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This paddling season I have done most of my paddling on my local lake in the evening. In the past I was typically a morning paddler but...

Most of the so called shouldered boats are essentially flared to the shoulders, then tuck in. As such they stiffen, as you heel them...

My last 2 trips to the BWCA worked out fantastic, I take the heavy pack and let the 18/19 year old grandson carry it. Cost me plane...

I don't wet foot. My kevlar Voyager has scratches. I don't baby it, but I don't abuse it either. I either come ashore abeam with care...

That's too bad Tony, I always hope to feel better after a trip then before it. I try to not make any one bag/pack too heavy. For...

I abandoned the double portage idea early, instead of two front loads I moved weight into the daypack and carried it on my back with the...

I may have made a mistake. It may be a while before those clamps come off the lamination. I chose Titebond III for this because of the...

Just returned from 2000 mile round trip to Atikaki PP in Manitoba. Driving 2020 Dodge Durango 3.7lL engine. I wanted to minimize the...

It's interesting how things fit together. As I mentioned in another thread last spring, although I've been paddling off and on for...

Thank you Dana. Tomorrow. I made her, for me, what I wanted, but always in mind that she'd be for sale. A trophy for the den of a...

PNW Stowaway

I was all-in on avoiding staples on my first strip canoe but words written by Nick Schade resonate with me: "A wooden boat will suck up...

Dam beavers... They've been busy, blocking this tunnel between the first or upstream lake where our cabin is and the lower lakes of...

By Daniel Pike (Facebook post) We were trapped in the wildfires in the Wabakimi area. This is what happened. Our party of 6...

Here is the one from the time I made the cover of the Copper River Journal.