CaptainOllieWest

Raquette river falls carry I did last week

Came across this little guy and thought it looked exotic. My snake expert brother-in-law said it was just a baby Black Ratsnake (aka...

My daughter took these on a paddle some years back, I'm posting them in reverse order: It's the bridge you paddle under going from...

It's starting to look like fall at 2000' in the Poconos.

An interlake marsh in Salisbury, Connecticut, last Sunday: A study in green and gray (including a graybeard).

During last winter I began to hear rumblings of Hemlock experimenting with a new layup and fabric colors. Fast forward to this years...

These are generally known as "photographer's canoes" so they can more easily match the color of the canoe to the background of their...

Metamorphosis!

Headwaters of the rivière Mégiscane.

Low water. I go to my put-in the day after a hard rain and find that the river went DOWN. I guess the dam upstream must be shut and the...

Not exactly canoe related, but I thought I'd share for fun. Just finished a 5 day bike trip on the Great Allegeny Passage rail trail...

My son got married at our place over the weekend. Brought out the canoe I made for my wedding and Honeymoon and put it to use.

One of our local residents

When I finished restoring this canoe a few years ago I only gave it two coats of paint, it’s a tripping canoe, the second coat looked ok...