spent with your Dad here was online in the endless hours in chat room on weekend nights. He was the life of every party, no mater what or where the party was. I loved his sense of humor and laugh. Trust me when I say this but this place has never been the same since he left.
 
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04/06/2022 10:07PM  
Savage Voyageur: Trust me when I say this but this place has never been the same since he left. "


Very true.

If you haven't read any of them, Jan's trip reports are great. It was his trip report of going down the Frost River solo that really had an impact on me and convinced me that I could do it too. So my first solo trip was the Frost River as well. Kanoe's Frost River Solo Trip
 
Basspro69
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04/07/2022 12:21AM  
Kanoes1264: "Looks like I'm about six years late to the party, but this is absolutely incredible to see the type of impact my Dad has made on all of you. For some reason, it just now occurred to me to check out this site and finally make a profile to see how all of his close friends are doing. I hope you all are healthy and well. I some day would love to go back up to the BWCA. Dad used to take me all the time but he eventually became obsessed with solo trips. Plus, he could be hard to be around for a long period of time just being 1 on 1 with him so maybe he didn't want to try that out again either (I'm sure I'm not much better). I'm sure the ones closest to him would understand my joke ;). What I wouldn't give to have had another chance to ask him to take me on one of his Quetico trips with him. I'd love to share memories with anyone interested, or if you just want to pick my braindead mind about whatever, don't hesitate to ask. I miss my dad every single day. Thank you for being a part of his life that brought him so much joy. "
Very happy to see you on this site. I spent many many memorable nights in the chat room with your dad and others laughing my ass off. He really is missed !
 
04/07/2022 08:18AM  
Welcome to the site. Thanks for your comments, I appreciate you taking the time to share with us.

T
 
04/07/2022 08:55AM  
Great to hear from you Nathan! Your dad did leave quite a footprint. The comments on being one on one with Jan I fully understand as I am real close to being the same way. We did spend more than a few days in camp, just the 2 of us. Yes we talked some but more time was spent going our own way. We decided to stock up on wood but went in opposite directions, back at camp Jan cut the wood, tossed it my way and I split it, hardly a word spoken. Another time on a rainy afternoon both of us decided to take photos of mushrooms. Again in opposite directions, latter we sat down and compared/examined them all.
Send me an email I have something to discuss with you.

KenM/butthead
 
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04/07/2022 10:06AM  
Welcome to the forums. I also miss your dads banter. He livened up the forums and made the chats interesting.

 
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04/07/2022 11:01AM  
Welcome, Nathan! Good to see the kanoes name live on. I never met your dad but felt his presence here online many times. He has been quite an influence on my wilderness experiences through equipment suggestions and rejections, experiments like his table drilled full of holes, and just his general wisecrackery and sense of humor.

If any newcomers here haven't stumbled across it yet, I invite them to read the thread that bojibob facilitated - kanoes' Hunter Island Journey. I will forever be in awe.
 
missmolly
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04/07/2022 12:35PM  
Basspro69: "
Kanoes1264: "Looks like I'm about six years late to the party, but this is absolutely incredible to see the type of impact my Dad has made on all of you. For some reason, it just now occurred to me to check out this site and finally make a profile to see how all of his close friends are doing. I hope you all are healthy and well. I some day would love to go back up to the BWCA. Dad used to take me all the time but he eventually became obsessed with solo trips. Plus, he could be hard to be around for a long period of time just being 1 on 1 with him so maybe he didn't want to try that out again either (I'm sure I'm not much better). I'm sure the ones closest to him would understand my joke ;). What I wouldn't give to have had another chance to ask him to take me on one of his Quetico trips with him. I'd love to share memories with anyone interested, or if you just want to pick my braindead mind about whatever, don't hesitate to ask. I miss my dad every single day. Thank you for being a part of his life that brought him so much joy. "
Very happy to see you on this site. I spent many many memorable nights in the chat room with your dad and others laughing my ass off. He really is missed !"


You were brothers from different mothers.
 
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04/07/2022 03:27PM  
nctry: "
quote SunCatcher: "
quote mr.barley: "
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This was a CLASSIC and funnier then hell! What a miserable weekend of weather, but we all had a great time!

Thanks Barley for sharing!"


That WAS a classic... Jan taking one for the team. Haha. One of the more memorable wing nights. Nothing phased him, he was a rock. He inspired many."


It was my van that was stuck down in that boggy area.

Jan was giving me the one finger salute.
 
Kanoes1264
  
04/07/2022 07:08PM  
Are wing nights still a thing?
 
04/07/2022 08:22PM  
Wingnites 2022

That's a yes!

butthead
 
04/08/2022 06:28AM  
I think of him often.

Beat laugh ever and would give the shirt off his back to anyone in need.
 
adam
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04/08/2022 09:43AM  
Kanoes1264: "Are wing nights still a thing?"


Many fond memories of your father.

Minnesota Camping Wingnight - Sept 23 - 25th (camping the night of 23rd and 24th). Baker Park Reserve in Medina MN. We will ask for RSVPs as we approach the date. More details to follow. Potluck most likely on 24th.

Join us!
 
Kanoes1264
  
04/17/2022 12:25PM  
That sounds amazing. I’d love to join you all!

 
04/17/2022 01:10PM  
Kanoes1264: "That sounds amazing. I’d love to join you all!


"


That would be awesome. Of course you have a bottle of Ranger on the shelf. Love it!
 
04/25/2022 07:49AM  
I ran into these photos a couple days ago...
I can still hear him laugh

 
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04/29/2022 03:38PM  
Cheers with a IPA Ranger to you Kanoes...wherever you may be...
 
04/29/2022 06:55PM  
Bought a few things from him back in the day and they came with tons of extras, and some notes about how to guy out the tarp. Always remembered my name in chat, and once I got to know him a little he was always respectful towards me. Miss seeing his comments on the boards a lot
 
05/01/2022 06:19PM  
I've never felt more welcomed to an event walking up to complete strangers when your father Jan bee lined to me obviously sensing that I felt out of place. I will never forget him or stop missing him. He had the most wonderful heart a person can have.
 
sotaman
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05/03/2022 10:17AM  
Greetings all!!

Its been awhile since I have been on the site couple reasons are I moved to North Dakota and I know I need the BWCA in my life but some how have not made it a priority like it should be. So talking about the BWCA and looking at pictures hurts more then helps.

Second I miss Jan. We would talk and chit chat every time I got online. I had contacted him and said I got another group that we would get together once and awhile for a wing night and I asked how that would be received beings I had Guard drill in the cities so we coordinated it for when I had guard drill. Boy did that party blow up over the years. I think for some reason it was the only one I attended. A few years go bye and he asked for my address I give it to him. He puts in mail a signed paddle from the latest wingnight and he put a note in there thanks for starting all this!! Jan

I keep that paddle in a prominent place in my home.
 
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05/03/2022 01:38PM  
I just saw this kanoes thread even though it’s several years old, his memory stays alive. At a CanoeCopia many years ago, I bought a pair of outdoor pants from Jan, I wore them last weekend on a hike and every time I wear them I think of him. God rest his soul- those pants are going to the boundary waters with me in two weeks, Jan will go also, I’ll be thinking of him.
 
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05/03/2022 02:04PM  
My dad always was very partial about his cloths. Duluth Trading?
 
kensofe
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05/05/2022 03:40PM  
They are Tactical series 5.11 pants. If I remember correctly Jan didn’t like how they rubbed “his boys”, they didn’t fit him right for some reason. I don’t think he had an ass to hold them up, maybe? Regardless, this whole thread made me smile and I bet many others too who knew your dad- he was a good egg. Cracked and scrambled a bit but a good egg nonetheless. Just look at the number of folks that have warm memories of your dad- how cool!
THATS a legacy my friend.
 
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