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There’s two seasons in my household, hockey and canoeing. My kids live for their yearly canoe trip. It’s a necessary escape from the...

I canoed with my father a few times/year as a kid fishing the local river and I paddled a couple times solo on the lake to go fishing...

I fully support the idea of age appropriate paddles. Nephew Hayden started paddling at two the first time he was in a canoe. He didn't...

My kids (now nine and eleven) have been paddling with me since they were 4 or 5. I never pushed it, but always asked if anyone wants to...

Such utilitarian pragmatists. Sheesh . . . where are your aesthetic sensibilities? Do you not polish your scuffed alligator leather...

He was not wrong. I got interested thru the Boy Scouts and learned a lot during my years as an lifeguard / aquatics instructor. The...

How did I do? It looks more scuffed up in real life tho

The van arrived. Looks like a winner so far. I'd like to get back into traveling more and a minivan is the best way I've found for myself.

I may still be doing a similar (but shorter duration) cross-country trip this Sept and, at this point, I'll be taking my Freedom Solo...

Canoe looks great up there! New truck is about the same color as the old IIRC.

The 2024 Ford Ranger has decorative bed rails. Didn't realize this till after I bought it. Basically the bed rail is about 1 inch high...

Looks like a solid repair to me... nothin' wrong with any of it. One note on the interior texture: Northstar might have gone light on...

Main break is repaired. That area of hull is stiffer than surrounding now, instead of collapsing in a crease as it did after the...

We can learn to paddle in 50 hours. We can learn muscle memory in 200 hours. We start to get comfortable and not think about the...

I got the moose part down while working on Isle Royale for a few summers. The walleye part never happened.