MichaelMerry

This was on a weekend canoe trip in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the summer of 2025. I used a new and compact kitchen kit I bought...

What a Raquette! We’ll, it’s late January and well into canoe-trip-planning season. I’m looking at a few routes that I’ve never done...

Fully zipped at all times It's the one refuge that is 100% bug proof, no need to fill it up with bugs while pitching. This habit/policy...

I thought I would get a head start and load the canoe Sunday night for an early morning departure for a Memorial Day escape to Moab. I...

La Sélune Rivière estuary, flowing into the bay of Mont Saint Michel. European Cliff Swallows dig holes in the banks for nests. I’m...

Snapping turtle coming out of a flooding creek today heading for a pond up the hill.

I have an Anker that is more than 5 years old (20,000 mAh), I am very happy with it, holds a full charge for months. I also have a few...

Big Cicero Creek, Indiana. Sometimes a delightful paddle is just down the road.

My friend John in his SRT on one of the few full reservoirs in Utah this year. High Unitas mountain range

Wee bit o' fog coming off the water this morning.

First paddle of the year today. Still more ice than open water. That mountain in the back is the new open pit mine in G-Town. The...

15 solo open canoes today on the Batsto River in the NJ Pine Barrens. 4 Savage Rivers (Ornstein designs), 4 Swifts, 3 Northstars, 2...

Just got back from the Grand Ronde River, Oregon

Le Pont du Gard, Gardon River, France

I used a paddle to lift this rat snake. It grabbed onto the t-grip and wouldn't let go. I think it worked itself into a groundline hitch.