Recent content by Odyssey

Gamma's central PA looks too familiar now. On a recent drive down and into a nearby steel city something seemed out of place, but I couldn't quite figure it out at first. Temp inversions and heat island effects usually means the rusty sooty sky stays in place above that city before westerlies...

We have house wrens nesting in a brightly painted bird box my grandson made me several years ago, and so Peterson Field Guides Eastern Birds (Roger Tory Peterson) is at my elbow and A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds (Colin Harrison) is likewise sitting open...

I stand corrected on 2 counts, the nature of the weir (canoe pass /slides are more common in France), and the final results concluded by Paddle UK and Welsh Conservation. It's still inconceivable that this could happen under any circumstances.

And let's avoid the inconvenient facts that this pretendian was filling the cultural and ecological void of conservation with facts. There's that. And that was the counterpoint of his "fake" indigenous message of conservation to Colonial Victorians. The source was false. The message was true.

No they weren't, sadly deferring to another "authority" was merely being trusting and lax. This sounds like victim blaming, but in this day and age, how is it that internet savy peeps cannot do due diligence?

Wit aside, that's an ambiguous term. What one word would you use to describe Verlen Kruger's watercraft, variously manufactured by Sawyer (Loon), Mad River (Monarch) and then Kruger himself (Sea Wind)? Kayak. Simple, except for you desperate types. Blah blah blah... "the word "canoe" is itself...

Kindly park your obtuse defensive speak and do a little more research.

I do. He's a paddler, not a canoeist, using a sailing kayak thingamabob. (I say potatoes...) And yes, it looks perfect for that kinda thing. Why would you over simplify gear, equipment, and craft when you could add more layers of comfort and performance? Not everyone is into the Kon-Tiki thing...

BTW, that "fish ramp" is a sluice for paddlers, common in Europe. What's really alarming is the absence of lined buoys across the dam current.

Lazy litigious society we live in. Find an easy scapegoat and sue. Have an official investigation to appease the masses and then promptly shelve the results. There were slack-jawed innocents all avoiding responsibilty for themselves and others. But let's cherry pick instead.

Education leading to preventative measures from all sides was totally absent, from adult participants, to "leader", to waterway stewards.

Swift is just putting training wheels on this custom craft. Kyle is mounting a mast to the fore thwart too, for a sail. If this type of expedition tripper prefers to spend more sponsor money and less time with skills then this is definitely the way to go. This trip will be invaluable to boat...

re: the boat. Our daughter and hubby bought a new suv. I was given a ride in it to go fetch some Thai take-out for a family dinner. It has a full digital display and interactive screen the size of my laptop at home. "Everything's customizable, everything." I was afraid to ask just what that...

The walleye season confuses me. So it closes mid April and reopens late May? I assume the closure relates to spawning?

Should've replaced those CarbFibe rails with ash gunnels. lol