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Comparative activity levels Based on recent forum activity in late 2025, Canoetripping.net appears to have higher recent activity in...

Black bears are only relatively recently recovered in southern Missouri where I paddle, with all of them having moved north from the...

Day 2 (cont.) Scenery was definitely top notch, as we paddled past sloughs and ridges on clear waters. For canoes, I had brought a...

That should sell well. That could be a very good river / general tripping boat. Hopefully they give it an other name and keep both...

I suppose that’s true, but with its symmetrical rocker and T-formex construction it seems much more like a river boat to me than a flat...

For reference, here are the original Echo specs:

Haven’t seen much about this yet, and nothing on the Esquif website I can find, but I have it from a couple of sources now that Esquif...

Photo snapped of me and my Starfire at the Ozark Rendezvous last Thursday on Current River. Beautiful paddle and met some great folks...

Day One Four o'clock did indeed come quickly. I grabbed what I thought would be the last hot shower for the next 8 days and roused the...

Looks like you’ve already made a decision but I’ll throw out there that I have had really good luck with Walrus brand Tung Oil. They...

Sometime in the past three years, likely as the result of some Canoecopia presentation or perhaps the River Kings Namekagon video...

2025 has been an odd year for me in regards to getting out. My annual Canadian trip was preempted by my niece’s wedding in Oregon and...

That does seem to be the general attitude of a majority of people on these rivers, especially in the summer months. As a kid I never...

There are a lot of trees in the water that I assume are from Spring floods. I grew up paddling whitewater so I didn't find any of it...

We usually go a little later in the year and often have the river to ourselves, although we really only saw a few other people each day...