Jmharrick

I think we got somewhere between 12-14 inches in Saranac Lake, NY. Fluffy, powdery, snow. That’s on top of almost 2 feet I already had...

Part 6... Thursday, June 2, 2022, Day 8 When I got up at 6:00 a.m., I felt like I'd barely slept. I was quite tired, my muscles were...

Clearings like that are not natural occurrences up here, and whenever we find one on a canoe trip, we know that there has been a human...

I don’t think I saw a tick all summer/fall in the Adirondacks, and we hiked and went on plenty of day trips in the canoe with portages...

I'm not convinced it is the cold winters that kill off the ticks. Rather, it is the deep snow and cold winters that keep the deer...

Onward to the Mégiscane! The morning began with a conflict. I was packed up and ready to go before 8 am and Jean (pronounced Jawn with...

Sitting on my dock when I returned from an evening paddle. This beautiful limpkin posed from 10' away.

Backcountry-skiing...walking up with skins on my skis, enjoying a nice view from the top of a mountain and having fun skiing down...

I have an expedition as well, 900 ace, really like that machine. Unfortunately, we have so much snow that our usual avenues for fun...

Neat thread. Cerberus is not only a world-class canoe dog, she is a stellar bird dog, and we typically do three trips to SD chasing...

I'm a little on the fence over this and other related topics- while I really don't like burning plastics, at the same time I don't like...

Reading these last couple of posts got me thinking about an issue we had last year regarding an outbreak of invasive Hydrilla at the...

I'm pretty adverse to burning plastics, also scrunched up aluminum foil and beer cans. I've been on trips with others who do this from...

I’m with Memaquay. Perspective is important. For a couple week trip to Quebec, what’s my environmental footprint? Just the 100 gallons...

I was schooled to always upgrade the difficulty of a rapid by one category when on a wilderness trip, especially when solo. Aslowhand...