Erica

My friend John in his SRT on one of the few full reservoirs in Utah this year. High Unitas mountain range

I have a large CGear sand mat that I thought I might use at the beach, but never do. If I were setting up a basecamp on a sandy beach...

After many iterations over many years, I finally realized it’s best not to glue in the foam. There are several reasons you may need to...

Weldwood contact cement was often used to glue foam into boats. These days I see a number of spray-on contact cements are available...

Surfside Canal, Surfside Washington Took my grandson for a paddle

Or I just wear wool socks. Or neoprene booties.

If your discomfort is from your feet/ankles rubbing against the boat (friction) then another easy fix is to buy a rubber-backed bathroom...

I load my solo clipper onto my pick-up canopy using a small carpet with a non-slide bottom laid on the rear of canopy. Canoe slides...

The step stool arrived and is just what the ER doctor ordered! Wide steps are much easier than the narrow ladder rungs, without the...

Many racks allow you to pop the endcap off one end on the front bar and insert a hockey stick (except my new #^#%&$ Thule wing-bars) so...

Wee bit o' fog coming off the water this morning.

Of course. That goes without saying. Those words get you far. I’m talking about the fun of chatting with people in a friendly way...

"This would be a much less enjoyable trip if I didn’t have functional French." I've found the real universal language spoken there is...

thanks for the alert. blue green algae seems to be more common all of the time. It kills a lot of dogs.

"Scientists were looking for the presence of Naegleria fowleri, a type of amoeba that is the main cause of primary amoebic...