Mason

Well, it's pointy on both ends, and open.....Thomas Cole’s “The Voyage of Life: Youth” (1840)

I paddled it in August 26 years ago (w/ my 9yo daughter, her mother and a friend solo). The paddling was trivial then, needing to look...

What skills are you looking for? Paddling or camping, or the combination? A wonderful trip not far from Denver is the Green River in...

I want to see them do that in a 17' Grumman or a Blue Hole OCA!

If the tent is separate from the fly, I pack the fly separately (under a pack flap, outside of liner, etc.). Packing it in a separate...

Exactly. I don't have mesh tents, so a release is helpful. I always zip up the mesh door, but maybe half of the fabric door.

Zip them up (at least half way). Facilitates pitching, particularly with stakes, as you can't make things too tight for zipping them up...

I have a Phoenix pop-up camper on my truck. I added some struts (a la Four Wheel Campers) which allow me to raise the top with two...

That explains a lot. I used to go to Polecat Creek in the 90s. It was probably worth it though: she was cute. But alas, I have...

Don't worry about the crossbars. I have Yakimas, and I've been doing the slide over for many years, mostly with solo boats with aluminum...

Can you place one end on the bars behind your car? I'd so, do that and just slide the rear end forward. I even do that on my truck pop...

I thought it was impressive. I put in two of my most recent trips (Horton in NWT, and Dubawnt in Nunavut) and it showed the routes we...

The old man way:

One thing also to consider is competing interests for their time/money. Yes, decent new canoes are expensive. Yet mountain bikes start...

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