Caledonia

A good Scoutmaster makes all the difference in the world. Ours was active in the PA National Guard and we went out one weekend a month...

Finally got the Prospector on the lake yesterday. Absolutely love it. The whole ordering / delivery process with Swift was as...

Evening paddle on Black Lake, Ilwaco WA. Tree of Cormorants Interesting interaction between a Cormorant and an Osprey

An old thread, but time to update. The Pal solo was fiberglassed and sanded on the outside, and we popped it off the form the other...

You have an excellent memory, Glenn. Yes, I make wine from just about anything except grapes (like building canoes from anything but...

Frozen Lake Erie today off sunny Cleveland.

November 24, 1945 – January 23, 2026 After a life spent traveling Canada’s wilderness in wood-canvas canoes, Hugh Stewart died at the...

Adding the wooden ribs is an elegant solution. Nicely done.

To put a rib in, I machine and sand the rib. Next I steam it, bend the first corner then force the end up under the gunnels and then...

Two black snakes doin' the wild thing near the path to our cabin::

Makes paddling the Everglades somewhat less interesting. Or more interesting, depending on your point of view.

A couple of Common Watersnakes in high water on the upper Cuyahoga last July.

Another Headwaters Canoe video, “The Shape of Cedar”, this time a heavenly damaged wood canvas canoe gets repaired on the trail and the...

The first blissful day I cruised out over the beautiful blue water, shouldered with dark spruces. I don't know if they are black spruce...