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What type of cushioning/insulating product do you mostly sleep on these days on a canoe camping trip—nothing, a foam pad, a foam/air hybrid like ThermaRest, an air mattress, a cot, a hammock, or something else? I don't believe I ever used a foam/air hybrid. I began with a simple roll of Ensolite foam, and then as I recall I moved to an air mattress. For a while I used a very comfortable Lafuma cot, which however is quite bulky and heavy. For the past decade, as I've aged, I've become much...

The informational aspect if this poll topic is another about site demographics: how we currently use tobacco or nicotine, if at all. The discussion aspect can be stories about tobacco usage while canoeing now; or, more likely since many of us may have given up tobacco, it can be stories from the past. I haven't used tobacco or nicotine products for 40 years, having given up smoking at age 36 after beginning at age 18. So, I really had quit before any serious canoe tripping. However, I do...

If your interest in canoeing is called 100%, what percentage interest does your spouse or significant other have? While my wife accompanied me on some family canoe trips when we had young kids and would occasionally go out with me at our family's lake cabin in Maine, over the long sweep of the thousands of canoe trips I've taken over 50 years of marriage, her participation has been very small and she never much liked camping. She liked motor boating a lot more. So, I have to vote that her...