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For years I had the Bell Canoeworks version of this pad...

I live in mid coast Maine and it’s a really nice area to live. Lots of great paddling opportunities plus some awesome down hill ski...

Not much sun on my week long trip to Disappointment Lake. It was only one longvportage in, and the traffic was non-stop. On the third...

A moose on the Allagash - took one look and kept on eating.

I never paddled as a kid. I was 29 when my father got me out in a canoe for the first time. We paddled the Pontock Rapids on the...

Getting there, but I think it will be a couple more weeks before peat. With the drought, everything is kind of dull and brown this year.

By the way, loving my Millbrook Outrage. This was my second trip. It surfs great and I bail it out with a sponge. The only problem is...

Scheduled releases on the Fife Brook section of the Deerfield River end in October. With three weeks of travel for work coming up, I...

Keep the tent closed up as much as possible. They still get in, but it has never been that bad. I'm more of a spring/fall camper, so I...

I've been planing a trip to the Allagash for a while and had a window opened that I could go. I packed in a hurry and headed out. (I...

Uckermark Lakes Nature Park The Uckermark Lakes Nature Park is located north of Berlin in the middle of the water-rich, gently rolling...

I've witnessed a couple of heart-stopping run-ins with strainers. One was a kayaker who tried to go over a log, but flipped over...

HOW you should swim aggressively to shore after a period of being in the passive, on-your-back position is literally a time for...

That's the way I learned it as well - go in head first, pull yourself on top of the obstruction, and hold on for dear life. We practiced...

As I was changing my second flat tire of the trip, a lady in a big truck stopped and asked if we needed help or needed to get a message...