Steve in Idaho

My wife retired back in June so we've been focusing on doing some traveling. We are currently in Seattle, WA.

Watch the above linked video of Kevin Olson's "'how to turn a c1". you get good from the front views of how he huts and switches his...

Chip, it sounds like everything is starting to work for you. Enjoy that Advantage. Alan, your observations are basically what I was...

Paddling sure seems to be a popular way when the water isn't frozen. I remember a lot of them being runners, bikers, skies, and...

In my experience if I navigate around just one fallen tree the chance of seeing another person is close to zero. I paddled with one...

I can relate to that advice. I'd been intrigued by the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River in Washington and years ago asked a friend if...

You won't find the good places to paddle in Outside magazine or some app. Those places are already loved to death. Go where you don't...

Wow! I'm a Jeep fan: my daily driver is an '86 rust and dent free all original CJ7. But I think I'd make your trade. Number of years...

I retired 12 years ago with 41.5 years of combined active military and government civilian research laboratory credit to my pension...

We travel a lot for hiking, backpacking, camping and occasional canoe trips. We took 15 trips last year of five to twenty days length...

That is a hard lesson to learn and one I still struggle with. I tend to hold on because I remember the enjoyment it once gave and I keep...

I gave up motorcycles last year. First bike at age 9 - a Yamaha MX80, then an XR100, and later an XR250R ('93). For road I started with...

Let’s see…been riding motorcycles since I was 14 years old, currently riding a beefed up Triumph Bonneville Special Edition. I’ve been a...

I walk my dogs 2-4 miles a day and oversee 2 properties that border mine. I maintain trails, keep lawns mowed, keep the owners in...

I change how I switch depending on conditions. The only constant is that the bottom hand is the one that hands off. If I'm paddling on...