Photo of the day

[ppine]

yixak,
Just had lunch with a good friend from Fairbanks. He is showing a slide show of his ascent of Denali in 1970.
32 days on the mountain.

 

[lowangle al]

This photo is from my Long Pond day trip in Pa. It is a cropped version of a pic I may have previously posted. 18' OT Guide.

 

[ppine]

Hi Al,
I paddled the same canoe for around 30 years. Mine was white and from 1951. I repaired a thwart and the inner gunwale and just paddled it. Finally the canvas rotted off. I started to repair it and planned to replace 12 ribs and the gunwales. The old brittle wood was very tedious to work on. I finally gave up and gave it to a Native friend of mine. All of my canoes are sold and I no longer paddle but I sure miss the OT Guide 18.

 

[Jmharrick]

Carry Falls Reservoir, Colton, NY, 7/19/26

 

[lowangle al]

Hi Al,
I paddled the same canoe for around 30 years. Mine was white and from 1951. I repaired a thwart and the inner gunwale and just paddled it. Finally the canvas rotted off. I started to repair it and planned to replace 12 ribs and the gunwales. The old brittle wood was very tedious to work on. I finally gave up and gave it to a Native friend of mine. All of my canoes are sold and I no longer paddle but I sure miss the OT Guide 18

It sure is a fun canoe to paddle. It will be the hardest of my w/c boats to give up.
It sounds like you got a lot of use out of yours.

 

[Robin]

Carry Falls Reservoir, Colton, NY

What a nice place, beaches, fishing, swimming, remote camping, all free.

 

[lowangle al]

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Not every day does the local paper picture a canoe above the fold.

Here is the one from the time I made the cover of the Copper River Journal.

 

[canoekevin]

West end of Dog Leg Key.
It looks as if this person did not notice the warning sign.

 

[lowangle al]

Maybe the sign should have said "caution break boat"

 

[Dana]

Dam beavers...



They've been busy, blocking this tunnel between the first or upstream lake where our cabin is and the lower lakes of the chain. Took about a half hour to move enough sticks and mud to scrape through. The above pic is looking back on the return trip. Of course the next bridge to the third lake was also blocked, and I didn't have the energy to clear that one too. No doubt the beavers will have it repaired tonight.

This is heading back towards the bridge on the return trip. Lotsa lily pads to push through because nobody's been paddling there recently.

I had to invent a new paddle stroke, the "overhead culvert pole/pry", pushing against the ribs of the corrugated steel tunnel roof, which sadly replaced the original 1930s CCC-built stone bridge a few years ago

 

[scoutergriz]

one of the scout camps I used to frequent had the same problem- the solution was some 14' pvc Glued up in a large "L" and tied to cement slabs- it moved the upstream "drain" about 10-12' up from the culvert and level with the desired height of the water. Those beavers just kept rebuilding their dam at the culvert over and over, but never managed to stop the flow, and we just portaged over the road.
It's worked for over 20 years now, but I'll bet if beavers could swear the air over it would constantly be blue...

 

[Dana]

one of the scout camps I used to frequent had the same problem- the solution was some 14' pvc Glued up in a large "L" and tied to cement slabs- it moved the upstream "drain" about 10-12' up from the culvert and level with the desired height of the water. Those beavers just kept rebuilding their dam at the culvert over and over, but never managed to stop the flow, and we just portaged over the road.
It's worked for over 20 years now, but I'll bet if beavers could swear the air over it would constantly be blue...

I've seen that before and it prevents flooding, but doesn't help getting a boat through. Portaging over the road would be a PITA and near impossible solo; it's a steep bank and the guardrails are lined with poison ivy. And the sportscar and motorcycle maniacs on the road, unfortunately it got on some "10 most scenic drives" lists and YouTube videos so now they come screaming through at double the speed limit, all day long. The cops can't stop them but they're taking out about one body per month, rocks are unforgiving.

 

[Dana]

They're definitely busy beavers, had it repaired overnight. This time I didn't have the energy to clear it again.