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I drove up to Grasse River Boatworks today and paddled a 15' 8" Classic on a stretch of the Grasse River, about 4 miles up and back...

Here's my trusty old SD Lightning 2 at dawn on Caribou Lake (near Chesuncook, really part of Chesuncook since Rip dam connected them)...

My go-to tent is an old Eureka Expedition. At this point it is probably 30-years old. This was last week on the Baskehegan. Waterproof...

Unfortunately my favorite tent, a North Face Westwind, is no longer with me. The poles were mistakenly brought on my daughter's sixth...

CC Filson Alaskan tuxedo from 1974. I will be wearing it today for some forestry work with a group.

Not canoe related and not all that old but I still use my Filson short field jacket. I've had it since 1995 when I bought it as a...

I scored another Flashfire today. So, that is 4 flashfires in the personal fleet. One more to go and I’ll have one for each of my 5...

I will be bringing my Swift Dragonfly 15 for others to try. Friday night is a vegetarian pot luck and I will be cooking up quesadillas...

I'm not planning to defend the Bell chart, just sharing information. Fully agree that a test paddle would be wise. With no additional...

I'm with you on that aspect, those smaller canoes can be a lot of fun to paddle. Sometimes I think I should set up a temporary...

Turning campground parks into group rental areas is common in some places, Vermont's been doing that for a while. Helps pay the bills...

Not surprised, it's too close to town and doesn't have full-time caretakers. Jerks are everywhere unfortunately.

Can you be more specific? I've paddled quite a few sections of rivers in eastern Washington and am curious if this is a camp site I've...

I use an InReach (an old pre-Garmin model. not that this matters). I have it in tracking mode whenever I am moving, any of my followers...

Anyone can look for me. I'll be wandering around with a WCHA Board of Directors name tag on. Old guy with a beard, which probably...