Recent content by Erica

Chateau de Montfort, Dordogne River, France

La Sélune Rivière estuary, flowing into the bay of Mont Saint Michel. European Cliff Swallows dig holes in the banks for nests. I’m pretty sure the dark smudges are flying birds.

I paddled Little Tupper Lake to Rock Pond a couple decades ago. I liked the camp on the Rock Pond Island. I don’t remember having trouble finding a flat space for the tent, but I was solo so it could have been anywhere. It was beautiful. Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories.

Or I just wear wool socks. Or neoprene booties.

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, about the weather, about shoe sizes, about the specialty pastry of the area, about rivers, about canoeing. It’s about building bridges. I was in Switzerland for...

People who say « everyone » speaks English, never get out of major cities. This would be a much less enjoyable trip if I didn’t have functional French. It’s fun to be able to have genuine, if brief, conversations that move past buying a baguette.

Welcome. I have paddled the lower Buffalo. Beautiful river.

This ancient Roman aquaduct, built in the first century AD, actually carried water from a spring north of the bridge to Nîmes. It was built with drystone limestone and some of the bricks weigh up to 6 tons, and were put in place with cranes and pulleys. The smaller stones were placed using...

Le Pont du Gard, Gardon River, France

The required person would have to disappear in between portages, just like gamma said he wanted.

I’m looking for that too. ;)

My transponder is moveable. I just put it in a different spot, where the canoe doesn’t block it, and it seems to work ok.

What happens when he stops? ;)

I had no idea watches could do all those things. I had fun one time on the Suwannee River. I wanted to wear a watch for some reason, I don’t remember why, instead of using the time-telling feature of the iPhone, which I bring along as a camera. However, I had not worn that watch for some time...

Mallard drake on the Sorgue River.