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The drive back from Smith River Montana, July 2017. Bugs were pretty thick. June in the BWCA. The entire front of the van looked like...

It's never too late, Glenn. In the past week I've started to study some geology (no previous experience). I've been meaning to do this...

I think I've mixed up two Idaho cities in my memory of that trip. Only Boise has an REI, so I probably just stopped there to buy the...

Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, Florida, Indiana, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada...

In the summer of 2004, I was driving back to Connecticut from Sacramento, California, paddling my new Huki outrigger canoe in various...

Canoe-paddling-Central for me is the Northeast US; I've paddled extensively in all the New England States, New York (mostly the...

let's see if my memory cooperates... in Alberta the Athabasca, Bow, and Red deer, in BC again the Athabasca, Kicking Horse, and...

Let's see... With open boats in the USA: South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Minnessota. With a decked...

Per Erica's request, on a canoe only basis, my listing is pretty mundane. That said, it includes the Adirondacks, Catskills and the...

California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Minnesota, and all over Idaho. I haven't been paddling as long as most of you, but I have...

Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, NC, SC, Florida, Louisiana...

Wisconsin and Minnesota. How are we classifying SOTs? Commercially, they're usually called "kayak", but I don't think that's actually...

Thanks. For those who don't want to open the PDF, here's the opening graph:

The Outdoor Industry Association has some data on this. Most of it is behind a paywall, but their 2015 special report on paddle sports...

This is an excellent thread topic on a very difficult issue. As a member of the board of directors of the Wooden Canoe Heritage...