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Got out for a few nights with my wife and 2 daughters. We've had good luck getting on the water the Thursday before Labor day. Usually...

Yes, a great time to paddle. Discussing phases of twilight, the transition from dim twilight to darkness is fairly quick in NC. Just...

When I lived in Ochopee, I’d slide the boat out for a moonlit paddle every full moon. One night turning from the deep canal into the wet...

That reminds me of when I bought a Sawyer Cruiser and we took it for a shakedown paddle on the Mississippi right at sunset. It was...

Yes that's my experience with early mornings. I also have a favorite moonlight paddle on a place known as "The Meanders". Starting at...

This paddling season I have done most of my paddling on my local lake in the evening. In the past I was typically a morning paddler but...

I'm totally new to canoes where you sit low in the craft. Today, I went to a few places to see, or test drive, a few canoes. Started...

I got into solo canoes late in life, and had some gems. Torn up a couple. One factor for me is stability with a shifty 55 lb herd dog...

Thanks for the answers to my inquiries. If you decide to go again and would like someone to share driving effort/expense I would...

BTW, I think I forgot to mention that every campsite and every portage has bear proof vaults. Since park rules require all food or...

Carving a paddle and "signing it" is a practice encouraged by the park to reduce carving up the shelters with names and dates of...

I didn't say much about it beforehand, not wanting to jinx the trip. ;) About 1,000 miles each way. The Solitude was great, everywhere...

Yes, definitely. The drive itself for me is also quite scenic once across the border into Canada at Osoyoos. I was going to do it this...

I've never paddled a Phoenix, so I can't compare it to anything. I have a 2001 Bell black-gold Bell Wildfire that I'm willing to sell...

One thing about the WildFIRE is that it responds VERY well to corrective strokes. If you are into "hit and switch" paddling, the...