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Got away from it all with my new bride Irene. She wanted to go to Burrows Lake, about a 20 minute drive from our place. Burrows is a big lake, known for its excellent walleye fishing and also for its unpredictable winds. There are several good campsites on the lake, but the best is a point at a narrows, which receives wind from either direction, and keeps the bugs tolerable. After much scrambling around, we got a late departure and were on the water around 3:00 PM. The weather was...

Figured I might as well start a thread. Maybe that will help keep me motivated. Plans have arrived. Found a source for the cedar lumber. Trying to get the shop cleaned up and some other projects moved out to make room. Built the strongback last night. Maybe this weekend I'll start cutting out forms. But I'm also working on a shed roof and siding outside the shop so I've got other stuff to do as well. Not to mention a trip in 2 weeks that I haven't started getting ready for yet. On my 1st...

Thought I'd post a few notes and pictures from this past weekend's overnight paddle trip. Around here, the quick water doesn't freeze over so if you're dressed for it, there's never any reason to live by traditional paddling seasons. While I mostly paddle the bigger whitewater rivers this time of year, the weather provided a chance to paddle the Little Juniata River near Spruce Creek in Central PA. The river follows a two lane road on and off for about 50% of the section I did. The other...