Recent content by lowangle al

I forgot to mention this but this lake really is a canoe destination. When we arrived at the launch the first day we were there there was a guy carrying a canoe down to the water. This was a rare sight for me to see these days. When we got closer I was even more surprised to see that it was a...

Rickets Glen State Park is a great paddling destination for a quick getaway in Northeast Pa. Lake Jean is 245 acres with a mostly undeveloped shoreline. It's very scenic with lots of wildlife. We even saw and heard a loon, which is rare in Pa.. There is a nice campground with some waterfront...

Yesterday, back at Lake Jean.

Yeah 63, 64 and 65 were my choice too. There's enough room at the landing for a lot of boats, with an easy soft launch. It would be a good spot for a get together. I'll have to check out that loop. Do you think it's skiable?

One reason I wanted to head up there was to check out waterfront campsites. Now that I know which one I'd want to reserve I can make a plan to stay for a night or two. Did you do the Falls Trail?

Yesterday, at Rickets Glen State Park in Pa. We never took the boat off the truck. As I was starting to untie it I realized I never grabbed the PFDs. I was really looking forward to paddling this boat and paddling Lake Jean for the first time but I wasn't too disappointed. It was borderline too...

I'm sure training for racing would be different than training for tripping. For tripping, or just for exercise I don't feel the need to go high intensity. I usually mix up my paddles and do some higher intensity mixed with some at a more casual pace. If I go high intensity for too long my hands...

I don't have a dog, but my cat watches for rocks when needed.

That was a great trip, and they made a great video of it. Definitely worth watching.

I didn't even have to pull the trigger, my neighbor supplied me with quite a bit recently. He also gave me this mushroom. I cooked this up earlier in the week. I picked these honey mushrooms.

My best training paddles are the long day trips I do. Five or six hour jaunts where I sometimes push it the whole time. Poling upstream and paddling in the wind kick it up a notch. For my typical workout paddles on my lake I have been trying to get five miles in a session. I don't push it the...

This guy was in my front yard the other day.

I'm glad you got out Alan. It looks like a beautiful night. I recently realized I haven't been on an overnight trip yet this year. I think I still have time to change that.

That looks like a lot of fun and I'm a big fan of The Norther Scavenger. I've surfed ocean waves in outrigger canoes, but as part of a crew, not solo. This photo is from last summer in Hawaii. This is a double hull canoe as opposed to an outrigger. One of the hulls of this boat used to be an...