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For anything outdoors and, especially for odor control, you simply cannot beat merino wool clothing and a good smoke bath. (I'm in the...

If I stink in the forest, and there is no one to smell it, do I really stink? Alan

One of the great advantages of boat trips is that we are always around water. It is easy to swim and stay clean. In colder weather a...

Gulf of Mexico just north and west of Cape Sable in the Everglades about twenty years ago. The boat was an Old Town XL Tripper

My father and I racing, probably in the Madhatters race but I don't know if it's the same year as the above picture was taken. I think...

The start of the Madhatters canoe race in Northeast Ohio.

In general, gators see a canoe as a bigger gator and cede to it. And upright adults appear too large to be prey. But children - please...

Florida Wildlife had the gator killed six months later with a shot to the head...

Well, to my surprise I'm impressed with that youtuber. Kept her cool, calmly pushed the gator off, and at the end says that the gator...

Better to be in a canoe than on a paddleboard if a gator attacks. TV News Report However, this is Silver Springs, Florida, a...

Ross and Diablo Lakes are large with long fetch. They can get really rough in the afternoon. Much of the shoreline is steep with no...

Island Lake, Long Beach Washington

Erica and everyone: Trip reports from countries other than the USA and Canada go in the Canoe Destinations and Routes forum. The forum...

In general, an artifact has a cultural context. Time is irrelevant in whether or not the item is an artifact. Field archaeologists will...

Native American Indians did not permanently live in the Adirondacks, but different tribes did travel through the area as hunting...