Chip

Snapper's mention of hiking reminded me of a mesmerizing scene on Mt. Osceola, NH, a 4300' peak in the Whites. It was 2013 and we'd...

Watching an enormous bird flock had me mesmerized in 2017. I couldn’t turn away. Lake paddling in the Adirondaks in the fall did it...

Patience. It’s hard, but if you rush things, you risk re-injury, and that would be a setback which keeps you off the water even longer...

I was about to leave a rest stop in Southern Maryland when an elderly couple pulled in next to me. The old woman on the passenger side...

Rather than break up the bulkhead, I suggest you consider adding a concrete skid plate on the bow. Concrete is a versatile material...

If you get a hand pump, also get some tubing to extend the nozzle a foot or so. Otherwise, it’s difficult to direct the outflow of the...

I mounted a pair of pumps in my Encore, right behind the pedestal. They weren’t permanently mounted, but I never removed them. The pumps...

My Kevlar Rendezvous makes horrible noises when grinding over rocks. There have been times when I was out paddling and there really...

If you keep ending up on the white water runs, I gotta question how hard you are looking for flat water. There is more flat water on the...

If I’m paddling a rapid with a newb, they’re in the stern and I’m in the bow. In the bow, I can pick the slot and get the bow there. All...

My buddy wanted to canoe camp Maine’s St. John river, which includes rapids, so we thought I should learn whitewater. In ‘99 I took...

Bears, sharks, snakes, hippopotamus. All are animals you could possibly encounter while canoeing or camping. If you do encounter them...

I have not done a lot of trips with portages, and don't remember seeing any weird sites on portages. The only odd thing I saw was a...