riverstrider

I know a few people who's common-sense sectors in their brains are so poorly exercised and atrophied that it is a wonder they are still...

I love opportunities to paddle through forests, but there aren't any large flood control dams in RI so usually paddling through the...

When I think of all the sacrifices my "life" has imposed on my paddling, any sacrifices that tripping has made on my life are...

I look at it a little different. Paddling isn’t a sacrifice that that takes me away from other things. It’s the part of having a...

You could take the gunwales off whatever new canoe you get and cut the scuppers yourself. I did it with a radial arm saw’s router bit...

I'd much rather they use their canoe than throw the empties overboard, lots of good folks take beer on trips and I surely appreciated...

Riding around with a canoe on a car always seems to invite questions, and it's always good when the question is actually about the canoe...

Day 1 : Lichty’s Marina to Lake Nipissing (South of Sandy Island) TOTAL KM: 30 KM | # OF PORTAGES (DISTANCE): N/A We woke up at...

It may be a bit early, but this thread seems appropriate for the annual posting of the Black Fly/Simulium Venustum song

Day 2 : Catfish Lake to Redpine Bay TOTAL KM: 16.9 KM | # OF PORTAGES (DISTANCE): 5 (1.4 KM) Woke up to a bright sunny morning, with...

Day 1 : Cedar Lake to Catfish Lake TOTAL KM: 16.7 KM | # OF PORTAGES (DISTANCE): 5 (3.6 KM) Every time we had have been to Access...

I put in about 20 years as a volunteer EMT-firefighter with 3 different services (2 ambulance squads and a fire station), which is as...

Back in the mid nineties, two surgeons joined our canoe club in Vancouver. Their goal was to develop enough paddling skills to go on...

Very glad that you enjoyed my trip report, riverstrider. After all, that’s why I post. I very much appreciate and welcome positive...

RS, Michael Pitt has posted many Canadian trip reports on this site, and they are all written with his elegant and addictive prose...