CaptainOllieWest

1983 OT Pathfinder on 1998 Roadtrek.

Just getting out for the first time this year. Too much other stuff going on. My youngest found a sunflower eddied out behind a rock.

Finally made it on the water - two days earlier we had sun and warm weather, bare ground, canoe was on the car but got too busy. Friday...

Saturday 22nd outing. Leicester River flooded forest. Earliest I've ever been canoeing before, at least in Vermont. I was with a group...

Got out yesterday with the new canoe. Thanks to Tsuga8 for finding open water and Simuliumvenustum for the input on the Keewaydin 16...

Finally got my first paddle in today, shortened slightly by the limited available liquid H2O. NY's Finger Lake region can be iffy this...

I'm cheating a little but this just popped up on my Facebook memories. First paddle of the year in 2015. Alan

Youngest son in my First Pearl. For his first paddle of the year. Always fun to see someone else paddle my canoes.

This is my first paddle of the spring from yesterday. I did get out once in January but I’m not counting that. My lake mostly thawed...

Nothing beats that First Spring Paddle ! The Ahh feeling, of the first lift of the paddle. The forward glide of that first stroke. The...

Had my Swift and pup out yesterday too.

I love your pictures, Black_Fly. I also got out yesterday for my first paddle of 2025 with @Swifty, who was taking his new Swift...

First paddle of the season. Took the cooler along to see how it fit with myself and it in the boat. Seemed to be fine, the big test will...

Getting closer to finishing this off. It became strictly a cooler. It has 1” of insulation on the sides, with 2” on the top and bottom...

Didn’t get around to building a second canoe this winter. So decided to make a wannigan/cooler with some left over strips. Not done yet...