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For years, our family had a summer cabin at what was then the "Masonic Camp", a family group camp in NY's Harriman State Park. Most...

I don't really know. I guess the saying, "It's in your blood" really applies to me. my Great-Grandfather was a very rich guy (before he...

Brian, remind me to weigh it after glassing the inside & we can check to see how close you are. Planned lay-up is 4 oz e-glass in & out...

I predict that the bare hull weight after sanding should be in the ball park of 18.5 pounds, standard 6 oz glass if you are careful...

I'm not terribly fond of getting soaked in tepid water so I'll go to great lengths to avoid a cold water dunking (zero chance that I'm...

When I was 7 in 1955 my family spent a week or so at a friends camp on Muskrat Lake in Cobden, Ontario. They had a canoe but I was stuck...

I was a football coach and ran the weight room a life time ago. I injured my shoulder and really did not like the idea of surgery. I...

Our Boy Scout troop had done some overnight trips on the local rivers but among my earliest jobs was the local Boy Scout summer camp...

I grew up in Columbus Ohio. In the early 1960s, my parents rented a cabin on Tobermory, Ontario, Canada. At that time Tobermory was a...

I don't have any personal memory but I can relate what I have been told. I was born in late June 1954, 3 weeks later my parents loaded...

I started my Albany River trip from Harris Lake which is the next lake north of Chivelston. To get to Harris you need to get off the...

Merry Christmas... to you all. Best regards, Michael

Lake Michigan today, looking west towards Illinois from the Michigan side across the southern tip.

Not that it helps the OP find space-saving gear but I consider the occasional broken rod to be part of the experience and, like having a...

Chivelston is 76.5 miles West of Armstrong and the lake appears to almost touch the rail line. From online research, it is reported to...