Mike McCrea

I had a flashback to a teenage trip with friends, where companions dumped their rented Grumman. The bow paddler’s immediate, overriding...

OOSOBO upright again, I knew I wanted a back band, for me, for when I might (it could happen) reservoir paddle the canoe myself. For...

Bob, the county library system did not have one, and I love geography and map books, so I bought a copy. P1080011 by Mike McCrea, on...

Was that a plywood oops or a glue oops or a bandaid oops?

Glenn, I have used vinyl pinstriping before. Must have found it on sale, I have several rolls left. There is a ¼” pinstripe on the...

Sub-freezing temps may have been the ideal time to chisel off the Bondo. I know that big globs of tree sap are a PITA to remove in...

Bob, I expect that I read My Side of the Mountain a dozen times of more as a pre-teen. So yeah, that book did have a profound effect on...

On to the eagerly awaited day 21 of this bit-at-a-time rebuild, the Rolling and Tipping episode, the one where Mike tapes and paints a...

I don’t know if any had a profound impact. A tripping book that influenced me was Davidson & Rugge’s The Complete Wilderness Paddler. I...

I am a tobacco smoker in various forms, some more frequently than others. Occasionally, most often for bugs, a cheap cigar. By cheap I...

One the evolutionary side, turning to the way-back machine, does anyone remember the little collapsible Uco Lanterns? Or still use one...

Glenn wrote “Luci Lights could be a topic by itself, but I haven't found them to be satisfactory for my nocturnal reading”. As. . . ...

Same Brand? Or, if not, which brand?

That was everything I could do on the inside, for now. I had timed the next task as well, for when the family was out of earshot. Not...

I agree about soaps made for saltwater. Dr. Bronner’s in a bucket of saltwater turns to some weird globular science experiment. CampSuds...