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Could this work? The adjustable legs might almost make it a ramp...

We've seldom taken door mats for our tents on paddling trips, but they've become a glamping fixture with car camping. We did try (and...

I'm just back from a week in France. First stop was the River Drome for the French Canoe festival which is the biggest in Europe. The...

My grandson Cooper with a “shed” he found here in Maine last year. No matter what the conditions, shed hunting is a family affair for my...

An article from the Canadas History magazine (formerly known as the Hudson Bay Co publication The Beaver)...

Bill Mason demonstrated this at the end of his Song of the Paddle video. See the segment starting at 38:36 with the link below. Benson

I forget the name, but kitty corner to Herbert's is a small hotel with a massive deck out front that makes great homemade burgers and...

I don't know who needs to see it, but this is how I dry out my Boundary Boots. A strip of birchbark roughly 3x15 or so, gently flexed...

Another fixture is this sign... always worn, always crooked. And the Lydia Pond campsite outhouse... been photographing it every time I...

View from the hammock nest early... I got up a little later, when it wasn't so cold. First trout on the wabbler/worm combo...

Been a weird year, but I finally got to take a trip to the St Regis Canoe Wilderness. As described elsewhere, I chose to use a portage...

If I were looking to have one as a dedicated loaner, I think I'd be looking to upgrade my current boat and use the Penobscot 16 as the...

One option to recruit new canoe paddlers is to write magazine and social media articles about fun canoe trips or other related topics...

I've been rethinking this, it seems to me there are all kinds of new, younger wilderness canoetrippers, at least on social media. They...

I think Benson and Memaquay are onto something here. From what I can tell, these influencers have more influence on getting younger...