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...First of all - WELCOME again! ...let me see - not that I want to boast or anything but I have nine tents in my inventory including tents I use for winter camping. I am a four season camper. So where do we start? :) This is my general guide... What I'm I using it for? How often will I use...

@campforums - I was referring to a canoe trip a few years back when six in another group who joined us became ill. It could well have been food preparation but after questioning them I determined it was drinking the water. We did what we could and though things seemed to be okay I strongly...

...that's very true of course. We all know that water is becoming a precious commodity and needs to be treated with the greatest respect. One reason that I went to a filtration system was and encounter with "beaver fever". I didn't experience it myself but had to deal with it on one occasion...

...aw yes - I've been lead down the path many times and I like it!

Welcome to Camping Babble - hope you enjoy the site.

WELCOME TO CAMPING BABBLE!

Welcome "Vernon Daniel".

HAPPY THANKS GIVING AMERICANS!

----------------------------- > :) Yep - my :bear: is named after Baden, as in Powell. He comes along from time to time to have the last word.

...for a number of years I was the senior first aid practitioner, safety officer and chaplain to a group of Ventures ages 14 to 18. I insisted that the place be absolutely neat and tidy. I brought a portable rake and saw to it that the whole site was swept of any debris, the fire site be void of...

...when in Algonquin Provincial Park this is the kind of station you can expect in all camp grounds. Each has a separate lockable shower stall and flush toilets that are kept clean and tidy by Park Staff. For those of us who head for the interior it is the famous thunder box.

...okay, okay, okay ---------> not the most pleasant of topics but if you are human well...err...a...toilet or facsimile are things that ya gotta reckon with. Right? I mean...like, there is no way you can avoid the subject mater if you are a camper. Algonquin Park Outback "Thunder Box"...

...it's mandatory for all water craft in our neck of the woods. Though there are many canoeists not wearing a life vest it is also true that there are many drownings. I wouldn't be wearing one when swimming normally. BUT - you are nuts if you don't when you are in a canoe. It's one of the...

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I must have been camping when you joined...Welcome to Camping Babble!

That is to say - no new water.

Welcome to Camping Babble - lots of interesting threads and people.

---------------------------------------------- > :) I'm partial to vanilla - then there is the sweet savoury aroma of chocolate raspberry. BUT...then again there is that age old fragrance of fresh brewed to one's taste that is supreme. Ya!

...there have been some remarkable developments of recent date in filtration systems because of our water awareness. I have a real concern about the poisoning of our water sources and thinking that somehow we can go to a store to pick up some device or fresh water. Where to people think we get...

...you never know until you try. :) Let me see now....where did I put that pot?