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09/12/2020 08:50AM
Saw this cartoon this morning and wondered how many of us have said this tongue-in-cheek as we're sitting by the lake, at an overlook, in camp, sitting around the campfire, out in the canoe. The BWCA, Quetico, WCPP and Wabikimi are some of the most beautiful places on earth. We're very fortunate to get to go where we go and I'll definitely take any of those places over the TV any day, especially now.
I know my son, Kyle, isn't thinking about any TV show as he looks out over our lake in Quetico.
I know my son, Kyle, isn't thinking about any TV show as he looks out over our lake in Quetico.
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
09/12/2020 09:36AM
Not much TV in our house either. Our TV has not been on in the living room since probably February. I wonder if it still works??
With work and projects around the house, no time for it. Maybe this winter I'll start watching it again.
I usually just wish I could just stay longer when I’m in the BW.
With work and projects around the house, no time for it. Maybe this winter I'll start watching it again.
I usually just wish I could just stay longer when I’m in the BW.
09/12/2020 01:12PM
Jaywalker: "When I'm sitting watching a beautiful sunset like that I do try to stay focused, but sometimes I start think about pancakes. "
Not surprised a bit, since a setting sun looks like a buttered and mapled pancake slipping away from you.
I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.
09/12/2020 01:35PM
missmolly: "Jaywalker: "When I'm sitting watching a beautiful sunset like that I do try to stay focused, but sometimes I start think about pancakes. "
Not surprised a bit, since a setting sun looks like a buttered and mapled pancake slipping away from you. "
I like how it comes back up in the morning all warmed up!
Nctry
09/12/2020 03:19PM
nctry: "missmolly: "Jaywalker: "When I'm sitting watching a beautiful sunset like that I do try to stay focused, but sometimes I start think about pancakes. "
Not surprised a bit, since a setting sun looks like a buttered and mapled pancake slipping away from you. "
I like how it comes back up in the morning all warmed up!"
Like warm pancakes..
09/12/2020 09:46PM
After a ridiculously busy summer keeping up with our kids and their hobbies I was looking forward to sitting on an overlook to just take a breather for a few minutes. We hiked the trail from the Loon Lake landing to the overlook on the BRT that looks over Gunflint Lake last weekend. It was just what I needed even if it only removed me from the reality of life for an hour.
"Leave it as it is.....The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." Theodore Roosevelt
09/13/2020 09:48AM
There are a series of hilarious canoe camping Calvin & Hobbes strips that are clearly based on experience. Definitely worth looking for.
I don't miss TV per se when I camp, but I do wonder how the Twins are doing as I lay down at night. Force of long summertime habit.
I don't miss TV per se when I camp, but I do wonder how the Twins are doing as I lay down at night. Force of long summertime habit.
"Life is not a beauty contest. It is a fishing contest." --me
09/13/2020 12:32PM
lundojam: "There are a series of hilarious canoe camping Calvin & Hobbes strips that are clearly based on experience. Definitely worth looking for.
I don't miss TV per se when I camp, but I do wonder how the Twins are doing as I lay down at night. Force of long summertime habit."
Lundojam, you inspired me. I just googled C&H canoe camp cartoons and came up with a bunch of great ones:
Calvin & Hobbes canoe/camp cartoons
We all have to believe in something. I believe I'll go paddle.
09/14/2020 10:15AM
This is my favorite Calvin and Hobbs comic strip. I put it on my syllabus each year for the classes I teach. Just a reminder that simple things in life carry a ton of meaning and more important than material things. I know after one week of teaching I would sure love to sit on a rock and overlook a Northern MInnesota Lake.
09/16/2020 10:28PM
Jackfish: "Saw this cartoon this morning and wondered how many of us have said this tongue-in-cheek as we're sitting by the lake, at an overlook, in camp, sitting around the campfire, out in the canoe. The BWCA, Quetico, WCPP and Wabikimi are some of the most beautiful places on earth. We're very fortunate to get to go where we go and I'll definitely take any of those places over the TV any day, especially now.Love it !
I know my son, Kyle, isn't thinking about any TV show as he looks out over our lake in Quetico.
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" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD
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