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As a Google avoider, I can't comment on your Pixel phone. However, I carry my iPhone 11 in my PFD pocket, swim with it, get splashed...

Pretty good article, Mark. Do you ever get that old Yardbirds song in your head?: (Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down (Hey!) Backwards...

I’m a packaged food fan for trips with no portages and no treatable fresh water. That includes canned foods. Many modern cans have...

My canoeing mentor and Virginia Whitewater guidebook author, Roger Corbett paddled an Intrepid 16. That makes me think it is a good boat...

No idea what the wood is but I love the grain pattern.

Stumbled across photos taken in 2016 along the Patuxent of bank-side wheels that seriously piqued my curiosity. Back then I went as...

I've used an arborist throw weight, but have never taken it canoeing. I made a slingshot for mine which can get the weight up to about...

I’m also a list user. One thing I do a little different is rather than use check marks to indicate each item is packed, I put a letter...

Last time I was on Chesuncook was 2008, so this is dated info, but as I recall, you pay your fees at the entry gates. Not sure how you...

I was awakened by blood curdling screams coming from my companion’s tent in the middle of the night. “Are you okay? Do you need help?” I...

Wood makes great poles. Wood is quieter than aluminum and if it’s cold, wood doesn’t suck the heat from your hands the way aluminum...

I was thinking I'm a tough guy and I don't take "luxury" items. But then there's the dedicated, single-purpose, awkward to pack, popcorn...

I had paddled down the Gunpowder River, almost to the marshes at Days Cove. There was a long shallow gravel riffle before hitting...

The few times I’ve shopped for gunwales they had to be ordered from the canoe manufacturer, and then you wait until they have a shipment...

I find it takes about three days for my brain to stop interpreting noises as human activity. The leaves rustle and I hear people...