Ralph

Impressions from todays morning outing to my happy place. It's amazing... I should actually get bored paddling to the same place over...

A few photos from a recent trip to the Inverpolly area of Scotland. We had planned four days but incoming Storm Boelo didn't think much...

Here are some pictures of a family of loons, two adults and a juvenile, that I photographed while canoeing on Lower Togue Pond in Baxter...

Haven’t been on here in a while, but I’m still paddling. Not even sure what my last post was. Here’s two photos from a solo trip I took...

It's really interesting how the parents leave the nesting area first and the young find their way later. Quite amazing!

Here are a couple of pictures of the loon chicks in the photos above thirty days later on August 10. The initial pictures were taken on...

And let's not forget muskox coming within 100m from camp. Kazan River, Nunavut.

Here's an interesting one, related to the prior. There were hundreds of these columns of flies (as far as the eye could see) on the...

Not a great photo, but it was an incredible experience to paddle upon a sleeping wolf: Lane Cove, Lake Superior, Isle Royale National Park.

My grandson Cooper was bird hunting (grouse) with his dad at their camp in nw Maine and he found this nice shed. He brought it over this...

I'll try not to make a long trip report, but there are a few things I can say that I don't think I've seen covered here. I convinced a...

I like checklists. On my wall, I’ve had a list of canoe trips to take this summer. Hopefully not a ‘bucket’ list, exactly, but as I’ve...

Summary of Week One It's been an exciting week but not without some downsides. It's been cool for mid-July, overnight temps were down...

Monday, July 20 - Day 8: We have neglected to speak of the pie since its introduction some days ago. "Pie fixes everything" is the...

Tuesday July 21 (Day 9) I had a terrible "sleep", not only did I have really lumpy ground there had been some light rain overnight so...