Mississippi Mud

The image below shows how the gorge looked before the dam. Benson

We presented the Opinel to him. When we arrived in camp he quickly started whittling. It wasn't long before I hear "Grampy, do we have...

Yeah... I'm thinking I'll look for some sign of a portage & bypass the class IV gators.

That kind of crowding happens at the end of a particularly dry dry season. That is probably a dug deep canal.

I've seen this happen in the Mississippi Delta. Once I was exploring around a national wildlife refuge there during August and came...

Beautiful boat and rigging, Nomad. My condolences and best wishes for your sale. If I were closer, there's lots I would be interested in.

A nice summer night at Tville (Farmington River, CT). This was last night. With all the rain, Tville is still running great - unusual...

Some pictures from my local paddle on the Housatonic River through Lovers Leap Gorge to Lake Lillinonah, and then down to the...

Well, we didn’t swim, but my posterior was puckered a couple times at the lake. Lotus blooms are always stunning. Would be nice to...

My apologies to the Mora fans, but Mora's don't do it for me. A knife, particularly a first knife, should look good in a traditional...

While pursuing another passion of mine, I spent a week at the Ashokan Center in the Catskill Mountains. To my great surprise, suspended...

I like Opinel and you'll not go wrong with a Swiss Army, but, perhaps a bit out of nostalgia, I would recommend an Old Timer lock blade...

For the last 10 years I've done a mix of solo and "group" trips, by group I mean 1 - 3 other paddlers but they always been with solo...

I am one who is entranced by the beauty of big swamps, especially AmSouth swamps, and the ability to endlessly slalom among cypress...

White Ash, Butternut (canoe) & White Pine (center shore)