Aslowhand

Lac du Poéte The Disney ride spit me out and into Lac de Poéte with a middling sized bay to the right. This was the very first place I...

August 28-29, 2026. Cold and windy came the dawn. Total low cloud cover. I didn't get out of the tent until 9 am and it was still...

Days 27 - 28 Yesterday afternoon the wind blew from all four directions. Last night it blew so cold I unhooked and zipped tight the...

More Challenges This set of rapids (above) would be easy and even thrilling with another foot or so of water. Nevertheless, I was proud...

No-see-ums chase me into the tent right in the middle of that beautiful sunset. The fading light still permeates the tent walls. I am...

A Perfect Day I woke to dank and dreary skies. Cold. Scuttled back into my sleeping bag and slept more. I was awakened by loud...

On the Eastmain, between the Tichegami & the Moon - sometime last week.

My paddling partner and your website owner, Glenn MacGrady, on Boreas Pond in the NYS Adirondacks.

Can't say it was the beaver dam, we got a lot of rain in a short time, but... Normally that dock is a foot or more above the water...

Maybe the sign should have said "caution break boat"

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

Dam beavers... They've been busy, blocking this tunnel between the first or upstream lake where our cabin is and the lower lakes of...

Eagle Eye Yesterday, while canoeing a small pond in north-central Massachusetts, I spotted a pair of bald eagles apparently building a...

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

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