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When I was paddling tandem many decades ago, we were learning on the Hudson River up in the North River - Riparius area. There were river gages on some of the concrete bridges. It was rollicking II - low III stuff. The Upper Hudson Gorge has dam releases which are much more exciting in the...

I sympathize and wish I had an answer. My success rate is zero. I took part in raising two children. One hates camping. The other has learned to be afraid of gators, though she never was when I was raising her. She will still paddle with me but is grown up with a job and has little time for it.

Welcome from Florida.

Two of the prettiest lakes in Switzerland, Lake Thun (Thunersee) and Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) are joined at the city of Interlaken. Aslowhand and I made an impromptu short trip on Thunersee this past weekend. Spring in Switzerland can be capricious, but the weather was glorious and mild. There...

Swans on Thunersee, Switzerland.

I’m also interested in a hat. I will PM you. Thanks.

Please do not wait on this. Some things about Medicare, particularly supplemental benefits cannot be changed at a later date. It is a convoluted mess. Do not count on all the Advantage programs to give you accurate information. Likewise, do not count on supplemental insurance companies to give...

Willis posted a thread on Lake Lila on July 31, 2011. Lake Lila Then with my permission, he posted my trip report on the Little Tupper Lake to Lake Lila traverse on August 2, 2011. Little Tupper Lake to Lake Lila As always, we owe a great debt of gratitude for Glenn making the site as...

Happy Birthday Snapper and Stripperguy. Wishing you many more years of great paddling.

With any luck, you’ll make it to the last installment where I encounter aliens looking for canoeing expertise and I convince them there were others who had far more knowledge and experience than I. Ooops. Sorry about that Boreal Birch.

More Island Bliss Back on my perfect island vacation I continued to enjoy the spectacular weather, the lovely vistas, and picking off and squishing ants. Various songbirds paid visits. Cedar Waxwings, A small sparrow-sized bird with one wing bar who flitted and fluttered through the brush...

Wow!

I love the nest box and the canoe tie-in. It is so graceful.

So noted. Thank you Glenn

I enjoyed the photos. I was surprised to see so much wild land along the river. I expected it to me more developed. A great trip!