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During a collaborative business trip to the Australian Defense Department in Canberra, while fighting severe 12 hours of jet lag, I went out for an early morning jog from my hotel. I headed through the public grounds of Parliament nearby. A truck hauling a large trailer and a small bus pulled...

The official annual Adirondack 90-mile canoe race every September is a daytime staged race lasting over three days, which I have raced nearly 30 times. But my Yukon race team and a few others like to paddle what we call the "Cannonball-90", paddling the entire classic original 90-mile route from...

I grew up on buckwheat pancakes. Alwys my favorite, but not as common to find the flour now. When I was a kid, the regional local agway (farming hardware equipment and feed store) would offer an annual free pancake breakfast with real local maple syrup for anyone who could come. School wold...

Do you know Jef Pederson of Southern Tier Canoe? He ia a vendor for Savage River canoes. A couple of my Yukon race partners own SR C4 Saranac racers that I have paddled, customized by Jeff. Jeff always has an equipment and gear sales tent at most major race events...

I planned to take a photo when I parked, but forgot before I removed the tie down straps on my way to doing my very first paddle with that boat. I didn't think anyone would care, even if noticed. Since I am a SAR volunteer, i have lots of flagging tape rolls to use up, not so much with tennis...

My new 2024 Subaru Forester Wilderness with my new 2024 Placidboatworks Shadow

When carry weight is not an issue and I know a tent is a reasonable site option, such as when I am working with a paddle-to Adirondack leanto repair/build crew (lean2Rescue) I also will opt for a 2 or 3-man tent. I like to be able to move around and sit upright. Few of the lightest solo tents...

There are a range of over-tarps that are integral and come with the hammock, or you can purchase larger others of your choice to rig above the hammock. My Hennessey has its own tarp that is fine for light weather. I also have a somewhat larger sil-nylon tarp that will go over everything if I...

Thanks for the test and resulting analysis info. Now try it during an Adirondack -20F winter day ( after an even colder cold-soaked night). How long would it be reasonable to wait in a charging line at a time when we have a government mandate of 50% or more drivers with an EV?

Many years ago I discovered hammock camping. I don't know your tree situation in Newfoundland, but if you camp in areas where you can find a couple of sturdy trees 11-17 feet apart, you might consider a hammock. In the Adirondacks I often had similar problems finding backcountry flat...

Although I did not suffer a similar convoluted sad story, i did have an outside temperature sensor go bad in my then 5 year old Forester. The tremperature would constantly show some value well above 100 degrees in January (or February). I could not get any cabin heat or defroster to work and...

I have accumulated so many NRS type straps (probably a dozen pairs) and rotate them so often I do not see any obvious wear in any of them. I have always used rope bow lines to webbing loops fastened to bolts under the engine hood edge of my vehicle. When I carried a carbon C4 from NY to the...

Sometimes the choices are made for you. All you have to do is to define and steer the details. The end of the Viet Nam era had a lot to do with it in my case. I defined for myself and spent much of of my employment years doing what I most enjoyed in the engineering sciences as a front line...

Well, some of us with particular kinds of employment, have had to fly on frequent business trips. Driving for two days out for an important meeting or research collaboration and then two days to return would not be a viable opton to keep our job. Covid and online Zoom have gone a long way to...

Do you fly on commercial aircraft? Alan is not far off in describing the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, already being implemented and operational on your next commercial flight. TCAS, independent of any ground inputs, performs surveillance of nearby aircraft to provide...

Lane centering on my new 2024 Forester works ok for me, but my wife will not use it. Cruise control must be on and set to a speed for lane centering to be active. You must keep at least one hand on the steering wheel and provide at least minor random small steering wheel inputs or within a few...

I do not know that is possible to buy any new car without it being basically a computer on wheels that atemts to do everything for you (much of it by government madate), and to reporrt all back to the company, whether you want it to or not. There is one Subaru option (which I do not have) that...

I recently purchased a 2024 Forester Wilderness to replace my 2016 Forester. My biggest (not the only) complaint is the dang giant electronic key fob and hateful push button start, the first of its kind I have ever had. At least the 2016 key fob was relatively small enough in my pocket without...

When I bought my carbon innegra crusier from Bill last year, I told him would like to use an existing wood yoke width already sized that I also use on other solo canoes that accept its original clamped nuts. That would not work in the cruiser. Bill included his bolt assembly and knobs with...

Assuming communication is available, that idea is not much different than witnessing a drunk swerve all over a highway. Call someione in charge, dont make matters worse for yourself. if It was me, I would monitor the canoe's activity as far as I could and prepare for a possible rescue.