PaddlingPitt

The first blissful day I cruised out over the beautiful blue water, shouldered with dark spruces. I don't know if they are black spruce...

Thanks, that's a very gracious answer to an old man rant, lol. Unfortunately I sometimes boil over, usually when someone is lecturing me...

Monet It's been a good 50 years since I last hitch-hiked, all over Europe and the US. I believe the last stint was from Yellowstone to...

“Asociality” might fit your word quest, gamma. I didn’t know this word until a few minutes ago, when Ms AI explained it to me.

Good luck to them. People are increasingly focused on indoor pursuits and electronic media. The Outdoors are my mental health plan...

Just wondering, B & S, where in BC do you live?

For at least 25 years, the only televisions we've had are two old, standard definition, 4:3 Sony CRTs. I didn't mind because I rarely...

Foresters have to stick together. When regular people do uncommon things and do it with humility and purpose, it makes a great impact...

I stopped for lunch at the end of the Nahanni Butte winter road on the edge of the Liard last June while tripping on my dual sport. I...

Mostly I bought Christmas presents for people. I gave my neighbor a new cordless drill just because he needed one.

Kathleen and I have everything we need. In fact, we are giving stuff away. In our new-ish home on Pender Island, we like going out to...

Thanks, ppine. Your kind words make a great start to 2026 for me!

Thanks Pitt. One of the best trip reports I have ever seen. I have spent a lot of time in Alaska and some in the Yukon mostly working...

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Kathleen and I purchased this map more than 30 years ago, at an antique store in Vancouver. It is from a British compendium, and is...