Hello Dave,

Well I sure wish I had time. My friends were headed to the Boundary Waters the following weekend. I have only heard great things but never seen the area. It seemed everyone we visited had a canoe! I think I'd like to have a canoe if I lived near flatter waters. Oh, and no, I'm not quite as far south as Oz. I'm in the Virgin Islands. Still a US Territory, but we can't vote for the president and we can't get cheap tools so really we're kind of like Oz... but not Australia, I mean the REAL Oz with flying monkeys and stuff. I would click my heels and be back home but I kinda would miss the clear blue water... and the flying monkeys. LOL