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Yep, Graves Lake. Hyde Lake is another story! The drop below the lake was the biggest water I'd paddled since Hell's Canyon thirty...

Our trip from Wollaston Lake to Hudson Bay was pretty rough on our PakBoats. Between rocky rivers, and almost throwing the boat down on...

Good call, unless you like some brushy portages. Our biggest whitewater on the trip (III+) was just below Hyde Lake, the lake after...

What are the advantages (other than plushness) over a Crazy Creek chair? It looks functionally the same.

I thought there was no duty on canoes between US and Canada?

All SC speech is unique (I grew up there). One nephew (Ed) his mother calls "A-yed", and the other, Brian, his mother calls "Brine". We...

The tarp is convenience. The Omnipotent is survival! It was the strongest tent available in its day, and a lot roomier than the...

Wow, an Omnipotent! Haven't seen one of those in a while!

Moose Drool. Missoula, Montana. We have better here in Bozeman!

I don't see the Canak as trying to be a pack canoe. Wenonah has the Wee Lassie, etc. which is along the Rushton/Adirondack lines. I'd...

Yeah, it's pretty rough with a cart, but doable--sorta marginal. But I was glad I wasn't humping my 73# Clipper WW3 like I did the...

In aluminum foil on a fire. I was neither the angler nor the cook, just the diner.

Upgrade from my 2003 Tacoma

I'm glad you think that. I'm on my second Seda since about 1978. My "new" one has pockets, and is only about 25 years old. Still seems...

FYI, I took my Kindle (w/backlight) on a 43 day trip, reading probably a half hour each evening. I recharged once with a power pack...