Hey folks! As my name implies, I'm in the US Navy and, like many of us here, I like canoes. I've spent a lot of time lurking on this site while my ship is underway, and you guys are truly the bearers of a wealth of knowledge. I grew up in the cornfields of Northwest Ohio and spend a great majority of my time as a kid in the small woods out behind my house, studying everything from bird calls to game trails and fishing in the creek that ran through it. Somewhere in that 12-14 age where we flip all our priorities upside down, I lost touch with the wilderness, focusing more on playing guitar and trying really hard to get attention from girls. In the last year or so, after a long deployment that left me completely deprived of anything outdoorsy, I found myself in South Virginia with great places to canoe, camp and fish within a short distance, and a renewed hunger for everything outside. I dove back into it, a bit rustier than before, but now I love it all even more than before. Currently in the middle of a homeport shift out to South Japan, I look forward into finding the paddling culture out there and sending some trip reports your way!
