Erica

One of those poll choices is correct, but I won't say which. I'm not revealing what the canoe is yet, but you all can guess if you...

I've never tried tying the paddles in. Thanks for the recommendation. I had remembered the portage as 1 mile. Caltopo has it as 1.5mi:

I remember those days. My first trip (BWCA) included wrapping the center thwart in pool noodle & duct tape... didn't work badly IMO...

Are you required to pay if you're willing to carry? Diablo to Ross in 2021 was my first ever portage. That said, we were a day or two...

No snow, but a quarter inch of ice on a bowl of water set outside. Mangoes and bananas are hit hard. :(

We have a 'wedding cake' of snow on top of the deck table. Benson

Tug Hill Plateau, east of Lake Ontario. Although I grew up and still live on the perimeter of the area, this and last season are some of...

My brother, a formerB-52 pilot and a then TWA pilot, was an early adopter of modern sport hot air ballooning beginning in the mid 1960's...

My father... He was an avid hiker and mountain climber. He climbed Mount Raineri in 1962, and led a lot of winter hikes in the White...

My younger brother is both talented and retired, which leads him into all kinds of projects and directions. Some practical, others less...

Boy Scout camp. 1964.

As a transplanted Canadian, I suspect that I was either born with a pair of goalie skates on or with a paddle in my hands. I grew up in...

After some health challenges this past year, I have been working hard at correcting that problem and I do have some plans that I hope to...

After 40 or so years of building paddles, I finally built one that will likely never be used. It will hang on a wall, in my home. It's...

My plans keep switching around, but the most likely thing is to try to get down the Mégiscane again. :eek: