Bob B.'s latest activity

Moonrise this evening in the Poconos.

5:50 AM this morning on Bog River Flow, lows lake NY

Last week we enjoyed the Straight River near its confluence with the Cannon River in Faribault, MN. The miracle of life was abundant for...

Still wear a Patagonia baggies pullover that’s got to be 25 years old…maybe more? Everglades to Algonquin and beyond. Still think it’s...

Tomorow I will be cooking lasagna in a cast iron Dutch Oven for some friends I got from my great uncle in Wyoming. He was a cook in the...

My list of newer equipment say since 2010 is much shorter than my list of old stuff. Just bought a 1957 Coleman gas stove.

Put-in at the Patterson Great Swamp in New York after a week of rain. This will be one photo of a day trip report I'll post later.

On May 11, 2025, after a week of heavy rain, which filled up the Patterson Great Swamp basin, legends tell the earnest story of "The Old...

BoB B Great pictures

Local day paddle update. Practicing with my pup, we paddled farther from shore, longer distance and practiced doing a portage...

I bought two poles from Peavy Manufacturing in Eddington, Maine. Both came with a steel band installed about one inch from the end of...

It's gotta be quieter than an aluminum pole, right? But unless you want to sneak up on wildlife around the next corner or not frighten...

I have several local day trip venues within less than an hour. My three closest haunts though are these.... Lake Lowell- part of the...

Lately my local day paddle has been Cox Hollow Lake in Governor Dodge Stare Park near my home. I have been canoe training my nearly 8...