Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

Yeah, but what about the small alligator crawling along the shore?

I just learned a new word, so I feel compelled to use it once in my life, especially since I believe I've experienced it. Have you ever experienced visual or auditory pareidolia on canoe trips, such as in the woods, the day sky, the night sky, the horizon, outside your tent, or in the water?

Thanks for documenting your trips, Erik. I'm impressed that there are still canoe clubs that have canoes. What an excellent place to base camp for all sorts of Adirondack lakes and rivers. Maybe I've stayed there long ago, but now I'll remember and recommend it. As I understand the history...

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Nice trip report with great photos as usual, Erik. I didn't even know there was such a canoe as a Penobscot 15. I only did that trip once and failed to get to High Falls and back in one day. It was a day or so after Michael Jackson died. The convivial fellow who ran the Wanakena General Store...

I'm interested in finding out exactly where Bob and his group stayed. His reference to site R18 suggests that he did not stay at Cedar Stump Campsites, which only has six sites along the Rapid River. R18 seems to be site managed by the New Hampshire State Parks system per this map:

Thanks for that report and photos, Bob. Is that your Keewaydin 16 I see in one of the photos? Were the campsites near the Rapid River a private campsite or public (free)? In the mid-80s I used to lead whitewater trips on the Rapid River. We would fly by floatplane from the boat ramp at the...

Now that we've discussed what canoes can be heeled to the rail more or less easily, and how to do it, I would ask whether heeling to the rail is a necessary trait for a canoe or skill for a paddler. I'd answer myself with a "yes" for whitewater paddling at the intermediate or above skill level...

That cabin is even bigger than my 6-person tent. Old age base camp canoeing conveniences. I recall going to Kidney Pond as a boy with my grandparents. Probably just to look at it or maybe fish it. My grandfather was a fisherman. Can you see Katahdin from there? When we traveled around Maine we...

Thanks so much for the report and photos, riverstrider. It surely beats work. Is that @Jmharrick, usually seen here paddling with adorable kids. If so, I had no idea he had a Blackhawk solo canoe. Yeah, sarcasm allowed.

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Don't know about my AI buddies, but I don't think I'm hallucinating that Bean, in addition to canoes and kayaks, no longer has any skis, snow boards, bikes or related accessories in its online catalog.

AI tells me that Bean very recently closed their Bike, Boat & Ski Store.

Oh my, how the world changes for the worse. How icons are shattered. There are no longer any canoes, kayaks, SUPs, paddles, PFDs or paddling accessories in L.L.Bean's online catalog. What happened? One can only assume lack of demand to justify product cost. When did this happen? In the 1980s...

Thanks for the report, pics and video, Keith. Your daughter looks very good in that Rapidfire. The fellow with you paddling a Bell with a double blade, is that a Wildfire? Are you attending the Pine Barrens symposium next month?