Modified Ottertail

Oh - based on my adventure last year, I'd have to say - where are all the canoes? They are in Ely. All of them.

Steve, when I read the topic, I thought it was about our most decorative canoe paddles rather than the most picturesque places we've...

This may be similar to the photo of the day thread, but let’s see what you consider your most picturesque paddle. Here’s my...

In 2018, on an Allagash trip, I was caught on the leeward side of Umsaskis Lake and had to walk our canoes in waist deep water, all the...

Some trip notes related to wind. And...food.

actually, at a very large and popular provincial park here a few years back I saw 3 floating moose, one of which was unfortunately...

On the Allagash in 2019, downstream from East Twin Brook Campsite, we saw a bloated, dead moose floating or lodged on the river-right...

On this river I live on, the Oswego River in NY we have old storage “caves”. They are pretty neat and quite spacious

Can't really capture a photo, but more than once during the Yukon River races, when paddling through "nighttime hours" (it never really...

Have you looked at the area on satellite overheads?

Great suggestion! You can barely make out the other base. You have to zoom out a ways to see that there was something there. I believe...

This thread came to mind recently when I finished another sail voyage. I opted out of the trans Atlantic trip. The boat is too small...

I have never lost anything in my 50 plus years of paddling/camping. Never!! However, I have cached some gear in strategic locations. For...

On the John Day River in Oregon my friend traveling solo swamped his canoe and sunk it in big haystacks. Nothing was tied in so most of...

I like the solitude I find in Canada. Many consider Canada to be too expensive but to me the solitude is worth it. There were 6 of us on...